Aloy Wins Bobby Bragan National Collegiate Slugger Award

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Arkansas’ Wehiwa Aloy has added another national honor to his long list of accolades, winning the Bobby Bragan National Collegiate Slugger Award as the nation’s top college baseball hitter.

The BBNCSA, created by the Bobby Bragan Youth Foundation, was open to nominations from all Division I baseball programs in the country. The award is based on performance at the plate, academics and personal integrity.

Aloy, the 47th winner of the Golden Spikes Award and a consensus All-American, was one of college baseball’s most electrifying all-around players in 2025. The Wailuku, Hawai’i, native, who was also named the SEC Player of the Year, started all 65 games at shortstop during the season and turned in one of the best offensive campaigns in Razorback history by leading the team in nearly every major category, including slugging percentage (.673), on-base plus slugging (1.107), hits (93), runs scored (81), doubles (19), triples (2), home runs (21), extra-base hits (42), multi-hit games (30) and total bases (179). Aloy, playing alongside his younger brother Kuhio, finished second on the Razorbacks in batting average (.350), RBI (68), multi-RBI games (18), hit-by-pitches (10) and stolen bases (9).

His numbers in total bases (No. 3), home runs (No. 4), runs scored (No. 4), extra-base hits (No. 5) and hits (No. 6) all finished raked among the top 10 in the program’s single season record book. Defensively, Aloy dazzled with just five errors in 229 total chances (.978 fielding percentage) while helping turn 31 double plays during the 2025 campaign.

Aloy’s historic season was capped off by a semifinal run with the 50-win Razorbacks in the College World Series, their 12th trip in program history and first since 2022. In the NCAA Tournament, Aloy slashed .324/.415/.706 with a team-leading eight runs scored, 10 RBI and six extra-base hits, including three homers, in nine games. He matched his single-game career high in home runs (2) and RBI (5) against Creighton on May 31 in the NCAA Fayetteville Regional before becoming the first Arkansas shortstop to homer in the College World Series when he did so against UCLA on June 17.

The BBNCSA originally started out in 2017 as an honor going to the top college hitter in Texas. In 2019, the BBNCSA expanded, becoming a regional award covering Division I programs in Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico and Oklahoma. The BBNCSA became a national award in 2020; however, no winner was announced due to the COVID-19 virus which cut the 2020 college baseball season short.

Texas Tech’s Hunter Hargrove won the initial BBNCSA in 2017. Dallas Baptist’s Devlin Granberg took home the honor in 2018 with Texas Tech’s Josh Jung winning the award in 2019. Connor Norby from East Carolina won the BBNCSA in 2021 with Ivan Melendez from Texas taking home the award in 2022. 2023’s winner was LSU outfielder Dylan Crews and Charlie Condon of Georgia won the award in 2024.

Aloy will be honored at the BBNCSA Gala on Nov. 20, 2025, at the Fort Worth Club in Fort Worth, Texas. More information about the Bobby Bragan National Collegiate Slugger Award can be found at www.braganslugger.com.

Bobby Bragan National Collegiate Slugger Award
2025 – Wehiwa Aloy – Arkansas
2024 – Charlie Condon – Georgia
2023 – Dylan Crews – LSU
2022 – Ivan Melendez – Texas
2021 – Connor Norby – East Carolina
2019 – Josh Jung – Texas Tech
2018 – Devlin Granberg – DBU
2017 – Hunter Hargrove – Texas Tech