St. John's University Athletics
Panik Included On Brooks Wallace Award Watchlist
5/6/2011 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
May 6, 2011
QUEENS, N.Y. - The College Baseball Hall of Fame has announced that junior shortstop Joe Panik is included on the 25-player watchlist for the Brooks Wallace Award, presented to the nation's top shortstop. On a watchlist that includes shortstops from 15 conferences, including four from both the ACC and SEC, Panik is the lone representative of the BIG EAST.
Panik currently leads the BIG EAST with a .510 on-base percentage, a category in which he also ranks 11th nationally as of the May 3 NCAA rankings release. The shortstop is also second in the league in batting average (.400) and third in slugging percentage (.613). The former Freshman All-American ranks fifth in hits (62), tied for seventh in triples (3), and tied for eighth in runs (37), RBI (38) and home runs (5).
The shortstop has a team-best 21 multi-hit games, including a career-best five-hit performance against Georgia Southern (March 5). Panik also has nine multi-RBI games, including a career-high six-RBI performance against Hofstra (April 27).
The Brooks Wallace Award, sponsored by Mizuno, will be presented on July 3 in Lubbock, Texas, as part of the College Baseball Hall of Fame Night of Champions.
