Liput Named Semifinalist for Brooks Wallace Award
Wednesday, May 23, 2018 | Baseball
LUBBOCK, Texas – Junior Deacon Liput has been selected as one of 16 semifinalists for the 2018 Brooks Wallace Award, presented to college baseball's top shortstop.
Liput has started 42 games at shortstop this season with a .293 batting average. He has seven home runs and 33 RBI on the season. Six of his seven home runs came in SEC action.
Most impressive is that Liput has just made two errors all season as the everyday shortstop.
The award, sponsored by Mizuno, honors the nation's top shortstop and will be presented this summer by the College Baseball Foundation. It is named for former Texas Tech shortstop Brooks Wallace, who played for the Red Raiders to from 1977 to 1980. Wallace died of leukemia at the age of 27.
David Garza, Tennessee Tech, Ohio Valley
Chris Givin, Xavier, Big East
Jimmy Glowenke, Dallas Baptist, Missouri Valley
Nick Grande, Stony Brook, American East
Cadyn Grenier, Oregon State, Pac-12
Nico Hoerner, Stanford, Pac-12
Will Holland, Auburn, SEC
Reid Leonard, Morehead State, Ohio Valley
Deacon Liput, Florida, SEC
Owen Miller, Illinois State, Missouri Valley
Joey Ortiz, New Mexico State, WAC
Matt Sanders, Troy, Sun Belt
Braden Shewmake, Texas A&M, SEC
Madison Stokes, South Carolina, SEC
Terrin Vavra, Minnesota, Big Ten
RJ Yeager, Mercer, Southern
Liput has started 42 games at shortstop this season with a .293 batting average. He has seven home runs and 33 RBI on the season. Six of his seven home runs came in SEC action.
Most impressive is that Liput has just made two errors all season as the everyday shortstop.
The award, sponsored by Mizuno, honors the nation's top shortstop and will be presented this summer by the College Baseball Foundation. It is named for former Texas Tech shortstop Brooks Wallace, who played for the Red Raiders to from 1977 to 1980. Wallace died of leukemia at the age of 27.
BROOKS WALLACE AWARD WATCH LIST
Name, School, ConferenceDavid Garza, Tennessee Tech, Ohio Valley
Chris Givin, Xavier, Big East
Jimmy Glowenke, Dallas Baptist, Missouri Valley
Nick Grande, Stony Brook, American East
Cadyn Grenier, Oregon State, Pac-12
Nico Hoerner, Stanford, Pac-12
Will Holland, Auburn, SEC
Reid Leonard, Morehead State, Ohio Valley
Deacon Liput, Florida, SEC
Owen Miller, Illinois State, Missouri Valley
Joey Ortiz, New Mexico State, WAC
Matt Sanders, Troy, Sun Belt
Braden Shewmake, Texas A&M, SEC
Madison Stokes, South Carolina, SEC
Terrin Vavra, Minnesota, Big Ten
RJ Yeager, Mercer, Southern
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