GREENSBORO, N.C. – Wichita State University junior third baseman Paxton Wallace has been named to the ABCA/Rawlings 2021 NCAA Division I Gold Glove team, it was announced Wednesday, June 23, by the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA).
 
Wallace marks Wichita State baseball's second-ever ABCA/Rawlings Gold Glove winner. Former Shocker Tyler Weber won a Gold Glove as a catcher for WSU in 2007, the first year of the ABCA Gold Glove awards program.
 
A native of Greenbrier, Ark., Wallace had a stellar season in the hot corner, committing just six errors on 160 chances for a .963 fielding percentage. In 54 games played, he tallied 41 putouts and 113 assists.
 
An American Athletic Conference All-Conference First Team honoree at third, Wallace also excelled at the plate in 2021, posting a .322 batting average with 67 hits, 45 runs scored, 11 doubles, two triples, 11 home runs, a team-best 49 RBI, 21 walks and five stolen bases.
 
Wichita State baseball posted a 31-23 overall record and finished third in the American Athletic Conference with an 18-13 mark in 2021. The third-place finish and 18 conference victories are both program records since WSU joined the AAC prior to the 2018 season.

 

2021 ABCA/Rawlings NCAA Div. I Gold Glove Team
Pos.	Player	Cl.	School	State
C	Hayden Dunhurst	So.	Ole Miss	MS
1B	Austin Murr	Jr.	North Carolina State	NC
2B	Taylor Young	Sr.	Louisiana Tech	LA
3B	Paxton Wallace	Jr.	Wichita State	KS
SS	Drew Swift	Jr.	Arizona State	AZ
OF	Sal Frelick	Jr.	Boston College	MA
OF	Enrique Bradfield Jr.	Fr.	Vanderbilt	TN
OF	Jess Davis	So.	UAB	AL
P	Jacob Key	Gr.	Illinois-Chicago	IL