Joba Chamberlain earned All-America honors as a sophomore, compiling a 10-2 record with a 2.18 ERA in 118.2 innings of work. The 6-foot-3, 225-pound righthander was second in the Big 12 in strikeouts with 130 and ranked among the league leaders in wins and innings pitched. Chamberlain, who is projected by Baseball America as the No. 21 prospect heading into the 2006 MLB Draft, was also on the Roger Clemens Award Watch List and was the Big 12’s Newcomer Pitcher of the Year in 2005.
Johnny Dorn put together the best freshman year in school history in 2005, helping the Huskers win a school-record 57 games and reach the College World Series. Dorn led the Big 12 in wins, as he posted a 12-2 record with a 2.16 ERA. The Big 12 Freshman of the Year and a first-team Freshman All-American, Dorn led all college rookies in wins and ranked among the leaders in innings and opponent batting average.
The Wallace Watch will be trimmed to 12 semi-finalists by late May. Following the NCAA Super Regionals, the selection committee will narrow the list to three finalists at a press conference in Omaha. The finalists, their head coaches, and their parents will be invited to Lubbock, Texas, for a schedule of special events tied to the award banquet, which will again be nationally televised by Fox Sports Network.
Dedicated to the memory of 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 coaches, sports information directors, former winners and beat 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, Texas.
2006 Wallace
Watch
Ian Kennedy, P,
USC
Shane Robinson, OF, Florida
State
Shelby Ford, SS, Oklahoma
State
Matt McHargue, 1B, USF
Max Scherzer, P,
Missouri
Marc Maddox, 1B, Southern Miss
Joe Savery, P-ATH, Rice
Dallas Buck, P, Oregon State
Ty Dunham, P, Central Michigan
Adrian Alaniz, P, Texas
Matt LaPorta, 1B,
Florida
J. P. Arencibia, C, Tennessee
Wade LeBlanc, P,
Alabama
Michael Ambort, C, Lamar
Tim Lincecum, P,
Washington
Matt Rizzotti, 1B,
Manhattan
Jason Meyer, P, Texas A&M
Chris Minaker, SS,
Stanford
Jim Negrych, 2B, Pittsburgh
Hector Ambriz, P-ATH, UCLA
Adam Carr, 1B, Oklahoma
State
Wes Roemer, P, Cal State
Fullerton
Brooks Brown, P,
Georgia
Colin Curtis, OF, Arizona
State
Drew Stubbs, OF,
Texas
Andrew Miller, P, North
Carolina
Evan Longoria, 3B,
Long Beach State
Scott Sizemore, 2B, VCU
Beau Mills, 3B, Fresno
State
Mike Folli, SS, Buffalo
Matt Melancon, P ,
Arizona
Joseph Callendar, 2B, Texas
Tech
Joe Spiers, SS, Hawai’i
Joba Chamberlain, P, Nebraska
Matt Farrington, P,
Houston
Nick Schmidt, P, Arkansas
Chris Campbell, 2B, College of
Charleston
Clay Dirks, P, LSU
Brad Emaus, 3B, Tulane
Greg Dowling, 1B, Georgia
Southern
Jay Heafner, 3B,
Davidson
Jeff Kunkel, C, Michigan
Chris Perez, P, Miami
Keith Gunderson, P, Oregon
State
Tyler Chambliss, P,
Florida State
Steven Wright, P, Hawai’i
Pat McMahon, C,
Northwestern
Jim Viscomi, OF, Evansville
Brennan Boesch, OF, California
Nolan Reimold, OF, Bowling
Green
Jake Ball, SS,
Jacksonville State
Michael McKenry, C, Middle Tenne.
St.
Matt Wieters, C-ATH,
Georgia Tech
Chad Huffman, OF, TCU
Jeremy Jones, OF, N. Carolina
A&T
Matt Lewis, OF, Penn State
Heath Rollins, P-ATH, Winthrop
Sean Doolittle, P-ATH,
Virginia
Matt Antonelli, 3B,
Wake Forest
Corey Riordan, P, Fordham
Derrick Lutz, P, George
Washington
Bernard Robert, P, Alabama
John Jay, OF,
Miami
Jordan Pacheco, 2B, New Mexico
Paul Coleman, P,
Pepperdine
Luke Hopkins, 1B, New Mexico
State
Luke Trubee, P,
Dayton
Chris Johnson, 2B, Stetson
Chris Coghlan, 3B, Ole
Miss
Jared McGuire, 3B, Boston
College
Wes Hodges, 3B, Georgia
Tech
Steven Guerra, P, Oklahoma
Anton Daley, DH-ATH, Prairie
View
Troy Krider, DH-ATH, Michigan
State
Rowdy Hardy, P, Austin
Peay
Taylor Fowler, P, Arkansas
State
Kodiak Quick, P, Kansas
Brian Blomquist, P, Illinois
Tim Bascom, P, Central Florida
P. J. Walters, P, South
Alabama
Scott Cousins, P-ATH,
San Francisco
Johnny Dorn, P, Nebraska
Keith Weiser, P, Miami
(OH)
Corey VanAllen, P, Baylor
Elih Villanueva, P, Florida
International
Mitch Hilligoss, SS, Purdue
Brandon Hynick, P,
Birmingham-Southern James
Bennett, OF, UL Monroe
Charlie
Yarbrough, OF, Longwood
Blake Davis, SS, Cal State
Fullerton
Kyle Jones, Texas
State, DH-ATH
David Price, P, Vanderbilt
Brett Pill, 1B, Cal State
Fullerton
Jay Miller, OF, Washington
State
Taylor Harbin, 2B,
Clemson
Shane Buschini, OF, San Diego
Kraig Binick, OF New York Tech
Joseph Hunter, OF, Mississippi
State
Gib Hobson, P, NC State
Brett Sinkbeil, P, Missouri
State
Jon Willard, OF, South
Carolina
Michael Taylor, OF, Stanford
Derek Schermerhorn, 3B, Wichita
State
Josh Landry, OF, Louisiana
Daniel Delcalso, 2B, UC
Davis
John Gaub, P, Minnesota
John Shelby, DH-ATH,
Kentucky
Brennan Garr, P-ATH, N.
Colorado
Jared Hughes, P. Long
Beach State
Chad Tracy, C, Pepperdine
Quinton Berry, OF, San Diego
State
Ryan Bird, OF, UNLV
Hunter Mense, OF,
Missouri
Brandon Dewing, P, San Jose
State
Chris Pettit, OF, Loyola
Marymount
Scott Reese, P, Creighton
Matt Poulk, 3B, UNC-Wilmington
Cory Luebke, P, Ohio State
Nick Hill, P,
Army
Ben Saylor, 1B, BYU
Justin Baum, 3B-C,
Pacific
Aaron Bates, 1B-C, North Carolina
State