John Wallace




His s2007 (Sophomore)econd season at OSU ... Pacific-10 All-Academic honorable mention ... had a hit in 26 of 49 games batted; had a RBI in 19 of 49 games batted ... Jun. 24 vs. North Carolina, 3-for-4, 1 triple, 1 RBI, 2 runs, 1 stolen base ... Jun. 20 vs. UC-Irvine, 1-for-4, 1 triple, 1 RBI ... Jun. 4 at Virginia, singled home go-ahead run as OSU won to force winner-take-all game at NCAA Charlottesville Regional ... Jun. 1 vs. Rutgers, 2-run double ... May 5 vs. Washington, 2-for-4, 1 RBI, 1 run ... Apr. 14 vs. California, pinch-hit single ... Apr. 5 vs. Southern California, 2-for-4, 1 double, 2 RBI, 2 runs ... Apr. 1 at Arizona, off bench, 1-for-1, 1 RBI, 1 run ... Mar. 17 vs. San Francisco, 2-for-3, first career homer, 3 RBI ... Mar. 8 vs. Evansville, 1-for-3, 1 double, 2 RBI, 1 run ... Mar. 3 vs. New Mexico, 1-for-3, 1 RBI, 1 run ... Feb. 25 at Sacramento State, 1-for-1, 1 RBI ... Feb. 17 vs. Arizona State, 1-for-1, 1 double, 1 RBI ... Jan. 26 at Hawai’i-Hilo first game, bases-loaded triple ... Jan. 25 at Hawai’i-Hilo, playing right field, ran down ball near warning track in key play preserving OSU’s combined no-hitter on Opening Day.

2006 (Freshman)
As a freshman, lettered ... 14 multi-hit games, 4 multi-RBI games ... had a hit in 21 of the last 31 games in which he batted ... Jun. 26 vs. North Carolina, 0-for-2, 1 run, 1 RBI as Beavers captured national championship ... Jun. 25 vs. North Carolina, 3-for-4, 1 run ... Jun. 21 vs. Rice, had groundout RBI for insurance run as OSU clinched berth in College World Series championship series ... Jun. 20 vs. Miami, 2-for-5, 1 run ... Jun. 2-Jun. 4 at NCAA Corvallis Regional, in 2 games, batted .500 (4-for-8) with 1 RBI, 2 runs ... May 20-May 21 at Washington State, in 2 games, batted .500 (5-for-10) with 3 RBIs, 4 runs ... May 20 at Washington State, 3-for-5, 1 RBI, 3 runs ... May 6-May 14, 5-game hitting streak; during streak, batted .350 (7-for-20) with 1 double, 4 RBIs, 3 runs ... May 14 at Arizona State, 2-for-5, 1 RBI ... May 6 vs. Washington, 2-for-4, 2 RBIs ... Apr. 30 vs. New Mexico, 3-for-5, 1 RBI, 1 run ... Apr. 27 vs. Cal Poly, 2-for-3, 1 double, 1 run ... Mar. 29-Apr. 23, 6-game hitting streak; during streak, batted .625 (10-for-16) with 5 RBIs, 4 runs, 2 stolen bases; 4 games were ones in which he came off bench ... Apr. 11 at Portland, off bench, 3-for-5, 2 RBIs, 1 run, 1 stolen base ... Apr. 1 vs. Texas-Pan American first game,  off bench, delivered 2 run-scoring singles ... Mar. 5 vs. Nevada, 2-for-3, 1 RBI in first career start.
   
Reno High
Lettered 3 years for coach Pete Savage; batted .407, 10 homers ... as a senior, all-league first team, Most Valuable Player; batted .390, 5 homers ... as a junior, all-state second team, all-league first team; batted .445, 5 homers, 63 runs ... also played football ... prep teammate Drew Johnson plays for Nevada, Brady Dolan for UCLA, Josh Barrett and Wes Evans football for Arizona State, Ryan McKinley football for Fresno State ... 3.82 GPA; National Honor Society.

Personal
Majoring in business ... born in Reno, Nev. ... son of Vicki and Mike Wallace ... has one brother, Glenn, 17 ... enjoys playing golf and NBA Jam when not playing baseball ... favorite professional athlete is former Oregon State infielder Darwin Barney ... biggest athletic thrill to date is winning back-to-back national championships ... favorite TV show is Entourage ... favorite movie is Superbad.


 

 

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