November 21, 2005
Former Amsterdam Mohawk Jared McGuire Named to Wallace
Award Pre-Season Watch List
2004 Amsterdam
Mohawk Jared McGuire was
named to the list of 120 baseball student-athletes on the 2006 Wallace Watch
released by the College Baseball Foundation in Lubbock, Texas. The Brooks
Wallace Award is presented annually to the national college baseball player of
the year.
McGuire, a third baseman at Boston
College, was named Big East Player of the Year in 2005 after completing a
successful season for the Eagles.
He is in his junior year at Boston College. In 2004, McGuire helped lead Amsterdam to a 27-18 record and
the NYCBL Championship. He hit
.270 in 40 games played for the Mohawks.
At Boston College last spring, he had a monster year hitting .397 with 6
homeruns and 27 stolen bases en-route to being honored as Big East Player of
the Year.
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 at a press conference in Omaha. 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.
The selection
committee for the Wallace Award is comprised of a national panel of prominent
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.
2006 Preseason Watch List
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Player |
Pos. |
School |
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Jared McGuire |
3B |
Boston College |
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Shane Robinson |
OF |
Florida State |
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Shelby Ford |
SS |
Oklahoma State |
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Matt McHargue |
1B |
USF |
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Max Scherzer |
P |
Missouri |
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Marc Maddox |
1B |
Southern Miss |
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Joe Savery |
P-ATH |
Rice |
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Dallas Buck |
P |
Oregon State |
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Ty Dunham |
P |
Central Michigan |
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Adrian Alaniz |
P |
Texas |
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Matt LaPorta |
1B |
Florida |
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J. P. Aercibia |
C |
Tennessee |
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Wade LeBlanc |
P |
Alabama |
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Michael Ambort |
C |
Lamar |
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Tim Lincecum |
P |
Washington |
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Matt Rizzotti |
1B |
Manhattan |
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Jason Meyer |
P |
Texas A&M |
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Chris Minaker |
SS |
Stanford |
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Jim Negrych |
2B |
Pittsburgh |
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Hector Ambriz |
P-ATH |
UCLA |
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Ian Kennedy P USC |
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|
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Adam Carr |
1B |
Oklahoma State |
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Wes Roemer |
P |
Cal State Fullerton |
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Brooks Brown |
P |
Georgia |
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Colin Curtis |
OF |
Arizona State |
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Drew Stubbs |
OF |
Texas |
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Andrew Miller |
P |
North Carolina |
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Evan Longoria |
3B |
Long Beach State |
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Scott Sizemore |
2B |
VCU |
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Beau Mills |
3B |
Fresno State |
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Mike Folli |
SS |
Buffalo |
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Matt Melancon |
P |
Arizona |
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Joseph Callendar |
2B |
Texas Tech |
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Joe Spiers |
SS |
Hawai'i |
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Joba Chamberlain |
P |
Nebraska |
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Matt Farrington |
P |
Houston |
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Nick Schmidt |
P |
Arkansas |
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Chris Campbell |
2B |
College of Charleston |
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Clay Dirks |
P |
LSU |
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Brad Emaus |
3B |
Tulane |
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Greg Dowling |
1B |
Georgia Southern |
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Jay Heafner |
3B |
Davidson |
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Jeff Kunkel |
C |
Michigan |
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Chris Perez |
P |
Miami |
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Keith Gunderson |
P |
Oregon State |
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Tyler Chambliss |
P |
Florida State |
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Steven Wright |
P |
HawaiĠi |
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Pat McMahon |
C |
Northwestern |
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Jim Viscomi |
OF |
Evansville |
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Brennan Boesch |
OF |
California |
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Nolan Reimold |
OF |
Bowling Green |
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Jake Ball |
SS |
Jacksonville State |
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Michael McKenry |
C |
Middle Tennesee State |
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Matt Wieters |
C-ATH |
Georgia Tech |
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Chad Huffman |
OF |
TCU |
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Jeremy Jones |
OF |
North Carolina A&T |
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Matt Lewis |
OF |
Penn State |
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Heath Rollins |
P-ATH |
Winthrop |
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Sean Doolittle |
P-ATH |
Virginia |
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Matt Antonelli |
3B |
Wake Forest |
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Corey Riordan |
P |
Fordham |
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Derrick Lutz |
P |
George Washington |
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Bernard Robert |
P |
Alabama |
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John Jay |
OF |
Miami |
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Jordan Pacheco |
2B |
New Mexico |
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Paul Coleman |
P |
Pepperdine |
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Luke Hopkins |
1B |
New Mexico State |
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Luke Trubee |
P |
Dayton |
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Chris Johnson |
2B |
Stetson |
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Chris Coghlan |
3B |
Ole Miss |
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P. J. Walters |
P |
South Alabama |
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Wes Hodges |
3B |
Georgia Tech |
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Steven Guerra |
P |
Oklahoma |
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Anton Daley |
DH-ATH |
Prairie View |
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Troy Krider |
DH-ATH |
Michigan State |
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Rowdy Hardy |
P |
Austin Peay |
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Taylor Fowler |
P |
Arkansas State |
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Kodiak Quick |
P |
Kansas |
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Brian Blomquist |
P |
Illinois |
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Tim Bascom |
P |
Central Florida |
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P. J. Walters |
P |
South Alabama |
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Scott Cousins |
P-ATH |
San Francisco |
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Johnny Dorn |
P |
Nebraska |
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Keith Weiser |
P |
Miami (OH) |
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Corey VanAllen |
P |
Baylor |
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Elih Villanueva |
P |
Florida International |
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Mitch Hilligoss |
SS |
Purdue |
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Brandon Hynick |
P |
Birmingham-Southern |
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James Bennett |
OF |
UL Monroe |
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Charlie Yarbrough |
OF |
Longwood |
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Blake Davis |
SS |
Cal State Fullerton |
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Kyle Jones |
DH-ATH |
Texas State |
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David Price |
P |
Vanderbilt |
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Brett Pill |
1B |
Cal State Fullerton |
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Jay Miller |
OF |
Washington State |
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Taylor Harbin |
2B |
Clemson |
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Shane Buschini |
OF |
San Diego |
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Kraig Binick |
OF |
New York Tech |
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Joseph Hunter |
OF |
Mississippi State |
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Gib Hobson |
P |
NC State |
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Brett Sinkbeil |
P |
Missouri State |
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Jon Willard |
OF |
South Carolina |
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Michael Taylor |
OF |
Stanford |
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Derek Schermerhorn |
3B |
Wichita State |
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Josh Landry |
OF |
Louisiana |
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Daniel Delcalso |
2B |
UC Davis |
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John Gaub |
P |
Minnesota |
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John Shelby |
DH-ATH |
Kentucky |
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Brennan Garr |
P-ATH |
N. Colorado |
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Jared Hughes |
P |
Long Beach State |
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Chad Tracy |
C |
Pepperdine |
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Quinton Berry |
OF |
San Diego State |
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Ryan Bird |
OF |
UNLV |
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Hunter Mense |
OF |
Missouri |
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Brandon Dewing |
P |
San Jose State |
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Chris Pettit |
OF |
Loyola Marymount |
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Scott Reese |
P |
Creighton |
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Matt Poulk |
3B |
UNC-Wilmington |
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Cory Luebke |
P |
Ohio State |
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Nick Hill |
P |
Army |
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Ben Saylor |
1B |
BYU |
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Justin Baum |
3B - C |
Pacific |
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Aaron Bates |
1B - C |
North Carolina State |
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