College Baseball Foundation Announces First Weekly Awards
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. – Aiva Arquette (Oregon State), Blaine Brown (Rice) and Colton Book (Saint Joseph’s) earned weekly honors from the College Baseball Foundation (CBF) for their respective performances in week two of the college baseball season it was announced on Tuesday.
Each week the CBF recognizes weekly award winners in conjunction with the Brooks Wallace Award, John Olerud Two-Way Player of the Year Award and the National Pitcher of the Year Award.
Brooks Wallace Award Player of the Week (Nation’s Most Outstanding Shortstop)
Aiva Arquette, SS, Junior, Oregon State University, Kailua, Hawai'i
Arquette has been red hot at the plate for the Beavers since opening day, sporting a .440 batting average (11 for 25) on the week, with three home runs, 10 RBI, six walks and eight runs scored. He did not commit an error in the first seven games of the season, including matchups with Xavier, Indiana and UNLV at the College Baseball Classic and games at the Round Rock Invitational against Virginia, Oklahoma and Minnesota.
John Olerud Two-Way Player of the Week Award
Blaine Brown, LHP/OF, Freshman, Rice University, Pearland, Texas
At the plate, Brown recorded a .272 batting average in three games, including two doubles, two walks and two RBI. Brown also made two appearances on the mound, pitching one inning and picking up four strikeouts against Sam Houston State and going 2/3 of an inning giving up one hit against the University of Southern California.
National Pitcher of the Week
Colton Book, LHP, Redshirt Junior, Saint Joseph’s University, Manheim, Pennsylvania
Book was dominant in his second consecutive start of the season, earning the win after going seven innings, allowing no runs or walks, only one hit and racking up 14 strikeouts in a 7-0 seven-inning victory over Mount St. Mary’s. In his first outing of the year, Book pitched six innings, allowing no runs or walks and struck out nine in a 3-0 win over Washington.
2025 Brooks Wallace Award Weekly Honorees
2/25 - Aiva Arquette, SS, Junior, Oregon State University, Kailua, Hawai'i
2025 John Olerud Two-Way Player Weekly Award Honorees
2/25 - Blaine Brown, LHP/OF, Freshman, Rice University,
2025 National Pitcher of the Year Weekly Award Honorees
2/25 – Colton Book, LHP, Redshirt Junior, Saint Joseph’s University, Manheim, Pennsylvania
College Baseball Foundation Weekly Honors
Brooks Wallace Award
The Brooks Wallace Award is presented annually to honor the nation's most outstanding shortstop. It is a tribute to Brooks Wallace, a slick-fielding shortstop at Texas Tech from 1977-80 who passed away at age 27 after a courageous battle with leukemia. Prior to 2009, the award recognized the national player of the year.
John Olerud Two-Way Player of the Year Award
The John Olerud Two-Way Player of the Year Award is presented annually by the College Baseball Foundation to honor the nation's top combo pitcher-position player. Olerud, who was inducted into the National College Baseball Hall of Fame in 2007, was a standout pitcher and first baseman at Washington State University from 1987 through 1989.
National Pitcher of the Year Award
The Pitcher of the Year award, college baseball's version of the Cy Young Award which was created in 2009, is given annually to the nation's top collegiate pitcher.
