LAS VEGAS (UNLVRebels.com) – UNLV baseball's Bryson Stott is one of five finalists vying for the Brooks Wallace Award, which recognizes the nation's top collegiate shortstop.
 
The award, sponsored by Mizuno, will be presented this summer by the College Baseball Foundation. It is named in honor of former Texas Tech shortstop Brooks Wallace, who played for the Red Raiders from 1977-80, and died of leukemia at the age of 27.
 
Stott concluded the 2019 campaign ranked in the top 100 of 11 different NCAA statistical categories, including No. 14 in base on balls (55), 22nd in runs (.486), 30th in on-base percentage (.486), 35th in doubles (20), 51st in hits (79) and 59th in total bases (133). Besides leading the Rebels in each of the aforementioned categories – save for hits, he paced the squad in batting average (.356), slugging percentage (.599) and stolen bases (16). Additionally, he shared the top spot in home runs (10) and triples (two).
 
The junior from Las Vegas has also produced 28 multiple-hit, 20 multiple-run and 12 multiple-RBI games, all of which were team highs. Stott also played a key role in seven Rebel victories this season, registering the game-winning RBI three times and scoring the game-winning run in four more.
 
Recently, the Desert Oasis High School graduate was named the Mountain West's Tony Gwynn Co-Player of the Year and was selected to the MW's All-Conference First Team. He was also tabbed a semifinalist for USA Baseball's Golden Spikes Award.
 
Previous winners of the Brooks Wallace Award include Henderson native Cadyn Grenier (Oregon State: 2018) as well as current Major Leaguers Dansby Swanson (Vanderbilt: 2015), Trea Turner (North Carolina State: 2014), Alex Bregman (Louisiana State: 2014), Brad Miller (Clemson: 2011) and Jedd Gyorko (West Virginia: 2010).
 
BROOKS WALLACE AWARD SEMIFINALISTS:
- Bryson Stott, JR, UNLV
- Nick Grande, JR, Stony Brook
- Grae Kessinger, JR, Mississippi
- Joseph Ortiz, JR, New Mexico State
- Will Wilson, JR, North Carolina State
 
STOTT SUMMARIES:
- Mountain West's Tony Gwynn Co-Player of the Year and member of the MW's All-Conference First Team.
- Two-time Mountain West Player of the Week: April 8 and 15.
- Brooks Wallace Award Finalist – nation's top collegiate shortstop.
- Golden Spikes Award Semifinalist – top amateur baseball player in the country.
- Preseason All-American: First Team Perfect Game/Rawlings; Second Team Baseball America, D1Baseball and the NCBWA; and Third Team Collegiate Baseball Newspaper.
- As a sophomore (2018) earned Third Team All-America status from Collegiate Baseball and Perfect Game/Rawlings; and was a MW All-Conference First Team honoree.
- As a sophomore (2018, led the nation in doubles (30) and was second in doubles per game (0.51).
- Summer 2018: Split time playing for the Wareham (Massachusetts) Gatemen in the Cape Cod League and USA Baseball's Collegiate National Team.
- As a freshman (2017): MW Co-Freshman of the Year.