The 'Prized One': Arkansas baseball shortstop Wehiwa Aloy wins 2025 Golden Spikes Award

Wehiwa Aloy's first name means 'prized one' in Hawaiian.In 2025, Aloy was the 'golden one' in college baseball.

The Arkansas baseball shortstop capped off a historic season by winning the Golden Spikes Award Saturday evening at a ceremony in Omaha, Nebraska.

Aloy received the honor from USA Baseball before the first game of the Mens College World Series.Florida State shortstop Alex Lodise and Tennessee pitcher Liam Doyle were the other two finalists.

Aloy is the third Golden Spikes winner in program history after outfielder Andrew Benintendi (2015) and pitcher Kevin Kopps (2021).

He was the fifth Razorback to be named a finalist for college baseball's most prestigious honor.

Arkansas is the only program with multiple Golden Spikes Award winners since 2015 as well as the only program with three finalists since 2021.Aloy already the SEC Player of the Year slashed .350/.434/.673.

He led Arkansas with 81 runs, 93 hits, 19 doubles and 21 home runs.

He was second on the team with 68 RBIs.

Only his brother, Kuhio Aloy, had more RBIs with 70.

Wehiwa's 21 home runs place him fourth in the Arkansas single-season record book.

"You make a mistake, (Aloy) hit a ball it seemed like 500 foot to the pull-side at Florida," Arkansas coach Dave Van Horn said during the regular season.

"He hit one over the batter's eye that's as hard a ball as I've ever seen hit in college over at Georgia to tie that game, dead center.

And he can also go the other way.

I mean, he's having a great year."He also dazzled defensively with just five errors in 226 total chances, good for a .978 fielding percentage on the year.Wehiwa transferred to Arkansas prior to the 2024 season from Sacramento State.

He started every game at shortstop during his two-year career with the Razorbacks and will likely be a first-round pick in this summer's MLB Draft.

Jackson Fuller covers Arkansas football, basketball and baseball for the Southwest Times Record, part of the USA TODAY Network.

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