LUBBOCK, Texas - Hawai`i right-handed pitcher
Steven Wright is one of the 30 players on the semi-finalist list for the Brooks Wallace Award, annually awarded to the national player of the year in collegiate baseball.
Wright is 10-2 on the season with a 2.48 ERA in 101.2 innnings, striking out 110 with just 19 walks. He has held his opposition to a .207 batting average. The junior has turned it on lately, winning his last six starts, allowing just five earned runs in that span.
The selection committee will slash the list to three finalists following the NCAA Super Regionals and make that announcement in Omaha on Thursday, June 15, 2005. The finalists, their head coaches and parents will be invited to Lubbock, where they will participate in a two-day celebration of college baseball on July 3-4, which will feature the theme The Past Meets Present. The Wallace Trophy and winners will become part of the permanent display in the new College Baseball Hall of Fame in Lubbock. The three finalists will also meet the Inaugural 2006 College Baseball Hall of Fame Class who will be recognized during the ceremony and enshrined during the Official Induction Ceremonies the following afternoon on Tuesday, July 4th.
Wallace Award Semi-finalist List
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