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15 Paxton Wallace

  • Position
    Infield
  • Height
    6-0
  • Weight
    215
  • Class
    Junior
  • Hometown
    Greenbrier, Ark.
  • Highschool
    Greenbrier

Biography

2021 Junior
Granted extra year of eligibility by NCAA due to COVID-19 pandemic ... All-Conference First Team honoree in the American Athletic Conference...2021 Rawlings/ABCA Gold Glove award winner at third base...Played in all 54 games, including 53 starts at third base...Hit .322 with 67 hits in 208 at bats, going along with 11 doubles, two triples, 11 homers, a team-best 49 RBI, a .553 slugging percentage, 21 walks, a .383 on-base percentage, four sacrifice flies and five stolen bases...Had just six errors with 41 putouts and 113 assists on 160 chances at third...Compiled a team-high 19 multi-hit games, including four, three-hit contests...Went a career-best 3-for-4 with two homers and a career-high seven RBI vs. SIUE Feb. 26 at Eck Stadium...Also homered twice vs. Omaha March 26 and at UCF May 8...Drove in six runs at UCF May 8 and five vs. Omaha March 26...Was The American Player of the Week March 29 and a three-time selection to the American Athletic Conference Weekly Honor Roll...American All-Academic Team honoree.

2020 Junior*
Did not play due to injury...Named to the American Athletic Conference Preseason All-Conference Team. 

* Season suspended after 15 games due to COVID-19 pandemic.

2019 Sophomore
Played and started 57 games...Hit .256 with 58 hits, 36 runs, 13 doubles, a team-high nine home runs, 35 RBI, 20 walks and four stolen bases...Went 2-for-4 with a homer, double and career best-tying four RBI at UConn May 4...Had three-hit games vs. Stephen F. Austin Feb. 22 and at Texas Tech March 9...Had 15 multi-hit and eight multi-RBI games...Compiled a season-high 12-game hitting streak and 16-game on-base streak...Selected to The American All-Academic Team.

2018 Freshman
Played in 25 games, including 16 starts…Also made two relief appearances on the mound…Hit .281 with 16 hits, seven runs, four doubles, two triples, one homer, nine RBI and nine walks…Compiled three multi-hit games, including going a season-best 3-for-4 at East Carolina March 30…Posted a 4.50 ERA with two strikeouts in two innings…Named to the American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team.

High School
Attended Greenbrier High School in Greenbrier, Ark…Lettered four years in baseball and one year in basketball…Freshman year was all-conference, all-state, the state RBI leader, won the best hitter award, all-Arkansas Preps freshman/sophomore team…All-Arkansas Preps first team junior year…PBR Arkansas first team All-American…Perfect Game national top prospect team…Perfect Game Honorable Mention All-American…Perfect Game Southeast all-region first team…Listed No. 231 by Perfect Game, the No. 9 third baseman and No. 2 overall in the state of Arkansas...Named PBR 2017 Arkansas Player of the Year...Hit .533 with 10 homers, 49 runs, 49 RBI and posted a .618 on-base percentage as a senior...Was also selected all-state and all-conference, and was the Perfect Game Arkansas Player of the Year as a senior.
 
Personal
Son of Christy and Mike Wallace…Has one brother, Cayden, who plays baseball at the University of Arkansas…Father played quarterback at the University of Central Arkansas…Graduated with bachelor's degree in sport management in the spring of 2021...Signed an undrafted free agent contract with the Los Angeles Angels.

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Historical Player Information

  • 15

    2018Freshman

    First Base
    6'1" 215 lbs
    15
  • 15

    2019Sophomore

    First Base
    6'1" 215 lbs
    15
  • 15

    2020Junior

    Third Base
    6'0" 215 lbs
    15
  • 15

    2021Junior

    Infield
    6'0" 215 lbs
    15