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Brossman on Wallace Watch List
11/21/2006 12:00 AM | Baseball
Nov. 21, 2006
LUBBOCK, Texas -- University of Utah baseball player Jay Brossman is among a list of 120 baseball student-athletes on the 2007 Wallace Watch released Monday by the College Baseball Foundation in Lubbock, Texas. The Brooks Wallace Award is presented annually to the national college baseball player of the year.
Brossman was a two-time All-Mountain West Conference selection in his freshman and sophomore seasons. He was also a second-team All-MWC choice last season. Brossman batted .354 and led Utah with 57 runs batted-in last season. He tied for the team lead with 18 doubles and was second on the team with 10 home runs.
The Wallace Watch will be trimmed to 12 semi-finalists by late May. Then the selection committee will narrow the list to three finalists following the NCAA Super Regionals, prior to the College World Series. The finalists, their head coaches and their parents will be invited to Lubbock for a schedule of special events tied to the award banquet, which will be nationally televised by Fox Sports Network and Fox College Sports.
Dedicated to the memory of the former Texas Tech shortstop and assistant coach, 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 Six his senior year when he led the Red Raiders to their first-ever appearance in the Southwest Conference Tournament. 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.
The selection committee for the Wallace Award is comprised of a national panel of preeminent coaches, sports information directors, former winners and media who most closely follow the sport. Screening Committee members will evaluate the candidates and will continue their review throughout the entire baseball season. The list will expand and contract during the regular season and additional Wallace Watch candidates may be added as the season progresses. Voting for the three finalists and the Wallace Award winner will be conducted by confidential balloting, with totals tabulated by the J.W.Anderson & Associates accounting firm in Lubbock.
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