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BSB’s Tyriq Kemp Named a Semifinalist for Brooks Wallace Award
OVERLAND PARK, Kansas – Baylor baseball senior shortstop Tyriq Kemp has been named a semifinalist for the 2025 Brooks Wallace Award, as announced Wednesday by the College Baseball Foundation. The award honors the nation’s top shortstop and will be presented by the College Baseball Foundation later this year. It’s named after former Texas Tech […]
OVERLAND PARK, Kansas – Baylor baseball senior shortstop Tyriq Kemp has been named a semifinalist for the 2025 Brooks Wallace Award, as announced Wednesday by the College Baseball Foundation.
The award honors the nation’s top shortstop and will be presented by the College Baseball Foundation later this year. It’s named after former Texas Tech shortstop Brooks Wallace, who played for the Red Raiders from 1977 to 1980 and died of leukemia at the age of 27.
The top 30 shortstops in the country were named as semifinalists for the award on Wednesday, recognized for their combined offensive and defensive performances from this season.
Kemp, an All-Big 12 First Team selection, broke out this season hitting .364 and slugging .551 with a 1.004 OPS. He led the Bears with 72 hits in the regular season, including 14 doubles, one triple and a career-high seven home runs. Kemp scored 48 runs and drove in 39, moving into the three-hole in BU’s batting order for the latter part of the season.
One of the nation’s premier defenders, Kemp ranked second among Big 12 shortstops and eighth nationally with 11.45 defensive runs saved this season. He committed only eight errors and fielded at a .966 clip, tracking to be one of the best defensive seasons by a Baylor shortstop in the Statcrew Era (since 2003).
Kemp is one of three Big 12 shortstops named as semifinalists, joining Arizona State’s Matt King and Utah’s Core Jackson.
Finalists for the 2025 Brooks Wallace Award will be announced on June 4, with the winner to be announced at a date to be finalized later that month.
To stay up to date on all things Baylor baseball, follow the team on its official Facebook, Twitter and Instagram accounts: @BaylorBaseball.
The award honors the nation’s top shortstop and will be presented by the College Baseball Foundation later this year. It’s named after former Texas Tech shortstop Brooks Wallace, who played for the Red Raiders from 1977 to 1980 and died of leukemia at the age of 27.
The top 30 shortstops in the country were named as semifinalists for the award on Wednesday, recognized for their combined offensive and defensive performances from this season.
Kemp, an All-Big 12 First Team selection, broke out this season hitting .364 and slugging .551 with a 1.004 OPS. He led the Bears with 72 hits in the regular season, including 14 doubles, one triple and a career-high seven home runs. Kemp scored 48 runs and drove in 39, moving into the three-hole in BU’s batting order for the latter part of the season.
One of the nation’s premier defenders, Kemp ranked second among Big 12 shortstops and eighth nationally with 11.45 defensive runs saved this season. He committed only eight errors and fielded at a .966 clip, tracking to be one of the best defensive seasons by a Baylor shortstop in the Statcrew Era (since 2003).
Kemp is one of three Big 12 shortstops named as semifinalists, joining Arizona State’s Matt King and Utah’s Core Jackson.
Finalists for the 2025 Brooks Wallace Award will be announced on June 4, with the winner to be announced at a date to be finalized later that month.
To stay up to date on all things Baylor baseball, follow the team on its official Facebook, Twitter and Instagram accounts: @BaylorBaseball.
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