Wehiwa Aloy Wins 2025 Golden Spikes Award

Arkansas shortstop Wehiwa Aloy has won the 2025 Golden Spikes Award, which USA Baseball presents to the nation's top amateur baseball player. Aloy transferred from Sacramento State to Arkansas, where he played alongside his younger brother Kuhio and delivered a standout season, batting .350 with 21 home runs, 68 RBIs, and a .978 fielding percentage. He also earned SEC Player of the Year honors and is projected as a first-round pick in the upcoming MLB Draft. Aloy becomes the third Arkansas player to earn this honor, joining Andrew Benintendi and Kevin Kopps. His achievement marks a historic milestone as the first Mauian to win the Golden Spikes Award and potentially the first from the Valley Isle to be drafted in the MLB first round. Past recipients of the award have often gone on to successful professional careers.