From the Offiical Site
DeLucia, Shuck Named to Watch List for Brooks Wallace Award
Buckeyes mentioned by College Baseball Foundation for its player of the year award
J.B. Shuck, the 2006
Big Ten Freshman of the Year,
was one of two Buckeyes
named to the preseason
watch list for the Brooks
Wallace Award, joining
teammate Dan DeLucia.
Nov. 27, 2006
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Senior left-handed pitcher Dan DeLucia and sophomore utility player J.B. Shuck have been named to the preseason watch list for the Brooks Wallace Award, the College Baseball Foundation, which oversees the award, announced last week.
DeLucia (Columbus, Ohio/Bishop Watterson) was Ohio State's first 10-game winner since 1999 and led the Big Ten with his 10-2 record and 108 innings pitched. The first-team All-Big Ten selection managed a 3.25 earned run average and limited opposing batters to a .255 average. DeLucia maintains a 19-10 career record and his 3.80 career ERA is the 13th best in school history. His teammates have elected him one of four team captains in 2007, the second year he has been voted a team captain.
Shuck (Galion, Ohio/Galion) was Ohio State's ninth player to earn Big Ten Freshman of the Year honors last year when he went 8-5 and managed a team-best 2.51 ERA in 15 appearances. His eight victories equaled the second best total by any league pitcher and his ERA was the fourth best. The Louisville Slugger Freshman All-American batted .325 with 40 hits and had 19 RBI in 40 games in the field, split between first base or in the outfield. Shuck also earned second-team All-Big Ten honors as a pitcher and was 3-3 with a 2.68 ERA in six conference games.
The Wallace Watch will be trimmed to 12 semi-finalists by late May. Then the selection committee will narrow the list to three finalists following the NCAA Super Regionals, prior to the College World Series. 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 and Fox College Sports.
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 4-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 preeminent 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.
Ohio State will begin the 2007 season in its own tournament, Feb. 23-25, at the New York Yankees minor league complex in Tampa, Fla. James Madison, Kansas State and Seton Hall will join the Buckeyes at the event.
