Aloy on Golden Spikes Award Midseason Watch List
CARY, N.C. – Arkansas infielder Wehiwa Aloy has been named to the midseason watch list for the Golden Spikes Award, presented annually by USA Baseball to the best amateur baseball player in the country.
The midseason list features 45 of the nation’s top players from college and high school baseball. The Golden Spikes Award Advisory Board will continue maintaining a rolling list of athletes throughout the season, allowing players to play themselves into consideration for the award before the announcement of the semifinalists on May 18.
Aloy, who began the year on the preseason watch list for the Golden Spikes Award, has started all 30 games at shortstop for the Razorbacks in 2025 and is slashing .360/.448/.704 with a team-leading 22 extra-base hits, 10 home runs and 35 RBI. He also leads the team in total bases (88), multi-hit games (15) and multi-RBI games (10) this season.
The Wailuku, Hawai’i, native is the ninth Razorback in program history selected to the Golden Spikes Award midseason watch list, and the first Arkansas position player to accomplish the feat since infielder Brian Anderson did so in 2014.
Two Razorbacks – outfielder Andrew Benintendi (2015) and pitcher Kevin Kopps (2021) – have previously won the award as the best amateur baseball player in the country, making Arkansas (2) one of six schools, along with Florida State (4), Arizona State (3), Cal State Fullerton (3), LSU (2) and San Diego State (2), with multiple Golden Spikes Award winners.
Arkansas on Golden Spikes Award Midseason Watch List: 11 selections, 9 players
2012: RHP Ryne Stanek (So.)
2013: RHP Barrett Astin (Jr.), RHP Ryne Stanek (Jr.)
2014: INF Brian Anderson (Jr.)
2017: RHP Blaine Knight (So.)
2018: RHP Blaine Knight (Jr.)
2019: RHP Isaiah Campbell (R-Jr.)
2022: RHP Connor Noland (Sr.)
2023: LHP Hagen Smith (So.)
2024: LHP Hagen Smith (Jr.)
2025: INF Wehiwa Aloy (Jr.)
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