Mach Added To 2006 Wallace Watch List

May 08, 2006 | Cowboy Baseball

Oklahoma State slugger Tyler Mach has been added to the 2006 Brooks Wallace Award Watch list, it was announced by the College Baseball Foundation on Sunday.

Mach, a junior third baseman for the Cowboys, leads the Big 12 Conference with a .405 batting average and also tops the league in home runs (16), RBIs (62) and hits (77). The Kent, Wash. native has hit safely in 33 of his last 34 games, including a current 17-game hitting streak.

The Wallace Award is presented annually to the national college baseball player of the year. The selection committee will narrow the list of finalists to three following the NCAA Super Regionals and make that announcement June 15 in Omaha, Neb. The selection committee is comprised of a national panel of preeminent coaches, sports information directors, former winners and beat media who most closely follow college baseball.

For more information on the Wallace Award and its nominees, log on to www.collegebaseballfoundation.org.