OVERLAND PARK, Kan. – Notre Dame sophomore Noah Coy was named as a semifinalist for the 2026 Brooks Wallace Award.
Coy is one of 50 shortstops in the country named to the list based on both their offensive and defensive production this season. The award honors the nation’s top shortstop and will be presented by the College Baseball Foundation later this year. It is named for former Texas Tech shortstop Brooks Wallace, who played for the Red Raiders from 1977 to 1980. Wallace died of leukemia at the age of 27.
Coy currently ranks among the nation’s leaders in triples and triples per game. Through 35 games of the season, he has a .313 batting average with a .455 on-base percentage. Coy has 40 hits, 35 runs and 28 RBI for the Irish. Defensively, he boasts a .966 fielding percentage on 80 assists and 33 putouts via 117 total chances all at shortstop.