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Mooney Named a Brooks Wallace Awards Semifinalist

DURHAM – Sophomore shortstop Alex Mooney has been tabbed as one of 25 shortstops on the 2023 Brooks Wallace Award Semifinals list, as announced by the College Baseball Foundation earlier this week.

The award honors the nation's top shortstop and is 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.

The Rochester Hills, Mich., native has started all 54 games that the Blue Devils have played this season, recording a .