Eastern Michigan Athletics
Steve Bradshaw Named to Wallace Watch List
12/6/2006 3:21:41 PM | Baseball
Junior first baseman on list for consideration of college baseball player of the year award
LUBBOCK, Texas – Eastern Michigan baseball first baseman Steve Bradshaw (Lapeer, Mich.-West) has been named to the 2007 Wallace Watch list released by the College Baseball Foundation. The list consists of 148 baseball student-athletes for consideration of the Brooks Wallace Award that is presented annually to the national college baseball player of the year. The 2006 winner, Brad Lincoln of Houston, signed last summer to play professionally for the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Last season, Bradshaw started 50 games at first base and appeared in 52. He was named the Milo Danziesen Most Valuable Player of the team and led the Eagles in the following categories: batting average (.356), RBI (40), hits (69), runs (35), at bats (194), doubles (17), slugging percentage (.490), walks (26), on-base percentage (.432) and put-outs (476). In the Mid-American Conference individual batting statistics, Bradshaw also ranked ninth in batting average (.356), sixth in doubles (17) and 10th in on- base percentage (.432). He was also named Mid-American Conference West Division Player of the Week for the period ending (April 30) which marked the first time he had won the award.
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, TX.
