Aloy Named Golden Spikes Award Finalist
CARY, N.C. – Arkansas’ Wehiwa Aloy has been named a finalist for the 2025 Golden Spikes Award.
The Golden Spikes Award, considered the most prestigious among college baseball’s national player of the year honors, recognizes the top amateur baseball player in the United States based on their athletic ability, sportsmanship, character and overall contribution to the sport. Aloy is one of three finalists, including Tennessee’s Liam Doyle and Florida State’s Alex Lodise, for this year’s award, and the third Hog to be named a Golden Spikes Award finalist in the last five years.
Aloy, the 2025 SEC Player of the Year, is slashing a team-leading .355/.440/.686 with 20 home runs, tied for fourth most in program history, and 64 RBI through 59 games this season. The Razorbacks’ superstar shortstop, who has started every game this year, is on his way to turning in one of the best offensive campaigns in program history, leading the team in nearly every major category, including batting average (.355), slugging percentage (.686), on-base plus slugging (1.126), runs scored (77), hits (86), doubles (18), home runs (20), extra-base hits (39) and total bases (166).
Named a finalist for the Brooks Wallace Award and semifinalist for the Dick Howser Trophy, Aloy has dazzled defensively with just five errors in 205 total chances (.976 fielding percentage) while helping turn 28 double plays this season. The junior from Wailuku, Hawai’i, is the fifth Razorback finalist since the Golden Spikes Award’s inception and would be the third winner in program history behind outfielder Andrew Benintendi (2015) and pitcher Kevin Kopps (2021).
Aloy is the fourth Razorback finalist in the Dave Van Horn era, including Benintendi (2015), Kopps (2021) and pitcher Hagen Smith (2024). Arkansas, the only program with multiple Golden Spikes Award winners since 2015 as well as the only program with three finalists since 2021, is one of six schools, including Florida State (4), Arizona State (3), Cal State Fullerton (3), LSU (2) and San Diego State (2), with multiple Golden Spikes Award winners in its program history.
The 47th Golden Spikes Award will be presented Saturday, June 21, on ESPN at 6:30 p.m. ET/5:30 p.m. CT prior to first pitch of Game 1 of the Men’s College World Series finals. The 2025 Golden Spikes Award timeline is as follows:
- June 4: Golden Spikes Award finalists announced, and fan voting begins
- June 20: Golden Spikes Award finalists fan voting ends
- June 21: Golden Spikes Award winner announced
A final ballot will be sent to the Golden Spikes Award voting body consisting of national baseball media, select professional baseball personnel and USA Baseball staff, and the previous winners of the award, totaling a group of more than 100 voters. From Wednesday, June 4, to Thursday, June 12, the voting body will cast their final vote for the Golden Spikes Award winner and fan voting will simultaneously be open on GoldenSpikesAward.com.
Razorbacks as Golden Spikes Award finalists: 5 selections, 5 players
1991: RHP Phil Stidham (Jr.)
2015: OF Andrew Benintendi (Soph.)
2021: RHP Kevin Kopps (Sr.)
2024: LHP Hagen Smith (Jr.)
2025: INF Wehiwa Aloy (Jr.)
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