Dec. 5, 2008
Courtesy of College Baseball Foundation
LUBBOCK, Texas - The College Baseball Foundation is proud to announce its partnership with Mizuno to bring you the pre-season release of the 2009 Brooks Wallace Player of the Year Watch List. The Wallace Award is presented annually to the nation's top collegiate baseball player in conjunction with the College Baseball Hall of Fame induction ceremonies. The 2009 award banquet will be at 7 p.m., Thursday, July 2, in the United Spirit Arena on the campus of Texas Tech University.
There are a dozen players returning to the "Wallace Watch List" who were a part of the 2008 Brooks Wallace Watch List of 64. The list includes Josh Phegley (Indiana), Chris Dominguez (Louisville) and Stephen Strasburg (San Diego). The University of North Carolina has returners: Alex White, Kyle Seager and 2008 Brooks Wallace Award semi-finalist Dustin Ackley.
"We look forward to another great year of college baseball. The College Baseball Foundation continues to expand in many areas and we are excited to acknowledge and award achievements and outstanding character on and off the diamond," said Raymond Richardson, chairman of Brooks Wallace National Player of the Year Award.
The Wallace Award is dedicated to the memory of former Texas Tech player and assistant coach Brooks Wallace. Wallace was a slick-fielding shortstop at Texas Tech from 1977 to 1980. A four-year starter, he was named All-Southwest Conference and All-District his senior year. He led the Red Raiders to their first-ever appearance in the Southwest Conference Tournament in 1980.
After playing two years in the Texas Rangers organization, he returned to Texas Tech and served as a graduate assistant and later as an assistant coach. In the summer of 1984, he was diagnosed with cancer and fought the disease courageously until his death on March 24, 1985, at age 27. The Plano, Texas, native was married to the former Sandy Arnold and they had one daughter, Lindsay Ryan.
Brooks Wallace National Player of the Year Award - Past Winners
2008 Buster Posey Catcher Florida State
2007 David Price Pitcher Vanderbilt
2006 Brad Lincoln Pitcher/DH Houston
2005 Alex Gordon 3B Nebraska
2004 Kurt Suzuki Catcher Cal State Fullerton
Name
School
Brandon May
Alabama
Jabari Graham
Alcorn St
Brad Glen
Arizona
Bryce Ortega
Arizona
Jason Stoffel
Arizona
Preston Guilmet
Arizona
Jason Kipnis
Arizona St.
Mike Leake
Arizona St.
Jerome McCollum
Ark-Pine Bluff
Clint Moore
Army
Hunter Morris
Auburn
Kolbrin Vitek
Ball State
Aaron Miller
Baylor
Kendal Volz
Baylor
Hiram Burgos
Bethune-Cookman
Joseph Munoz
Bethune-Cookman
Greg Lane
Binghamton
Tony Sanchez
Boston College
Sean McNaughton
BYU
Luke Yoder
Cal Poly
Wes Dorrell
Cal Poly
Ryan Scoma
UC Davis
Christian Colon
Cal-Fullerton
Jared Clark
Cal-Fullerton
Josh Fellhauer
Cal-Fullerton
Blake Smith
California
Kevin Miller
California
Ben Orloff
UC Irvine
Christian Bergman
UC Irvine
Eric Pettis
UC Irvine
Drew Garcia
UC Riverside
Kevin Mailloux
Canisius
Shane Davis
Canisius
Boone Whiting
Centenary
Corey Shaylor
Charlotte
Rob Lyerly
Charlotte
Cameron Satterwhite
Cincinnati
Jake Geglein
Cincinnati
Mike Spina
Cincinnati
Ben Paulsen
Clemson
Kyle Parker
Clemson
David Anderson
Coastal Carolina
Scott Woodward
Coastal Carolina
Jesse Simpson
College of Charleston
Nick Santomauro
Dartmouth
Jose Sanchez
Delaware State University
Alex Hassan
Duke
Jeremy Gould
Duke
Nate Freiman
Duke
Seth Maness
East Carolina
Cory Harrilckak
Elon
Greg Wallace
Evansville
Mikel Alvarez
Fla. Gulf Coast
Ryan Mollica
Fla. Inter
Josh Adams
Florida
Matt den Dekker
Florida
Patrick Keating
Florida
Jason Stidham
Florida St.
Stuart Tapley
Florida St.
Tyler Holt
Florida St.
Alan Ahmady
Fresno St.
Tommy Mendonca
Fresno St.
Reese Wade
Furman
Bubbie Spake
Gardner-Webb
Daniel Cook
Gardner-Webb
Justin Bour
George Mason
Scott Krieger
George Mason
Bryce Massanari
Georgia
Rich Poythress
Georgia
Ty Wright
Georgia Southern
Bradley Logan
Georgia State
Deck Mcguire
Georgia Tech
Derek Dietrich
Georgia Tech
Wes Musick
Houston
Brandon Wikoff
Illinois
Kevin Tokarski
Illinois State
Josh Phegley
Indiana
Matt Bashore
Indiana
Justin Toole
Iowa
Brandon Knowling
IPFW
Ben Tootle
Jacksonville State
Turner Phelps
James Madison
Paul Smyth
Kansas
Ben Klafczynski
Kent State
Greg Rohan
Kent State
Chris Rusin
Kentucky
Errol Hollinger
Liberty
Jonathan Jones
Long Beach
Ben Soignier
Louis-Monroe
Chris Dominguez
Louisville
Justin Marks
Louisville
Ryan Wheeler
Loyola Marymount
Blake Dean
LSU
D.J LeMahieu
LSU
Louis Coleman
LSU
Micah Gibbs
LSU
Kevin Nieto
Manhattan
Nate Lape
Marshall
Chris Hernandez
Miami
Ryan Jackson
Miami
Chris Fetter
Michigan
Bryce Brentz
Middle Tenn.
Rawley Bishop
Middle Tenn.
Matt Nohelty
Minnesota
Chris Mills
Miss Valley St
Scott Bittle
Mississippi
Aaron Senne
Missouri
Kyle Gibson
Missouri
Ryan Buch
Monmouth
Michael Speciale
Navy
Brian Cavazos-Galvez
New Mexico
Rafael Neda
New Mexico
Chris Auten
New Mexico St.
Alex White
North Carolina
Dustin Ackley
North Carolina
Kyle Seager
North Carolina
Matt Harvey
North Carolina
Sheldon McDonald
Northeastern
Justin Behm
Northern Illinois
Jake Goebbert
Northwestern
AJ Pollock
Notre Dame
Scott Sexton
Oakland
Justin Miller
Ohio St
Aaron Baker
Oklahoma
Andrew Doyle
Oklahoma
Jerry Sullivan
Oral Roberts
Ryan Ortiz
Oregon St.
Andrew Oliver
OSU
Neil Medchill
OSU
Tyler Lyons
OSU
Todd Roth
Penn
Myrio Richard
Prairie View A&M
Jack Murphy
Princeton
Dan Black
Purdue
Reggie Keen
Radford
Diego Seastrunk
Rice
Mike Ojala
Rice
Rick Hague
Rice
Ryan Berry
Rice
James Hayes
Rider
Sean Olson
Rider
Tim Wheeler
Sacramento St
Seth Hammock
Sam Houston St.
A J Griffin
San Diego
Kyle Blair
San Diego
Sammy Solis
San Diego
Stephen Strasburg
San Diego St
Danny Stienstra
San Jose St.
Mike Ford
Santa Barbara
Thain Simon
Santa Clara
Brian Dozier
Southern Miss
James Ewing
Southern Miss
Keli'I Zablan
Southern Utah
Kyle Jensen
St. Mary's
Jeremy Cruz
Stetson
Michael Stephan
Stony Brook
Ben Carruthers
TCU
Bryan Holaday
TCU
Tyler Lockwood
TCU
Kentrall Davis
Tennessee
Brandon Belt
Texas
Brandon Workman
Texas
Cameron Rupp
Texas
Chance Ruffin
Texas
Kyle Colligan
Texas A&M
Kyle Thebeau
Texas A&M
Luke Anders
Texas A&M
Travis Starling
Stephen Flora
Texas A&M
TX A&M-Corpus Christi
Michael Choice
Paul Goldschmidt
Texas-Arlington
Texas State
Willie Rueda
Josh Storm
Texas Tech
Troy
Rob Segedin
Tulane
Seth Henry
Tulane
Casey Haerther
UCLA
Charles Brewer
UCLA
Mike Olt
UConn
Brett Schafer
UIC
Steve McGuiggan
UIC
Riley Henricks
Univ. of Portland
Matt Lujan
Univ. of San Francisco
Grant Green
USC
Ryan Lockwood
USF
Mike Minor
Vanderbilt
Joe Serafin
Vermont
Justin Milo
Vermont
Matt Packer
Virginia
Anthony Sosnoskie
Virginia Tech
Austin Wates
Virginia Tech
Vin Avella
Wagner
Kyle Conley
Washington
Jared Prince
Washington St.
Jedd Gyorko
West Virginia
Justin Parks
West Virginia
Drew Laidig
Western Illinois
Chad Cregar
Western Kentucky
Matt Ridings
Western Kentucky
Brian Stroud
Western Michigan
Shawn Wozniak
Wisconsin Milwaukee
Jake Williams
Wofford
Alex Kaminsky
Wright St
Jeff Mercer
Wright St
Quentin Cate
Wright St
