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Seven MWC Baseball Student-Athletes Named to 2009 Preseason Wallace Watch List
Dec. 9, 2008 LUBBOCK, Texas - The 2009 Brooks Wallace Player of the Year Watch List was announced by the College Baseball Foundation on Friday, December 4, and seven Mountain West Conference baseball student-athletes were among the 64 named. BYU's Sean McNaughton, New Mexico's Brian Cavazos-Galvez and Rafael Neda, San Diego State's Stephen Strasburg, and TCU's Ben Carruthers, Bryan Holaday and Tyler Lockwood were included in the preseason list for 2009 player of the year consideration. The Wallace Award is presented to the nation's top collegiate baseball player in conjunction with the College Baseball Hall of Fame's annual induction festivities. The 2009 award banquet will be held Thursday, July 2, in the United Spirit Arena on the campus of Texas Tech University. Last year's Brooks Wallace Award went to Florida State catcher Buster Posey.
The Wallace 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
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