Wallace named a finalist for Golden Spikes Award

June 03, 2008

Arizona State junior third baseman and two-time Pac-10 Player of the Year <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/wallace_brett00.html">… Wallace</a> has been named a finalist for the Golden Spikes Award, given to the nation's premier amateur baseball player. Wallace becomes the 8th Sun Devil be names a Golden Spikes Award finalist and the first since <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/pedroia_dustin00.html"… Pedroia</a> in 2004.<separator></separator>Wallace (Sonoma, Calif.) was named the Pac-10 Player of the Year for the second straight after leading the Pac-10 in six categories, including batting average (.414), hits (94), runs (83), RBI (81), total bases (173) and home runs (21). Wallace was a semifinalist for the Golden Spikes Award last season.<separator></separator>Three Sun Devils have won the Golden Spikes Award, including the first ever winner, Bob Horner, in 1978. Oddibe McDowell won the award in 1984 and <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/kelly_mike00.html">Mike Kelly</a> won in 1991. Kelly (1990), Paul Lo Duca (1993), Jacob Cruz (1994) and Pedroia (2004) were Sun Devils who were finalists for the award.<separator></separator>The 2008 Golden Spikes Award will be given out on July 16 as part of Major League Baseball's All-Star Week in New York City.