Fresno State Athletics
Three Bulldogs Named to Brooks Wallace Award Watch
12/10/2007 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
Dec. 10, 2007
FRESNO, Calif. - Senior's Clayton Allison and Steve Susdorf along with junior Justin Wilson have been named to the 2008 Brooks Wallace Player of the Year Award watch list. These student-athletes were three of the nine from the Western Athletic Conference to make the 2008 list. There are a total of 225 student-athletes from 149 Division I institutions on the "Wallace Watch."
Allison, (Pitcher, Visalia, Calif.) recorded the best win-loss record for the Bulldogs in 2007 at 10-5. He ended the season with a 4.50 ERA, appearing in 23 games while starting 19. Allison earned first-team All-WAC honors along with being named the Pepsi-Johnny Quik MVP and to the WAC All-Tournament Team.
A first-team All-WAC member and NCAA San Diego Regional All-Tournament team member in 2007, Susdorf (Outfield, Newhall, Calif.) had 14 doubles, two triples, 12 home runs and 68 RBI's while batting .340.
Wilson, (Relief Pitcher, Clovis, Calif.) was named to the first-team All-WAC as he led the Bulldogs with 105 strikeouts in 2007. He had a 9-5 record with a 3.19 ERA.
Last year's Brooks Wallace award went to Vanderbilt pitcher, David Price. Price was the first overall pick in the 2007 First-Year Player Draft and is currently pitching in the Tampa Bay Rays organization. The 2006 winner was standout pitcher/designated hitter Brad Lincoln of Houston. Nebraska's Alex Gordon, now with the Kansas City Royals, took home the 2005 trophy. The inaugural award was given in 2004 to Kurt Suzuki of Cal State Fullerton, who is now catching for the Oakland A's.
All four years the Bulldogs have had at least one student-athlete make the list. Erik Wetzel was named to the watch list in 2007.
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. The Plano, TX, native was married to the former Sandy Arnold and they had one daughter, Lindsay Ryan.
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