Bruins Infielders Receive All-American Honors

After a 48-win season came to and end earlier this week when the UCLA Bruins lost 7-3 to Arkansas in the losers finals of their bracket in the College World Series, Bruins infielders Roch Cholowsky and Mulivai Levu were awarded with All-American honors by Baseball America.

Cholowsky, UCLA's standout shortstop, was given first team honors while Levu, a solid first baseman, was named to the third team.

The infield tandem just became the first UCLA duo to receive ABCA/Rawlings Gold Gloves in the same season in program history. The sophomores are the fourth and fifth Bruins to receive the award, preceded by Griffin Canning in 2020, Beau Amaral in 2012 and Pat Valaika in 2013.

Cholowsky over the course of the 2025 season staked his claim as one of the best players in college baseball and is projected to be the No. 1 prospect in the 2026 MLB Draft. The shortstop won Big Ten Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year, the Brooks Wallace Award, District 9 Player of the Year, Perfect Game USA Player of the Year, ABCA First Team All-American honors, NCBWA Second Team All-American Honors, finalist for the Dick Howser Trophy and semifinalist for the Golden Spikes Award, all in his sophomore season.

This season, he led the nation with 20.15 defensive runs saved and a 1.51 defensive WAR. He only had seven errors all season, which included a two-month stretch from Feb. 28 - April 29 without committing one.

Levu hit .320 this season, launching 12 home runs and tallying 85 RBIs, which is good for second in the nation. As UCLA's first baseman all season, Levu finished with an astonishing .998 fielding percentage, committing just one error in 569 chances.

Cholowsky and Levu are at the core of what is a young UCLA baseball team that was, quite frankly, ahead of schedule during it's College World Series run which ended on Tuesday after a loss to the No. 3 seeded Arkansas Razorbacks.

Finishing last season with 19 wins, the Bruins' 29-win leap this season was an unprecedented improvement from a team riddled with sophomore and freshman talent.

With nearly all of John Savage's players returning next season and the postseason scars they endured this year, Westwood is primed to have a breakout year in 2026.