LUBBOCK, Texas – The College Baseball Foundation announced its five finalists for the Brooks Wallace Award, given to the nation's best shortstop, on Wednesday. Incredible play at the plate and in the field earned New Mexico State's Joey Ortiz a spot on the award's finalist list.
Ortiz recently concluded one of the best seasons by an Aggie in program history en route to earning WAC Player of the Year honors – just the second player in program history to earn that award. Ortiz finished his junior campaign with a .422 batting average, eight home runs and 84 runs batted in.