Jacob Gonzalez Named Semifinalist for 2023 Brooks Wallace Award

LUBBOCK, Texas. – The College Baseball Foundation released their list of the 2023 Brooks Wallace Award semifinalists Tuesday and Ole Miss' Jacob Gonzalez was named as one of the top-25 shortstops in college baseball.

The award 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, a slick-fielding shortstop who played for the Red Raiders from 1977 to 1980. Wallace died of leukemia at the age of 27.

Gonzalez was named a semifinalist last season and is one of four players to make the list in both 2022 and 2023. The junior is trying to be the first Rebel to win the award since Grae Kessinger did so in 2019.

Gonzalez leads the Rebels in on-base percentage (.440), doubles (18), walks (35), and sacrifice flies (7). He is hitting .418 (23-for-55) and has 19 RBI when hitting with two outs this season and is ranked fifth in the SEC in doubles with 18 total two-base hits. Gonzalez has made just five errors all season and has a .968 fielding percentage while playing arguably one of the most important defensive positions on the field.

The Ole Miss shortstop is currently ranked fourth all-time in Ole Miss history with 185 career runs scored and only needs to score three more times to have sole possession of second all-time.

For more information on the Wallace Award or the Night of Champions event, visit www.collegebaseballhall.org.

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2023 BROOKS WALLACE AWARD SEMIFINALISTS
Name                                      Class                School                         Conference
Andy Blake                              Senior              Columbia                       Ivy League
Drew Cowley                           Senior              Oregon                          Pac-12
Kevin Dubrule                         Senior              Army Patriot
Noah Fisher                             Grad                Northern Kentucky Horizon
Cole Foster                              Junior              Auburn SEC
JJ Freeman                              RS-Senior       Delaware                     Colonial
Phillip Glasser                         Grad                Indiana Big Ten
Jacob Gonzalez Junior              Ole Miss                      SEC
Nick Goodwin                         Junior              Kansas State                Big 12
Hunter Haas                            Junior              Texas A&M                  SEC
Dakota Harris                          Junior              Oklahoma                   Big 12
Jim Jarvus                                Senior              Alabama                      SEC
Josh Kuroda-Grauer                Sophomore     Rutgers                        Big Ten
Noah Lucier                             Grad                Fairfield                       Metro Atlantic
Mik McClaughry                      Senior              Arizona                        Pac-12
Alex Mooney                           Sophomore     Duke                            ACC
Griff O'Ferrall                          Sophomore     Virginia                        ACC
Dominic Pitelli                         Junior              Miami                          ACC
Jake Rainess                            RS-Junior         Maine                          American East
Josh Rivera                              Junior              Florida                         SEC
Matt Shaw                              Junior              Maryland                     Big Ten
Tevin Tucker                           RS-Senior         West Virginia              Big 12
Jonathan Vastine                    Sophomore     Vanderbilt                   SEC
Jacob Wilson                           Junior              Grand Canyon             WAC
Braylen Wimmer                     Senior              South Carolina            SEC

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