Troy University Athletics
Tremayne Cobb Jr. Tabbed Brooks Wallace Semifinalist
5/21/2024 3:39:00 PM | Baseball
TROY, Ala. – Originated in 2004 to celebrate the national player of the year before flipping into the nation's most outstanding shortstop, the Brooks Wallace Award announced that Troy baseball's Tremayne Cobb Jr. was one of 29 semifinalists and the lone Sun Belt player.
"We are thrilled for Tre to make the semifinalist list for the Brooks Wallace award," head coach Skylar Meade said. "His skills and defensive prowess have improved so much as he has ranked as the first or second best shortstop defensively all season in college baseball. His bat is game-changing, as all Trojans fans know. I'm very proud of Tre; this honor is more than deserved."
Cobb Jr. has started all 56 games at shortstop, showing his elite level on all facets of the game, foremost through his 43 walks to rank 65th in the nation and fifth in the SBC. In league play, Cobb Jr. totaled 11 doubles to rank ninth in the SBC while posting a .274 batting average, a .442 on-base percentage and a .411 slugging percentage overall.
No. 3 has 17 multi-hit games, with three at 3-plus and seven multi-RBI games, with four having three-plus – four came at UAB and at then-ranked No. 12 Coastal. He's hit safely in 33 of his last 48 games, with multiple hits coming in five of his previous 15 SBC games. He also managed a career-long 15 game reached base streak – reached base safe in all but five games.
On the defensive side, Cobb Jr. is among the elite nationally, leading all shortstops and fifth overall in DRS at 11.54 and ranking 13th for shortstops in WAR at 3.16. In the field, Cobb Jr. has 211 chances, 69 putouts, 138 assists, 33 double plays and just four errors for a .981 fielding percentage.
"We are thrilled for Tre to make the semifinalist list for the Brooks Wallace award," head coach Skylar Meade said. "His skills and defensive prowess have improved so much as he has ranked as the first or second best shortstop defensively all season in college baseball. His bat is game-changing, as all Trojans fans know. I'm very proud of Tre; this honor is more than deserved."
Cobb Jr. has started all 56 games at shortstop, showing his elite level on all facets of the game, foremost through his 43 walks to rank 65th in the nation and fifth in the SBC. In league play, Cobb Jr. totaled 11 doubles to rank ninth in the SBC while posting a .274 batting average, a .442 on-base percentage and a .411 slugging percentage overall.
No. 3 has 17 multi-hit games, with three at 3-plus and seven multi-RBI games, with four having three-plus – four came at UAB and at then-ranked No. 12 Coastal. He's hit safely in 33 of his last 48 games, with multiple hits coming in five of his previous 15 SBC games. He also managed a career-long 15 game reached base streak – reached base safe in all but five games.
On the defensive side, Cobb Jr. is among the elite nationally, leading all shortstops and fifth overall in DRS at 11.54 and ranking 13th for shortstops in WAR at 3.16. In the field, Cobb Jr. has 211 chances, 69 putouts, 138 assists, 33 double plays and just four errors for a .981 fielding percentage.
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