Illinois Baseball Report

Big news for Illini’s shortstop!  Brandon Wikoff has been named to the watch list for the Brooks Wallace Award.  The Wallace Award is annually given to the nation’s best college shortstop. 

Wikoff is the only Big Ten player to be named to the list and the winner will be awarded the  trophy on July 2. 

Here is the official announcement from the College Baseball Foundation (in .pdf)

Right now, Wikoff is hitting .370 with 43 runs, 29 rbis.  He has a .570 slugging percentage and an on-base percentage of .439.  He has stolen 9 bases in 12 attempts.

And in case you missed it, Brandon answered a few questions for a Q&A for the Illinois Baseball Report.  Check out the interview if you’re interested. 

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Filed under: Awards on May 1st, 2009