Three Big West alums were named to as part of the 60-member 2026 Rawlings Gold Glove Award finalists.

Created in 1957 by Rawlings, the Gold Glove Award honors the best defensive players at each position in Major League Baseball (MLB). The winners will be announced on Sunday, November 1 at 5:30 p.m. PT during a special-edition Baseball Tonight broadcast on ESPN.

The three honorees from the league are Tanner Bibee (Cal State Fullerton) of the Cleveland Guardians at the pitcher position, Brooks Lee (Cal Poly) of the Minnesota Twins at third base and Michael McGreevy (UC Santa Barbara) of St. Louis Cardinals at pitcher.

Bibee played four seasons as a pitcher for Cal State Fullerton (2017-21), culminating in a career collegiate ERA of 3.82 and 236 strikeouts. Lee was a two-time All-American and two-time Big West Field Player of the Year at Cal Poly, and finished with a .351 batting average, 25 home runs, 114 RBIs and 104 runs scored. McGreevy was an All-Big West pitcher and went 16-3 with a 2.32 ERA over three years (2019-21).

The last Big West alum to win a Gold Glove Award was Matt Chapman (Cal State Fullerton) as a third baseman for the San Francisco Giants.

Additionally, Sacramento State alum Nathan Lukes, now a right fielder for the Toronto Blue Jays, was named a finalist as well.