Brett Wallace

Returning to the Sun Devils after being a two-time Pac-10 Player of the Year (2007, 2008) and a two-time triple crown winner in the Maroon & Gold, Brett Wallace has joined the Sun Devil Baseball staff as the Director of Quality Control and Offensive Strategy where he will be performing extensive video analysis and assisting with offensive game planning.    "Brett's time as a Sun Devil was legendary. He's lived all aspects of this journey and I can't wait for our student-athletes to learn from his experience and insights." said head coach Willie Bloomquist. "We talk about Sun Devils for Life a lot in this program and I was thrilled that he approached us wanting to help Sun Devil Baseball."   After starring for ASU from 2006-2008, Wallace spent seven years in the MLB with the Houston Astros and San Diego Padres where he assembled 305 hits, 143 runs, 138 RBIs, and 40 home runs throughout his career before retiring in 2017.   In 2008, he remained one of the best hitters in the country with a career high .410 batting average and 98 hits in his final year with an ASU team that won the Pac-10 title for the second straight year. Wallace added 22 home runs and 83 RBIs to his tally, which helped him become the fifth player in conference history to win back-to-back Pac-10 Player of the Year honors, and only the second time in conference history for a Sun Devil to win the award in back-to-back seasons with Casey Myers being the first. After the season, he was a first-round selection to the St. Louis Cardinals with the 13th overall pick.   In 2007 as a Sun Devil, he had one of the best seasons out of anyone to ever don the Maroon & Gold. Compiling a .404 batting average with 107 hits and leading the Pac-10 in nearly every offensive category, by leading the conference in batting average, slugging percentage (.687), runs scored (75), hits, RBI (78), homers (16) and total bases (182). He would earn First-team All-American honors and second-team ABCA All-American honors in 2007, leading the team to Omaha and the College World Series. He would later become the 12th Sun Devil to win Pac-10 Player of the Year and represented Team USA in the Pan American games.   As a freshman in 2006, he led the team with a .371 batting average and was named All-Pac-10 Honorable Mention after appearing in 48 games and starting in 38 as a designated hitter. He had a .583 slugging percentage in conference with 32 RBIs, 31 runs scored and belting seven home runs and ended the year on a 10-game hitting streak.