Arizona State University University of Arizona ASU and UA will compete against one another in 18 sports throughout 2008... we'll be there to TRACK the results! (Football & M. Basketball are worth 10 points All other sports are worth 5 points) Next Matchup : April 06, Baseball @ ASU   News Archived The Arizona Republic Jeff Metcalfe When you overlay Brett Wallace's statistics on the Arizona State baseball record book, there really is only one match among three-year players. Bob Horner. When the Wallace era ends - and ASU fans hope that won't be for almost another month - his numbers will most closely resemble those of Horner, one of the first five players inducted into the College Baseball Hall of Fame. No wonder Wallace repeated as Pac-10 Player of the Year on Thursday. Or that he is on pace to become the first player to repeat as Pac-10 Triple Crown champion, leading in batting average (.412), home runs (20) and runs batted in (78) as ASU opens NCAA Tournament play Friday against Stony Brook at Packard Stadium. Wallace is doing what even he deemed impossible, top himself during a draft-eligible season, when the pressure often fells elite players. "Sometimes you don't realize how special the kid has been," ASU coach Pat Murphy said. "Special in every sense of the word. He's a quiet, lunch-pail type of guy who draws no attention to himself. He just plays." Wallace hit .404 with 16 homers and 78 RBIs in 63 games last season while playing first base. He has improved in all of those categories in 56 games as a junior while adroitly handling the transition to third base. In the latest Baseball America projections for the first round of the major-league draft Thursday, Wallace is ranked No. 15.   © 2008 Territorial Tracker. All rights reserved.

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