WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Leading the Big Ten in walks and on-base percentage while starting all but the first two games of the season, Purdue Baseball's Camden Gasser has been identified as one of the nation's top shortstops via a spot on the initial watch list for the Brooks Wallace Award.
Gasser joins Connor Caskenette as Boilermakers on watch lists for notable national honors. Caskenette was selected to the Buster Posey Award watch list (top Division I catcher) earlier this month.
Presented by the College Baseball Foundation, the Brooks Wallace Award is named in honor of former Texas Tech shortstop Brooks Wallace, who played for the Red Raiders from 1977 to 1980. Wallace died of leukemia at the age of 27.
Gasser played his way into the starting lineup, opening the season with a 24-game on-base streak while batting over .400 through the weekend of March 22-24. His league-leading 42 walks have helped him reach base safely in 36 of his 39 games. The Huntingburg, Indiana, native enters the final weekend of April having reached base safely multiple times in seven consecutive games. He has five three-walk games and pair of three-hit efforts as well.
For the season, Gasser has been on-base more often than he has been retired. He's batting .355 with a .524 on-base percentage, 42 walks, 25 RBI, 14 stolen bases and 42 runs scored. Gasser has also excelled in situational hitting, batting .404 with runners in scoring position and collecting 12 of his 25 RBI with two outs.
Defensively, Gasser has been a part of 33 of Purdue's 43 double plays. The Boilermakers enter the final weekend of April ranked second nationally in twin killings turned. He committed just one error in his first 13 games while playing his way into the lineup.
Gasser is the third Boilermaker selected to the Brooks Wallace Award watch list since it evolved to spotlight shortstops in 2009. David Miller (2012) and Evan Albrecht (2022) were also recognized among the nation's elite captains of the infield.
Gasser and the Boilermakers resume Big Ten play this weekend with a three-game series at Northwestern, riding a seven-game win streak in league play into weekend No. 6 of the conference schedule.
Gasser joins Connor Caskenette as Boilermakers on watch lists for notable national honors. Caskenette was selected to the Buster Posey Award watch list (top Division I catcher) earlier this month.
Presented by the College Baseball Foundation, the Brooks Wallace Award is named in honor of former Texas Tech shortstop Brooks Wallace, who played for the Red Raiders from 1977 to 1980. Wallace died of leukemia at the age of 27.
Gasser played his way into the starting lineup, opening the season with a 24-game on-base streak while batting over .400 through the weekend of March 22-24. His league-leading 42 walks have helped him reach base safely in 36 of his 39 games. The Huntingburg, Indiana, native enters the final weekend of April having reached base safely multiple times in seven consecutive games. He has five three-walk games and pair of three-hit efforts as well.
For the season, Gasser has been on-base more often than he has been retired. He's batting .355 with a .524 on-base percentage, 42 walks, 25 RBI, 14 stolen bases and 42 runs scored. Gasser has also excelled in situational hitting, batting .404 with runners in scoring position and collecting 12 of his 25 RBI with two outs.
Defensively, Gasser has been a part of 33 of Purdue's 43 double plays. The Boilermakers enter the final weekend of April ranked second nationally in twin killings turned. He committed just one error in his first 13 games while playing his way into the lineup.
Gasser is the third Boilermaker selected to the Brooks Wallace Award watch list since it evolved to spotlight shortstops in 2009. David Miller (2012) and Evan Albrecht (2022) were also recognized among the nation's elite captains of the infield.
Gasser and the Boilermakers resume Big Ten play this weekend with a three-game series at Northwestern, riding a seven-game win streak in league play into weekend No. 6 of the conference schedule.