Maryland baseball fifth-year heart fielder Chris “Bubba” Alleyne was chosen as one in all 31 semifinalists for the Golden Spikes Award, USA Baseball introduced Tuesday. The award honors the perfect novice baseball participant within the nation.

Alleyne had a profession 12 months with a Large Ten-leading 73 RBIs and 22 house runs. The 2022 Large Ten Participant of the 12 months achieved historical past by changing into the primary participant in program historical past to smash 20 homers and steal 20 bases in a season. He additionally grew to become the primary Division I participant to perform that milestone since 2018.

The Philadelphia native batted a superb common of .354 and was tied for second within the Large Ten with 79 hits.

Alleyne’s offensive explosiveness additionally resulted in 67 runs scored, and he was second within the convention with a .713 slugging proportion. Alleyne is a key member of the Large Ten championship-winning Terps, who achieved that feat for the primary time in 51 years.

The winner of the forty fourth Golden Spikes Award shall be introduced on June 24 on ESPN.

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