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Wallace Award

The Wallace Award is presented to the nation’s top collegiate shortstop in conjunction with the College Baseball Hall of Fame’s annual induction festivities. The award is a dedication to the memory of the 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.

Baseball Almanac is pleased and honored to present a comprehensive list of each winner of the Brooks Wallace Award.

"He (Kurt Suzuki) is a guy that performs beyond the number. I think that's very representative of the Brooks Wallace Award, from what I've learned about Brooks is his love of the game and his passion for the game. Kurt exemplifies that." - Cal State Fullerton Coach George Horton (The Daily Toreador, 11/17/04)

Wallace Award Brooks Wallace Award Winners
Year	Name^(Quantity)	Position	College^{(School Total)}
2004	Kurt Suzuki⁽¹⁾	Catcher	Cal State Fullerton⁽¹⁾
2005	Alex Gordon⁽¹⁾	Third Base	University of Nebraska⁽¹⁾
2006	Brad Lincoln⁽¹⁾	Pitcher	University of Houston⁽¹⁾
2007	David Price⁽¹⁾	Pitcher	Vanderbilt University⁽¹⁾
2008	Buster Posey⁽¹⁾	Catcher	Florida State University⁽¹⁾
2009	Ben Orloff⁽¹⁾	Shortstop	University of California, Irvine⁽¹⁾
2010	Jedd Gyorko⁽¹⁾	Shortstop	University of West Virginia⁽¹⁾
2011	Brad Miller⁽¹⁾	Shortstop	Clemson University⁽¹⁾
2012	Not Yet Announced^(09-2012)	--	--
Year	Name^(Quantity)	Position	College^{(School Total)}
Wallace Award

Names which appear in gray have yet to make it to a Major League team - OR - just broke in during the most current season and links are not yet available.

The Wallace Award is officially sanctioned by the College Baseball Foundation and their official site (link) has more details about the Foundation and their efforts.

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