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Started In 1958 At The Request Of Our Nation’s Baseball Coaches Vol. 62, No. 11 Friday, June 14, 2019 $4.00 Greatest Title Game Of All Time Fifty years ago, USC navigated 29 over final 2 games to win 1970 College . By HANK SCHOMBER Special To Collegiate Baseball

MAHA, Neb. — In 1970, the greatest Ochampionship game in history took place. Southern beat State, 2-1 in 15 innings. To reach the title game, the Trojans had to beat in 14 innings, 8-7 two days prior. was the start of the Trojans’ incredible In USC’s final two games of that 5-year of national titles that has never Series, the Trojans navigated 29 innings been duplicated in NCAA Division I of pressure packed baseball over three baseball. days to win its sixth national title. How USC got to the final was The 8-team elimination interesting in itself. tournament was compressed over seven The Trojans lost its first game of the days 50 years ago with three of those College World Series, 4-1 against Ohio days featuring headers. Today the and OU’s All-American Ed INCREDIBLE CHAMPIONSHIP — Southern California captured the 1970 tournament is played over two weeks. Robbins who was 14-0 after the win. College World Series by winning a 14- thriller over Texas and the national This also was a time when only Trojan RHP started and took title game against Florida St. two days later in 15-innings, 2-1. Left to right is Jim wooden bats were allowed and the loss. He was by a line drive in Barr who pitched 16 innings over the final three days of the tournament for USC, hit for themselves with no DH. Trojan Head and All-American Pitcher . The 1970 College World Series See EPIC TITLE GAME, Page 3

Adley Rutschman Collegiate Baseball’s 2019 National Player Of The Year Amazing Athlete Can Do It All As A St. catcher was only 19 picks away from being the last pick of the draft in the 40th hits .411 with 17 round. homers, 58 RBI and Oregon State’s 6-foot-2, 216- walks nation-leading pound catcher is a remarkable study. 76 times in 57 games. Since he was drafted three years By LOU PAVLOVICH, JR. ago, he has improved dramatically Editor/Collegiate Baseball in every phase of his game at Oregon State. O RVA L L I S , O r e . — His greatest strides have been Collegiate Baseball’s 2019 made as a switch hitter. National Player of The Year As a freshman two seasons ago, C he hit an anemic .234 in 61 games is of Oregon State. with 7 doubles, 2 homers, 33 RBI Rutschman hit .411 over 57 and 27 walks over 209 at-bats. games with 17 homers, 10 doubles Last year was remarkable as he and 58 RBI. hit 174 points higher with a.408 An incredible switch hitter, average. opponents tried to pitch him He had 15 more doubles (22), 7 carefully all season as he walked more homers (9) and collected 26 a nation-leading 76 times. His on- more walks (53) as he turned into base percentage was the best in a skilled hitter from both sides of Graphic Courtesy NCAA Division I at .575. the plate. Over eight games against elite over Arkansas as Rutschman was he went 4-for-4 with two walks. Rutschman was recently selected It was one of the greatest pitching staffs, he hit .567 as he named Most Valuable Player of the Oregon State Head Coach Pat the No. 1 overall pick in the MLB turnarounds by a hitter in college collected a College World Series 2018 CWS. Bailey, one of the top hitting minds Draft by the Orioles. baseball history. record 17 hits in 30 at-bats and Last season he delivered clutch in the game, said subtle changes Only three years ago, he was the His numbers continued to climb recorded 13 RBI, 3 doubles, 2 hits over and over again. were made with Rutschman after 1,197th pick in the MLB Draft by in 2019. homers and 7 walks. One he will never forget was a his freshman season. the from Sherwood At the College World Series last He tallied three hits and two walkoff inside-the-park High School (Sherwood, Ore.). He year, he was on fire. RBI in the national title game win in the 10th inning against Nevada as See IRON MAN, Page 8 Inside Collegiate Baseball Web Site: www.baseballnews.com College World Series Preview Collegiate Baseball A-A Teams Craziest Regional Drive Ever CB looks at how each of the final 8 Elite NCAA Division I players, high After Mount St. Helens erupts with teams made it to Omaha and what school stars, honored from teams volcanic blast in 1980, Gonzaga makes them special/Pages 6-7 across USA/Pages 12, 14, 20 faced massive problem/Page 4 Page  Collegiate Baseball Friday, June 14, 2019 Coaching Changes Take Place Collegiate Baseball The Voice Of Throughout College Baseball Amateur Baseball TUCSON, Ariz. — As the spring baseball season draws to a close, the carrousel of coaching changes Collegiate Baseball (ISSN 0530-9751) is published twice a month begins. 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CITY STATE ZIP with a 373-278-1 record as head Athletics Jerry Kill announced that Wichita State Director coach of the Ducks. by mutual decision Ken Henderson DATE OF of Athletics Darron Boatright In 28 years as a collegiate head has stepped down after nine seasons announced that Head Coach Todd MOVE: coach, Horton has a record of as SIU’s head baseball coach. Butler would not return for the 1,089-543-2, including six years Henderson, who has one year 2. Please print NEW address here. 2020 baseball season. as head coach at Cerritos College remaining on his contract, will In six seasons at Wichita St., NAME from 1985-1990. He took six teams move into athletics administration Butler went 169-180-1. He had STREET APT. # to the College World Series at Cal. at SIU. He has been a part of the one year remaining on his original CITY STATE ZIP St. Fullerton (1997-2007) with the Saluki baseball program as either 7-year contract that was signed in Titans winning the national title an assistant coach or head coach June of 2013. in 2004. since the 1991 season. Three days after the announce- The contract of Southern Henderson was 241-294-1 in Litterio will not be renewed. was open: ment, Eric Wedge was named the California Head Coach Dan Hubbs nine seasons as SIU’s head coach. Litterio served as head coach • Head Coach Frostburg St. Shockers’ head coach as he signed will not be renewed when it expires Texas-San Antonio Head since 2014, guiding the program • Head Coach Cameron a 5-year deal. at the end of June, Trojan Athletics Coach Jason Marshall resigned through the Big Ten Conference • Head Coach Kutztown Wedge was a catcher for Wichita Director Lynn Swann announced. his position, according to UTSA integration and directing the Scarlet • Head Coach Briar Cliff St. from 1987-89 and earned first Hubbs posted a 188-200-1 Athletics Director Lisa Campos. Knights to a 140-173-1 overall • Head Coach McKendree team All-American honors in overall record in his seven seasons Marshall has been UTSA’s head record, including a 39-78 mark in • Head Coach Eastern New 1989. at USC. His 2019 Trojans went 25- coach since he took over for the Big Ten play. Mexico He is the 22nd head coach in the 29-1 overall and finished seventh in 2013 season. He spent 12 years Phil Cundari, who spent the • Head Coach Loyola New history of Shocker baseball. the Pac-12 with a 13-15-1 record. as an assistant coach with the past two seasona as the Scarlet Orleans He has 15 years of coaching Notre Dame announced that program. Knights’ pitching coach and earned • Head Coach Dakota St. experience, including 10 years as after nine years at the helm of the Marshall posted a 209-192 record a master’s degree from Rutgers in • Head Coach Union a Major League Manager. Notre Dame baseball program, Mik over his seven seasons. 1990, has been appointed interim • Head Coach/Assistant To AD Wedge began his coaching career Aoki’s contract will not be renewed Skyler Barnett, an assistant head coach. Nebraska Wesleyan in 1998 in the ’ for the 2020 season. coach and recruiting coordinator Long Beach St. hired Eric • Assistant Coach Cal. St. San minor league system. He was The Irish were 248-253-1 (.495) for Walters State, accepted the Valenzuela as its new head baseball Marcos named 1999 under Aoki. head coaching position at Milligan coach. • Assistant Coach Washington Manager of The Year after leading During Aoki’s tenure, 26 players College. Athletics Director Andy Fee College (MD) Kinston to a 79-58 record. were drafted, including 13 selections He joins last year’s recruiting fired Head Coach Troy Buckley • Assistant Coach Mount Saint In October of 2002, Wedge was in the first 10 rounds.. coordinator at Walters State, Dan on April 11. Vincent named Manager of the Cleveland Baseball was established as Skirka, in the head coaching Valenzuela is a well-regarded • Assistant Coach N.C. Indians. During his first three Notre Dame’s second varsity sport fraternity. pitching coach and recruiter. He Wilmington seasons, he guided the Indians in 1892 and the Fighting Irish have Skirka was named head coach comes to Long Beach St. after six • Assistant Coach South Florida from fourth place to second in the advanced to 23 NCAA tournaments at Murray State following the successful seasons at St. Mary’s, • Assistant Coach Cal. St. division with two trips to the College World 2018 season as the Senators bringing unprecedented success to Fullerton standings. Series (1957, 2002) in Omaha, finished second at the JUCO World the Gaels’ program. • Director of Operations Cal. The 2005 team won 93 games Neb. Series and rolled to a 60-8 overall Other Job Openings Baptist and narrowly missed qualifying Over that time, the Fighting Irish record. The NCAA has a number of • Head Coach/Assistant To AD for the post-season. Wedge finished have produced 119 MLB Draft Rutgers University Director of baseball job openings on its job Nebraska Wesleyan runner-up in the American League selections and on May 24, Cavan Athletics Pat Hobbs announced listings. • Pitching Coach/Recruiting Manager of The Year voting. Biggio became the program’s 90th that the contract of head coach Joe As of press time, here is what Coordinator Susquehanna In 2007, Wedge led the Indians Friday, June 14, 2019 Collegiate Baseball Page  Epic Title Game Southern California Beats Florida St. 2-1 In 15-Inning Classic Continued From Page 1 best, it rarely draws a reference in With two outs, Tom Porter, the rankings of top national title games eighth-place hitter, singled. his right pitching wrist in the third today. FSU pitcher Pat Osburn hit a inning and somehow made it into It was just the fourth extra-inning “swinging bunt” roller in front of the eighth inning. championship game in 24 years the plate. USC’s Widman charged USC then was in the loser’s of the CWS up to that point (only from the mound, picked up the ball bracket and beat Delaware, 7-1 one other has been played since) and fired off-balance to first where and Dartmouth, 6-1 before playing and at 15-innings stands tied as the it sailed over the as Texas in game 13. longest still. the ball rolled into the right field Texas raced to a 7-1 lead after But length alone doesn’t begin to bullpen. six innings. USC then exploded for tell the story of its greatness. Osburn raced down the line, six runs in the top of the seventh, The boxing analogy of a pair of thinking he might have a chance to and the game stayed tied until the heavyweights standing toe-to-toe beat out a good throw, but collapsed top of the 14th inning when USC’s exchanging punches is almost too when his right knee gave out as he Jeff Pedersen singled and scored the easy. It was not so much a slugfest crossed the first base bag. winning run on Cal Meier’s triple — there was just one extra base hit Porter, who with two outs was for an 8-7 victory. (a double) and barely a hit an inning off and running when the ball was The Trojans’ Barr pitched the (16) — but fans did watch as a pair hit, came all the way around and final eight innings with scoreless of would-be champions exchanged scored the game’s first run. relief in the 8-7 win as he only body blows, round-after-round, After several minutes of being allowed 3 hits and struck out 8. inning-after-inning. checked out by medical personnel, The remaining three teams — This was for the NCAA Div. I Osburn was carried into the locker USC, Texas and Florida State — all national title, and neither participant room. With him went his 13 had 3-1 records. would back away. scoreless CWS innings, a 12-2 The Trojans received a bye which The Trojans were looking for season record, 0.92 ERA and 154 put them into the final. Florida State their second championship in three in 126 2/3 innings. He eliminated Texas, 11-2 to set up a years and their sixth overall. had pitched his club to a 1-0 lead. championship game showdown Florida State was playing in Pinch runner between Florida State and USC. its fifth CWS and making its first replaced him on the bases. The The Trojans went on to beat championship game appearance. inning ended with no further Florida State, 2-1 in 15 innings. For Seminole fans listening back damage. USC’s Barr pitched eight more home in Tallahassee, Fla., the game RHP John Fergusson replaced scoreless innings in relief to finish started at 9:00 p.m. on June 18, but Osburn on the mound in the bottom the game on just one day’s rest to didn’t end until it was almost an of the fifth as he shut down the earn the win. He only allowed three USC’s Jim Barr worked 16 innings over 3 days. hour into June 19. Trojans that inning. hits with five strikeouts. all night long. He pitched the first seven innings For the Southern California Pitching controlled the game in While no records exist on the “Four days later, I came back to and only allowed one run on four faithful on the West Coast, it started the sixth, and Florida State went number of pitches Barr threw in pitch against Texas since my wrist hits with six strikeouts. at 6 p.m. and ended at bed time. one-two-three in the top of the 16 innings of work over three days, was feeling fine at that point. I came “Coach Dedeaux came up to me Although it was a game where seventh. it is believed he tossed over 200 in to start the bottom of the seventh during the early part of the game pitching dominated, there were After retiring the first two pitches. inning with the game tied 7-7. Then and asked me if I was ready to pitch. plenty of opportunities to score. hitters in the bottom of the seventh, USC’s Meier led off the bottom I went the final eight innings as we I told him, ‘Yes, if you need me.’ I A total of 24 runners were left Ferguson hit Jeff Port who was of the 15th inning with a walk. won it in the 14th inning.” was caught up in the moment of the on base. pinch hitting for Widman. Dan Stoligrosz walked and Dave Barr said his injured wrist was championship game and not really Fans in the stands sensed one Southern Cal sent lefthanded Kingman then put down a drag bunt never in pain during the game. thinking that I had thrown eight pitch, one swing of the bat would swinging Jeff Pederson to the plate that went down the third base line “My wrist felt fine during all innings just two days earlier. make the difference. No one was for Dick Cross. Florida State Coach for a hit with nobody out that loaded eight innings. As the game kept “So I entered the title game leaving. Jack Stallings was ready to go to the bases. going and going, I had no idea how against Florida St. in the eighth While each side managed only lefty Mac Scarce, but word came Frank Alfano hit a dribbler off many innings I could go. I never inning and ended up pitching eight one run thru the first 14 innings, from the bullpen he wasn’t ready. his bat down the third base line that felt tired at any point. I just kept innings. I never thought about the it wasn’t a game to put anyone to After Ferguson went 2-0 on Florida State pitcher Carl Gromek wondering how we were going to number of pitches I had thrown over sleep. A total of 16 hits, 10 walks Pederson, Stallings could wait no tried to field. Gromek slipped on win this game against Texas. a 3-day span during that game. All and a couple of errors presented a longer and called Mike Slade to the damp turf as he tried to make “Fortunately we won it in the I was thinking about was winning lot of opportunities throughout. the mound. He ended up walking the throw home. But the ball arrived 14th inning.” that game. The sense was the pitchers were late as USC scored the winning run Barr said once the game was “When it was all over after we dominating, but no one could shake See TROJANS, Page 5 for the national title. over, there were three teams left scored a run in the bottom of the the feeling that this championship Iron Man Jim Barr in the College World Series with 15th inning, I thought about what game could turn on any one pitch. “The 1970 College World Series one loss in Texas, Florida St. and I had just done as I pitched eight Costly Run CheapBats.com was amazing,” said Barr. USC. innings to finish the Texas game In another of those you can’t “I started our first game against “A representative of each team and then eight more innings two make this stuff up innings, the 1-800-589-HITS Ohio. received an envelope. Two of days later against Florida St. in the Seminoles broke the scoring ice in Order today “In the third inning, a line them had sheets of paper which championship game. I felt great the fifth. have it tomorrow drive was hit up the middle, and I said PLAY. The other said BYE. throwing in both games and didn’t instinctively tried to catch it with Rod Dedeaux’s son Justin picked stop to realize what was just done. my bare hand as the ball hit my the envelope for our team. To “I bet I threw close to 100 pitches right pitching wrist. Even though this day, that envelope has never in both outings. Wood Bats 4 Sale my wrist was sore, I stayed in the been opened to see what we drew “I had a good fastball, but it woodbats4sale.com game. because the other two envelopes wasn’t exceptional. I had good “After the half inning was over, I were opened and had sheets of control and a clean delivery without 503.208.2009 went in the dugout, and our trainer paper which said PLAY. herky-jerky mechanics. I’m sure Pitchers sprayed liquid freeze over my wrist “So we got the bye into the that helped me get through those Hate our Bats which numbed the area and kept championship game as Florida St. outings.” Best Wood & Composite the swelling down. I went out to and Texas played for the right to Incredible Title Game pitch every inning after that until I meet us.” While this championship game, Wood Bats for Serious was taken out in the eighth inning. The next day, Florida St. beat and CWS contests leading up to Baseball Teams and Every inning I came in the dugout, Texas, 11-2 which set up the it displayed college baseball at its Players my wrist was sprayed with liquid championship game the following freeze.” day between USC and Florida St. Ohio went on to win, 4-1. In the title game, USC had Greg “We went back to the team hotel, Widman start the game on the and I soaked my wrist and iced it mound against Florida St.

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Collegiate Baseball Gonzaga Had Wildest Regional Trip Ever The Voice Of Amateur Baseball SPOKANE, Wash. — It is rules about natural disasters doubtful if any team in the history affecting travel. of college baseball ended a baseball Around The Horn So the former Iowa farm boy season with more drama than went to work. Gonzaga University in 1980. With Two days before Gonzaga was Four days before the Bulldogs scheduled to arrive in Tucson, OPINION were scheduled to fly to the West Lawler phoned a Washington state NCAA Regional in Tucson, Ariz., senator for emergency permission Publisher: Lou Pavlovich, Jr. 9,677-foot Mount St. Helens Lou Pavlovich to drive on the highway in an effort Editor: Lou Pavlovich, Jr. erupted 230 miles from Spokane, to reach Seattle which had the home of Gonzaga University. nearest open airport. That volcanic explosion was as Seattle is about 300 miles from The Topic: powerful as the largest hydrogen Spokane. Champions Penalized bomb ever tested. When the state senator gave her Each issue, Collegiate Baseball explores a major de- Mount St. Helens previously It was just an entirely unlikely approval, Lawler quickly arranged velopment in the world of baseball. This issue’s edi- erupted 123 years prior to that. situation for a playoff-bound team for two vans and a station wagon to torial explains why college administrators should The 1980 blast marked the first and a sudden nightmare. make the trip. do away with conference tournaments. of its kind in the contiguous United Gonzaga that year had a superb All three vehicles were packed States in more than 60 years. ball club that posted a 23-4 record with equipment and human The ash from the eruption blew in the Northern Pacific Conference. beings. 10 miles straight up, and winds It still is the best conference record “All the highways were closed,” Conference Tourneys blew it as far east as Montana. by a Bulldog baseball team in said Lawler, who currently is in his In the state of Washington, history. sixth year as the pitching coach of more than 6,000 miles of roads What was Head Coach Jim the in the Cape Should Be Scrapped and highways were buried with a Lawler to do? Cod League. Conference tournaments should be eliminated because of the deluge of ash. The second-year head coach “Even the state vehicles were potential harm they do to regular-season champions. Spokane was virtually shut made several frantic calls to NCAA not allowed on the streets because NCAA Division I conference tournaments in 2019 resulted in down. headquarters in an effort to move they would stop operating because an absolute bloodbath. No one could drive on the local the tournament back because of ash-clogged engines. There were 13 regular-season champions that didn’t win their streets without ash clogging the travel conditions were almost “After I made arrangements league tournament and were not chosen as at-large teams for NCAA engines, causing vehicles to come impossible. to drive to Seattle, we decided to Regionals among 29 tournaments played across the USA. to a halt. Unfortunately, the NCAA embark on the risky drive. We took In each case, the tournament champ received the automatic bid Busses stopped operating. State couldn’t do anything for Gonzaga off at about 2 p.m. on a Tuesday in as pre-determined by their conference. vehicles were locked up. to help with their unique travel Spokane. It makes absolutely no sense to reward a team for superior play If one ventured outside, that problem. “In each vehicle, we had three during one short period of time in a conference tournament when person had to wear a surgical mask, The College World Series was spare air and oil filters just in case the regular-season champion has earned the right to receive the gas mask or coffee filter to keep ash a week later, and there was no automatic bid to a regional after months of play. from entering their lungs. provision in the association baseball See WILD RIDE, Page 8 A few of the regular-season conference champions that didn’t get into 2019 NCAA Regionals because they didn’t win their conference tournament included Brigham Young (36-17), New Mexico St. (38-17), Samford (41-19), Navy (39-17), Wright St. (42-17), Bryant (40-20), Florida Gulf Coast (34-21) and Virginia Commonwealth (39-19). Letters To The Editor Several of the teams that took their place with conference tournament wins had overall records of 27-32, 30-29 and 32-29. Dads Are Amazing Force John Smith U.S. I thoroughly enjoyed reading the article on Mac 17 Mockingbird Lane Mail All of the regular-season champs had incredibly good seasons Pullman, WA 99164 and deserved a better fate. Thompson which showcased what a remarkable dad he was for his two sons Mitch and Nate (May According to our research, 2017 resulted in highest number Collegiate Baseball of regular-season casualties in history as 17 champs didn’t win 17, 2019 edition). their league tournament and were not chosen as at-large teams for Mitch is the superb head coach at McLennan P.O. Box 50566 NCAA Regionals. Community College in Texas while brother Nate Tucson, AZ 85703 As such, the system is broken. is the recruiting coordinator at the University of Year after year this problem crops up. Arkansas and a quality hitting coach as well. It is long overdue that the NCAA Division I Baseball Committee As the story delved into what this man did for his sons, I thought about my own dad and all the You can also require that automatic bids to regionals be awarded on the basis of FAX letters to how teams do during the regular conference season. wonderful things he did for me as I grew up. the editor or If the seventh or eighth place team in a conference wins their While he was a strict in his upbringing of me E-Mail them: league tournament, which only lasts a few days, then that team and my brother, I can’t tell you how many times he took his lunch hour to go pick us up at a baseball FAX: E-Mail: currently receives the automatic bid to regional competition in 29 (520) 624-5501 [email protected] conferences. game or some other activity or leave early from Only two conferences, the Pac-12 and Big West, award the his full-time job in the afternoon. Collegiate Baseball welcomes letters from regular-season champion with an automatic bid and see no need If he had to leave at 4 a.m. to be at work to readers. Letters must include the writer’s for a conference tournament. complete what he had for the day so he could help name, address and telephone number. We When league tournament upsets take place, the Division I us with baseball practice, he would do it. reserve the right to condense or reject any Baseball Committee is faced with having a team in the playoffs That man loved baseball more than anybody letter and to limit frequent writers. which wouldn’t have been chosen as an at-large team if they didn’t I ever knew. He didn’t live baseball through us. get hot at the right time. But he certainly gave me and my brother every Nobody did it better. The team that typically pays the price is the regular season chance to excel in the sport without smothering This is the first story in Collegiate Baseball champ which is not picked for the championship. This is especially pressure. that I have ever read on how to dry out wet fields true with the non-power conferences that aren’t loaded with All he wanted was us to enjoy the great game with precision. powerhouses. of baseball like he did. This article explained everything from A-Z for The two conferences that benefitted the most from a tournament As I read the story, all I could think about are me, and I can’t wait to try out some of his tricks in 2019 were the Southeastern and Atlantic Coast Conferences. The the many coaches and players in baseball who of the trade in the future. SEC landed 10 teams (9 at-large selections) and ACC 8 (7 at-large have been influenced by their dads. I loved Jesse’s ideas on how to get a big puddle selections). There were 23 conferences that only saw one team in Great dads are always there to help you get off the skin portion of the infield by using a post the playoffs from the automatic qualifier. through tough moments in life and enjoy the great hole digger to dig a hole next to it as you put a Why should conference champs spend hundreds of thousands accomplishments as well. 2-pound coffee can at the bottom of the hole. As of dollars in travel expense, hotels and food over months of play The relationship between Mac Thompson and water fills up the can, you get a hand pump and and have everything to lose in a conference tournament to prove his boys was something special, and I am grateful pump the water from the hole into a bucket and themselves once again? Collegiate Baseball shared this wonderful story then take the buckets of water off the field. And what about the NCAA Division I Baseball Committee? with everyone in the game. I also like Jesse’s special drags that he used for After talking to numerous members of this committee over the As the article said, dads are the most precious these special occasions. years, it is obvious that conference tournaments muddy up the resource a son can have. But my absolutely favorite part of the story was waters prior to selecting teams for regionals. With Father’s Day right around the corner, I lighting dirt on fire. The easy solution is to do away with conference tournaments. hope everyone in baseball remembers what their I have coached for many years and seen dad did for them which allowed them to have that different coaches light the infield dirt on fire with extra special passion for baseball. gasoline to solve the problem of wet dirt. Andrew Haas Until now, I really never understood the dangers UOTE St. Louis, Mo. involved and the impact on the environment of Unquote” such a tactic. I also never realized that professional “Q groundskeepers never used gasoline and instead “I always feel pressure. If you don’t feel nervous, that means you Conquering Wet Fields don’t care about how you play. I care about how I perform. I’ve Thanks for running the story on how to solve used paint solvent which burned longer and always said the day I’m not nervous playing is the day I quit.” the nagging problem of wet baseball fields after hotter. — Tiger Woods heavy rains. As Jesse pointed out, this should never be done I have always admired Jesse Cuevas and the now because you run the risk of being arrested if “The ones who want to achieve and win championships motivate great job he did for many years at Rosenblatt you do it. themselves.” Stadium in Omaha for the College World Tim Jager — Mike Ditka Series. West Lafayette, Ind. Friday, June 14, 2019 Collegiate Baseball Page  Trojans Win Greatest National Title Game In History Continued From Page 3 Kingman undoubtedly dreamed, could not have thrown the ball out as every kid who has played the there any more effectively. It rolled Pederson and Meier followed with game, of getting that game-winning, out between the pitcher’s mound a game tying single. walk-off hit in the championship and the third base line. Scarce was now ready and came game of the College World Series. From the press box, you could in to Dan Stoligrosz, Everyone in Rosenblatt Stadium see its dark trail in the dew-covered ending the inning. that evening, from the fans, to the grass. The game was now tied, 1-1. press, to players and coaches in FSU pitcher Carl Gromek In his postgame remarks, both dugouts, anticipated Kingman charged the ball. But as he tried to Stallings noted, “We wanted to go would be trying to drive the ball plant his foot to pick the ball up, with Mac (Scarce against Pederson), deep into an outfield alley or his foot slid on the wet turf, and he but he wasn’t ready. He was having farther, sending his Trojans to the went sprawling. His frantic throw trouble getting loose, so we had to College World Series title. home was too late to force Meier, go with Mike Slade, and brought But the 6-foot-6 junior right who scored the winning run. Mac in as soon as he was ready. fielder bunted! No ball ever reached the outfield. It was just a day late and a dollar He understood that he was still The Trojans had rallied with two short.” struggling from the injuries that walks and a pair of infield hits to had kept him out of half his team’s Incredible Pitchers’ Duel its biggest win of the year. Scarce was the Seminoles’ games. He had just two hits in 19 Ecstatic Southern Cal players closer. His longest previous mound at-bats in the ’Series. He was hitless swarmed the field in celebration. appearance was three innings. This in his last two games and had no hits “I barely made contact with the night, he would go seven innings in six at-bats this night. ball as it went down the third base plus. Kingman checked his dream and line,” said Alfano. Meanwhile USC turned to Jim ego in the on-deck circle as he made “I sprinted hard to first base, and Barr in the eighth inning. his way to the plate. He knew he it turned into the game winning The Trojan pitcher was coming could not leave those runners at first hit. off an eight-inning relief showing and second base, or worse, bounce “I swung at a pitch I probably two nights earlier against Texas. into a . shouldn’t have swung at. But it The two relief hurlers stood toe- He understood how important turned out very well for us as we to-toe, throwing goose eggs. There it was to get that championship- won the national title.” were no base runners in the eighth winning run to third base. USC, which finished the season and ninth innings. USC’s Rod Dedeaux pushed all the right buttons. His bunt rolled down the third with 51 wins, would go on to win Many in the crowd of 11,542 on an before Barr made the Scarce blooped a hit to short right base line. Florida State third the next four CWS titles as well. were still there, waiting to see how third out of the inning. field. But in a pressure packed at- baseman Cash, playing deep behind Trojan Head Coach Dedeaux this gem was going to turn out as it In the 13th USC’s Stoligrosz bat, leadoff hitter Nicholls struck the bag, sprinted toward the slow noted, “Of all the championships moved into extra innings. reached on a one-out Seminole out to end the uprising. rolling ball. But he had no play. we won at the College World Series Seminole fans came alive in error. However, The seven innings-plus stint in Kingman had not only moved the (12), I would have to say this was the 10th when Tom Porter drew a and Frank Alfano were unable to which he faced 27 men, striking runners up but loaded the bases the greatest. We were in a couple of one-out walk and Scarce sacrificed capitalize on the opportunity. out nine, caught up to Scarce in with no outs. tough final games before, but this him to second. But Barr got Dick Each out raised the tensions, the 15th when a blister on the index Slip And Slide was the most exciting.” Nicholls with a strikeout to end not only in the dugouts, but also finger of his pitching hand, which As midnight approached, USC 1970 first team All- the frame. throughout Rosenblatt Stadium. developed an inning or two earlier, Rosenblatt Stadium’s grass surface American pitcher Brent Strom, Scarce continued his mastery of What team would be the first broke open. was fully dew soaked. was 13-1 that season for the Trojans the Trojan hitters setting them down to crack? “(He) couldn’t get a good grip Many in the stands noticed as and posted a 2.26 ERA. in order in the 10th and 11th to run his Craig Perkins collected the on the ball,” said Stallings. ground balls, including Kingman’s “Those final two wins we had in consecutive outs string to 13. 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(888) 542-9246 www.sportssensors.com Page  Collegiate Baseball Friday, June 14, 2019 Final Results For Regional, Super Regional Games Los Angeles Regional Los Angeles Super Reg. Nashville Super Regional Nashville Regional Regional Site: Los Angeles, Calif. Regional Site: Los Angeles, Calif. Regional Site: Nashville, Tenn. Regional Site: Nashville, Tenn. Host: UCLA Host: UCLA Host: Host: Vanderbilt University Participants: UCLA (47-8), Omaha (31-22-1), Loyola Participants: Michigan (44-19), UCLA (51-9) in best Participants: Duke (34-25), Vanderbilt (52-10) in Participants: Vanderbilt (49-10), Ohio St. (35-25), Marymount (32-23), Baylor (34-17). 2 of 3 series. best 2 of 3 series. McNeese St. (35-24), Indiana St. (41-16). First Round Tournament Appearances: Michigan (24),UCLA Tournament Appearances: Duke (8), Vanderbilt First Round Loyola Marymount 3, Baylor 1 (23). (18). Indiana St. 6, McNeese St. 5 UCLA 5, Omaha 2 Champion: Michigan Second: UCLA Champion: Vanderbilt Second: Duke Vanderbilt 8, Ohio St. 2 Second Round Second Round Baylor 24, Omaha 6 Game One Game One Ohio St. 9, McNeese St. 8 Loyola Marymount 3, UCLA 2 Michigan 3, UCLA 2 Duke 18, Vanderbilt 5 Vanderbilt 8, Indiana St. 5 UCLA 11, Baylor 6 Game Two Game Two Semi-Final Semi-Final UCLA 5, Michigan 4 (12 innings) Vanderbilt 3, Duke 0 Indiana St. 10, Ohio St. 5 UCLA 6, Loyola Marymount 1 Game Three Game Three Final Final Michigan 4, UCLA 2 Vanderbilt 13, Duke 2 Vanderbilt 12, Indiana St. 1 UCLA 6, Loyola Marymount 3 Highlights: Michigan stunned No. 1 national seed Highlights: After being hammered by Duke 18-5 in UCLA by defeating the Bruins two out of three. The game one, Vanderbilt responded by outscoring the Blue Wolverines advance to the College World Series for Devils 16-2 over the next two games to qualify for the Corvallis Regional the eighth time in program history and first since 1984. College World Series for the fourth time in nine seasons. Morgantown Regional Michigan has won two national championships in 1953 After being manhandled in game one by Duke behind a Corvallis, Ore. Regional Site: and 1962. For the past 19 years, the No. 1 national seed 15-hit attack, Vanderbilt RHP completely Regional Site: Morgantown, W.V. Oregon State University Host: has not won the national title in one of the strangest shut down the Blue Devil hitting attack in game two with Host: West Virginia University Oregon St. (36-18-1), Cincinnati (30- Participants: streaks in college baseball history. In the Los Angeles a no-hitter as he struck out 19 batters. It was the eighth Participants: West Virginia (37-20), Fordham (38- 29), Michigan (41-18), Creighton (38-11). Super Regional title game, Michigan struck first with a individual no-hitter in NCAA tournament history. He set 22), Duke (31-25), Texas A&M (37-21-1). First Round 1-0 lead in the second inning. UCLA scored runs in the a Vanderbilt post-season record for strikeouts. In game First Round Michigan 6, Creighton 0 second and third frames to take a 2-1 lead. But Michigan three, the Commodores scored in each of the first five Duke 8, Texas A&M 5 Cincinnati 7, Oregon St. 6 pitching would shut down the Bruins hitting attack the rest innings highlighted by two home runs and West Virginia 6, Fordham 2 Second Round of the game as Michigan pushed across two runs in the a 3-run blast from Pat DeMarco en route to a 13-2 win. Second Round Creighton 4, Oregon St. 1 fifth and its final run in the ninth for a 4-2 win. Wolverine Vanderbilt matched a program record with its 54th victory, Texas A&M 11, Fordham 2 Michigan 10, Cincinnati 4 starting pitcher Tommy Henry went seven innings and joining the 2007, 2011 and 2013 teams. The Commodores Duke 4, West Virginia 0 Creighton 6, Cincinnati 1 struck out six. Benjamin Keizer closed out the final two have won 30 of their last 32 games. The Super Regional Semi-Final Semi-Final innings and didn’t allow a run. In earlier games, Michigan win marked the first time Vanderbilt has come back to Texas A&M 11, West Virginia 10 Creighton 11, Michigan 7 took a 3-2 win in game one which was followed by a 5-4, claim a championship after dropping the opening game. Final Final 12-inning win by UCLA in game two. The Commodores were previously 0-6. Duke 4, Texas A&M 1 Michigan 17, Creighton 6

Stillwater Regional Lubbock Super Regional Louisville Super Reg. Greenville Regional Regional Site: Stillwater, Okla. Regional Site: Lubbock, Tex. Regional Site: Louisville, Ky. Regional Site: Greenville, N.C. Host: St. University Host: Texas Tech. University Host: University of Louisville Host: East Carolina University Participants: Oklahoma St. (36-18), Harvard (27- Participants: Oklahoma St. (39-19), Texas Tech. (42- Participants: East Carolina (47-16), Louisville (47- Participants: East Carolina (43-15), Quinnipiac (29- 14), Nebraska (31-22), Connecticut (36-23). 17) in best 2 of 3 series. 16) in best 2 of 3 series. 27), Campbell (35-19), N.C. State (42-17). First Round Tournament Appearances: Oklahoma St. (45), Tournament Appearances: East Carolina (30), First Round Nebraska 8, Connecticut 5 Texas Tech. (14). Louisville (13). Campbell 5, N.C. State 4 Oklahoma St. 2, Harvard 0 Champion: Texas Tech. Second: Oklahoma St. Champion: Louisville Second: East Carolina Quinnipiac 5, East Carolina 4 Second Round Second Round Connecticut 10, Harvard 2 Game One Game One East Carolina 9, N.C. State 2 Oklahoma St. 6, Nebraska 5 Texas Tech. 8, Oklahoma St. 6 Louisville 14, East Carolina 1 Campbell 9, Quinnipiac 8 Connecticut 16, Nebraska 1 Game Two Game Two East Carolina 13, Quinnipiac 3 Semi-Final Oklahoma St. 6, Texas Tech. 5 Louisville 12, East Carolina 0 Semi-Final Connecticut 5, Oklahoma St. 2 Game Three East Carolina 10, Campbell 3 Final Texas Tech. 8, Oklahoma St. 6 Highlights: Louisville outscored East Carolina 26-1 Final Oklahoma St. 3, Connecticut 1 in a 2-game sweep of the Pirates as the Cardinals head East Carolina 12, Campbell 3 Highlights: and Kurt Wilson connected to the College World Series for the fifth time in program on a pair of opposite field home runs in the eighth inning history. In game one, Louisville collected 18 hits on to beat Oklahoma St. 8-6 in the championship game of 14 runs. It was the most amount of runs scored by the Lubbock Regional the Lubbock Super Regional. The Red Raiders erased Cardinals in an NCAA tournament game since defeating Louisville Regional a 2-run deficit thanks to the pair of home runs, returning Ohio State, 15-3 at the 2016 Louisville Regional. The Regional Site: Lubbock, Tex. Tech. to the College World Series for the fourth time in 18 hits were the fourth most in NCAA post-season play Regional Site: Louisville, Ky. Host: Texas Tech. University the past six seasons. The Red Raiders beat Oklahoma history for the Cardinals. The championship game saw Host: University of Louisville Participants: Texas Tech. (39-17), Army (35-24), St. five of six times this season. In game one, Texas Tech. more offense for Louisville as the Cardinals posted 12 Participants: Louisville (43-15), Illinois-Chicago (29- Florida (33-24), Dallas Baptist (41-18). built a pair of 3-run leads against Oklahoma State before runs on 14 hits with multiple runs being scored in four 21), Illinois St. (34-24), Indiana (36-21). First Round holding on for an 8-6 win. Leading the way was Jung, the innings. Lost in the offensive explosion were the brilliant First Round Texas Tech. 11, Army 2 Big 12 Conference Co-Player of The Year who was 2-for-5 pitching performances by Louisville hurlers. In game one, Illinois St. 8, Indiana 7 Dallas Baptist 11, Florida 8 with a home run and then added a key defensive stop at Reid Detmers and Garrett Schmeltz held East Carolina to Louisville 5, Illinois-Chicago 3 Second Round shortstop. He dove to his left to field a hard hit grounder only one run with nine combined strikeouts. Detmers went Second Round Florida 13, Army 5 to make the final out in the eighth inning and prevent the first seven innings and Schmeltz closed the game out Indiana 9, Illinois-Chicago 5 Texas Tech. 3, Dallas Baptist 2 the tying run from scoring from second. In game two, over the final two frames. In game two, Bobby Miller had Illinois St. 4, Louisville 2 Semi-Final Oklahoma St. won, 6-5 as Noah Sifrit scored the winning his best start of the season with a no-hitter going into the Louisville 9, Indiana 7 Dallas Baptist 9, Florida 8 run on a in the bottom of the ninth. Leading the ninth. it was broken up as he only allowed one hit in eight- Semi-Final Final charge for the Cowboys offensively was Hueston Morrill plus innings of work with five strikeouts. Michael Kirian Louisville 11, Illinois St. 2 Texas Tech. 3, Dallas Baptist 0 who was 3-for-3 with a home run and 2 RBI. closed out the shutout in the ninth with no runs. Final Louisville 4, Illinois St. 3

Fayetteville Regional Fayetteville Super Reg. Starkville Super Regional Starkville Regional Regional Site: Fayetteville, Ark. Regional Site: Fayetteville, Ark. Regional Site: Starkville, Miss. Regional Site: Starkville, Miss. Host: University of Arkansas Host: University of Arkansas Host: Mississippi State University Host: Mississippi St. University Participants: Arkansas (41-17), Central Conn. St. Participants: Mississippi (40-25), Arkansas (44-17) Participants: Stanford (45-12), Mississippi St. (49- Participants: Mississippi St. (46-13), Southern (32- (30-21), Texas Christian (32-26), California (32-18). in best 2 of 3 series. 13) in best 2 of 3 series. 22), Central Michigan (46-12), Miami, Fla. (39-18). First Round Tournament Appearances: Mississippi (23), Tournament Appearances: Stanford (35), First Round Arkansas 11, Central Conn. St. 5 Arkansas (31). Mississippi St. (36). Mississippi St. 11, Southern 6 TCU 13, California 2 Champion: Arkansas Second: Mississippi Champion: Mississippi St. Second: Stanford Central Michigan 6, Miami, Fla. 5 Second Round Second Round Central Conn. St. 7, California 4 Game One Game One Miami, Fla. 12, Southern 2 Arkansas 3, TCU 1 Arkansas 11, Mississippi 2 Mississippi St. 6, Stanford 2 Mississippi St. 7, Central Michigan 2 Semi-Final Game Two Game Two Semi-Final TCU 9, Central Conn. St. 5 Mississippi 13, Arkansas 5 Mississippi St. 8, Stanford 1 Miami, Fla. 18, Central Michigan 3 Final Game Three Final Arkansas 6, TCU 0 Arkansas 14, Mississippi 1 Highlights: Mississippi St. swept two straight from Mississippi St. 5, Miami, Fla. 2 Stanford at the Starkville Super Regional to send the Highlights: For the 10th time in program history Bulldogs to the College World Series for the 11th time. and sixth time under Head Coach , The championship game saw the Bulldogs stage its 27th Arkansas is headed to the College World Series after comeback win of the season. After falling behind 1-0, Oxford Regional beating Mississippi two of three in the Fayetteville Super Mississippi St. scored the final eight runs of the game. Stanford Regional Regional. Arkansas blew out Ole Miss 14-1 in the title Bulldog pitcher Peyton Plumlee allowed a leadoff home Regional Site: Oxford, Miss. Regional Site: Stanford, Calif. game and jumped on the Rebels with eight runs from run to Kyle Stowers of Stanford. He didn’t allow another Host: University of Mississippi Host: Stanford University the second through the fourth innings. , hit until a 2-out seventh inning single. In all, Plumlee Participants: Ole Miss (37-25), Jacksonville St. (37- Participants: Stanford (41-11), Sacramento St. (39- Casey Opitz and Trevor Ezell all collected two hits in the tossed 6 2/3 innings and allowed one run on a pair of hits. 21), Clemson (34-24), Illinois (36-19). 23), Fresno St. (38-14-1), U.C. Santa Barbara (45-9). game for the Razorbacks. For Ezell, it capped a superb He walked one and struck out six. It was the 27th time in First Round First Round weekend at the plate as he finished 7-for-14 with 3 2019 that the Bulldog pitching staff allowed two or fewer Clemson 8, Illinois 4 Stanford 11, Sacramento St. 0 doubles, a home run and 4 RBI. In game one, Arkansas runs in a game. Eight of the nine MSU starters collected Ole Miss 16, Jacksonville St. 2 Fresno St. 9, U.C. Santa Barbara 2 belted three home runs and four Razorbacks had multi- a hit in the game. In game one, Mississippi St. piled up six Second Round Second Round hit performances in an 11-2 win over Ole Miss. Arkansas early runs and received a brilliant start from Jacksonville St. 7, Illinois 5 Sacramento St. 6, U.C. Santa Barbara 4 pitcher Isaiah Campbell allowed 2 runs over 8 1/3 innings to take a 6-2 win over the Cardinal. He struck out eight. Ole Miss 6, Clemson 1 Fresno St. 7, Stanford 2 as he struck out 7 with 1 walk. The game marked the 11th The key play of the game took place in the first inning Semi-Final Stanford 12, Sacramento St. 3 time this season Arkansas has hit three or more home as Stanford loaded the bases with one out. Bulldog All- Jacksonville St. 9, Clemson 2 Semi-Final runs as Jack Kenley, Ezell and Matt Goodheart all went American centerfielder Jake Mangum made a spectacular Final Stanford 8, Fresno St. 6 deep. In game two, Mississippi posted a 13-5 win as the catch at the outfield wall to rob Stanford of a grand slam. Ole Miss 19, Jacksonville St. 4 Final Rebels belted four home runs and collected 12 hits. From that point, it was all Mississippi St. Stanford 9, Fresno St. 7

Baton Rouge Regional Baton Rouge Super Reg. Chapel Hill Super Reg. Chapel Hill Regional Regional Site: Baton Rouge, La. Baton Rouge, La. Chapel Hill, N.C. Chapel Hill, N.C. Host: Louisiana St. University Regional Site: Regional Site: Regional Site: Louisiana St. University University of North Carolina University of North Carolina Participants: LSU (37-24), Stony Brook (31-21), Host: Host: Host: Southern Miss. (38-19), Arizona St. (37-17). Participants: Florida St. (39-21), LSU (40-24) in best Participants: Auburn (36-25), North Carolina (45-17) Participants: North Carolina (42-17), N.C. 2 of 3 series. in best 2 of 3 series. Wilmington (32-29), Liberty (42-19), Tennessee (38-19). First Round Southern Miss. 15, Arizona St. 3 Tournament Appearances: Florida St. (57), LSU Tournament Appearances: Auburn (21), North First Round LSU 17, Stony Brook 3 (32). Carolina (32). North Carolina 7, N.C. Wilmington 6 Florida St. LSU Auburn North Carolina Liberty 6, Tennessee 1 Second Round Champion: Second: Champion: Second: Arizona St. 13, Stony Brook 5 Second Round LSU 8, Southern Miss. 4 Game One Game One Tennessee 10, N.C. Wilmington 3 Florida St. 6, LSU 4 Auburn 11, North Carolina 7 North Carolina 16, Liberty 1 Semi-Final Southern Miss. 13, Arizona St. 12 Game Two Game Two Semi-Final Florida St. 5, LSU 4 (12 innings) North Carolina 2, Auburn 0 Tennessee 6, Liberty 5 Final LSU 6, Southern Miss. 4 Game Three Final Highlights: Florida St. swept two straight from LSU Auburn 14, North Carolina 7 North Carolina 5, Tennessee 2 on the road and send the Seminoles to the College World Series for the 17th time in Head Coach Mike Martin’s Highlights: Auburn exploded for 13 runs in the top of 40-year career. Overall, it will be the Seminoles’ 23rd the first inning in the title game, the second most prolific appearance at the CWS. In the title game, Drew Mendoza half inning in NCAA Tournament history, as the Tigers Athens Regional scored Mike Salvatore in the bottom of the 12th inning advanced to the College World Series for the first time Regional on a walk-off single. Prior to that moment, both teams since 1997 with a 14-7 win over North Carolina. Auburn Regional Site: Athena, Ga. Regional Site: Atlanta, Ga. received brilliant performances from their bullpens. nearly batted around twice in the top of the first inning Host: University of Georgia Host: Georgia Tech. University Antonio Velez of Florida St. earned his second win of the against four North Carolina pitchers, sending 17 batters Participants: Georgia (44-15), Mercer (35-27), Participants: Georgia Tech. (41-17), Florida A&M Super Regional, striking out 6 batters over 4 2/3 innings to the plate and logging nine hits in a half-inning that Florida St. (36-21), Florida Atlantic (40-19). (27-32), Coastal Carolina (35-24-1), Auburn (33-25). without allowing a run. LSU’s Devin Fontenot struck out lasted 49 minutes. Edouard Julien and Judd Ward each First Round First Round 11 in 6 1/3 innings and gave up only two hits — 12th collected 3 RBI in the game. In game one of the Chapel Florida St. 13, Florida Atlantic 7 Auburn 16, Coastal Carolina 7 inning singles to Salvatore and Mendoza. In game one, Hill Super Regional, Auburn trailed 5-2 entering the eighth Georgia 13, Mercer 3 Georgia Tech. 13, Florida A&M 2 Florida St. rallied in the late innings to knock off LSU, 6-4. inning. The Tigers pushed across 5 runs in the frame Second Round Second Round After falling behind 4-0 after five innings and the Tigers which was highlighted by a Rankin Woley 3-run double. Florida Atlantic 10, Mercer 6 Coastal Carolina 9, Florida A&M 4 working on a no-hitter, the Seminoles scored in each of Then in the ninth, Edouard Julien belted a 3-run home Florida St. 12, Georgia 3 Auburn 6, Georgia Tech. 5 the final four innings against four LSU relievers. FSU’s run as Auburn scored 9 runs over the final two innings to Semi-Final Semi-Final Reese Albert hit a pair of home runs to lead the way — the pull out an 11-7 win. In game two, North Carolina pitchers Georgia 13, Florida Atlantic 0 Georgia Tech. 10, Coastal Carolina 8 first a mammoth shot that tied the game in the seventh Austin Bergner and Austin Love combined for a 2-0 Final Final inning and the second in the ninth inning which provided shutout against Auburn. They combined for 11 strikeouts Florida St. 10, Georgia 1 Auburn 4, Georgia Tech. 1 an insurance run. and only allowed 6 hits. Friday, June 14, 2019 Collegiate Baseball Page  CWS Preview: Will Mike Martin Win His First CWS? OMAHA, Neb. — Two intriguing Offense Hits Allowed Per 9 Ings: 8.41 (53) CWS Appearances: 5 story lines will draw plenty of Runs: 519 (5) Walks Allowed Per 9 Ings: 4.08 (117) Winning Streak: 1 Home Runs: 63 (48) Strikeouts Per 9 Ings: 9.5 (23) attention as the 2019 College World Doubles: 160 (1) Shutouts: 4 (48) Pitching Series unfolds. Hit By Pitches: 57 (127) Average: 4.49 (99) Stolen Bases: 60 (116) Offense Hits Allowed Per 9 Ings: 9.02 (121) The first is whether Florida St. 467 (14) Sacrifice Bunts: 19 (222) Runs: Walks Allowed Per 9 Ings: 3.97 (101) Head Coach Mike Martin will Home Runs: 67 (34) Strikeouts Per 9 Ings: 8.6 (79) win his first CWS title as his Defense Doubles: 133 (9) Shutouts: 7 (6) : .973 (78) Hit By Pitches: 53 (161) remarkable 40-year career comes Stolen Bases Allowed: 54/83 Stolen Bases: 69 (82) Offense to a close as the winningest college Double Plays: 33 (207) Sacrifice Bunts: 18 (233) Runs: 380 (58) baseball coach in history with 2,028 Home Runs: 48 (92) Key Players To Watch Defense Doubles: 107 (75) victiories. P Ethan Small (10-2, 1.76 ERA, 168 K, Fielding Percentage: .976 (46) Hit By Pitches: 57 (127) He also is the winningest coach 29 BB) Stolen Bases Allowed: 92/116 Stolen Bases: 62 (107) JT Ginn (8-4, 3.36 ERA, 103 K, 18 BB) Double Plays: 65 (2) Sacrifice Bunts: 23 (176) in college sports history. P Peyton Plumlee (7-4, 3.67 ERA, 63 Florida St. has never won the K, 27 BB) Key Players To Watch Defense RHP Caleb Kilian (8-3, 3.93 ERA, 80 College World Series but has been “It would be interesting to see if Closer Cole Gordon (11 SV, 3.76 ERA, Fielding Percentage: .974 (71) 65 K, 23 BB) K, 19 BB) Stolen Bases Allowed: 66/83 (7-0, 3.38 ERA, 82 second three times. this situation (20 years without a Jake Mangum (.355, 22 2B, 39 RBI, RHP Micah Dallas Double Plays: 41 (110) 22 SB) K, 26 BB) Prior to Martin arriving on No. 1 seed winning the title) holds (6-1, 4.42 ERA, 58 (.348, 22 2B, 64 RBI) RHP Bryce Bonnin Key Players To Watch K, 41 BB) the scene, Florida St. lost 2-1 to with other sports as well.” Justin Foscue (.338, 14 HR, 22 2B, RHP Tanner Burns (4-3, 2.73 ERA, 100 Southern California in 15 innings The following is a capsule look 59 RBI) Closer Clayton Beeter (8 SV, 3.20 K, 21 BB) ERA, 39 K, 19 BB) (see page one story) during the at each of the final eight teams Jordan Westburg (.299, 20 2B, 61 RBI) LHP Elliott Anderson (7-2, 4.22 ERA, 1B Cameron Warren (.354, 17 HR, 16 66 K, 29 BB) 1970 CWS. It is considered the that qualified for the 2019 College 2B, 76 RBI) Closer Cody Greenhill (12 SV, 3.49 greatest championship game in World Series. Louisville SS Josh Jung (.342, 14 HR, 22 2B, ERA, 43 K, 17 BB) 56 RBI) 1B Rankin Woley (.282, 17 2B, 45 RBI) history. The NCAA Division I statistical Overall Record: 49-16 RF Gabe Holt (.320, 15 2B, 28 SB) SS Will Holland (.249, 9 HR, 9 2B, 32 2B Brian Klein (.317, 19 2B, 54 RBI) Martin coached the Seminoles rankings (in parenthesis) are through CWS Appearances: 5 RBI, 14 SB) 3B Edouard Julien (.248, 9 HR, 14 2B, in 1986 when Florida St. lost to games of June 10. Winning Streak: 5 Arizona in the title game, 10-2. Florida St. 54 RBI) Vanderbilt Pitching Overall Record: 41-21 Then in 1999, the Seminoles lost : 3.56 (18) the championship game to Miami, Overall Record: 54-11 Hits Allowed Per 9 Ings: 6.95 (3) CWS Appearances: 23 Michigan Fla., 6-5. CWS Appearances: 4 Walks Allowed Per 9 Ings: 3.76 (73) Winning Streak: 6 Overall Record: 46-20 Strikeouts Per 9 Ings: 10.3 (5) Winning Streak: 2 8 Of the 4,043 baseball games Shutouts: 8 (3) Pitching CWS Appearances: played in FSU history, Martin has Pitching Earned Run Average: 4.55 (108) Winning Streak: 1 Earned Run Average: 3.83 (34) Offense Hits Allowed Per 9 Ings: 8.31 (46) been involved in 3,150 of those Runs: 500 (8) Hits Allowed Per 9 Ings: 7.61 (14) Walks Allowed Per 9 Ings: 4.37 (159) Pitching in some capacity as a player or Home Runs: 51 (78) Earned Run Average: 3.46 (10) Walks Allowed Per 9 Ings: 3.87 (87) Strikeouts Per 9 Ings: 10.3 (6) Doubles: 137 (7) Hits Allowed Per 9 Ings: 7.48 (9) coach. Strikeouts Per 9 Ings: 10.9 (2) Shutouts: 3 (85) Hit By Pitches: 55 (144) Walks Allowed Per 9 Ings: 3.82 (82) Shutouts: 6 (11) Winning the College World Stolen Bases: 106 (21) Offense Strikeouts Per 9 Ings: 8.8 (73) Series would cap a remarkable Offense Sacrifice Bunts: 23 (176) Runs: 431 (26) Shutouts: 8 (3) career for this amazing coach. Runs: 550 (2) Home Runs: 81 (12) Home Runs: 93 (3) Defense Doubles: 112 (48) Offense The second story involves one Fielding Percentage: .977 (29) Runs: 455 (17) Doubles: 157 (2) Hit By Pitches: 80 (33) Stolen Bases Allowed: 47/66 Home Runs: 69 (29) of the most bizarre situations in Hit By Pitches: 60 (107) Stolen Bases: 46 (189) Double Plays: 43 (83) Doubles: 142 (5) Stolen Bases: 77 (56) Sacrifice Bunts: 17 (242) sports history. Stolen Bases: 98 (24) Sacrifice Bunts: 18 (233) For the past 20 years (2000- Key Players To Watch Defense Sacrifice Bunts: 19 (222) LHP Reid Detmers (12-4, 2.85 ERA, Fielding Percentage: .964 (205) 2019), the No. 1 national seed Defense 162 K, 27 BB) Fielding Percentage: .981 (7) Stolen Bases Allowed: 34/44 Defense in the NCAA Div. I Baseball RHP Bobby Miller (7-1, 3.91 ERA, 83 Fielding Percentage: .973 (84) Stolen Bases Allowed: 37/54 Double Plays: 43 (83) K, 36 BB) Stolen Bases Allowed: 38/58 Championship has not won the Double Plays: 35 (186) LHP Nick Bennett (7-3, 4.40 ERA, 73 Key Players To Watch Double Plays: 49 (36) College World Series. K, 30 BB) RHP CJ Van Eyk (10-3, 3.80 ERA, 120 Key Players To Watch (7 SV, 2.67 It is impossible to believe, but RHP Drake Fellows (12-1, 4.15 ERA, Closer Michael McAvene K, 39 BB) Key Players To Watch RHP Karl Kauffmann (10-6, 2.59 ERA, it’s true. 120 K, 42 BB) ERA, 46 K, 9 BB) LHP Drew Parrish (8-5, 5.11 ERA, 116 (.307, 14 HR, 14 2B, 101 K, 30 BB) RHP Mason Hickman (8-0, 2.23 ERA, 3B Alex Binelas K, 30 BB) The latest casualty was UCLA RHP Jeff Criswell (7-1, 2.74 ERA, 99 116 K, 23 BB) 59 RBI) RHP Conor Grady (9-5, 3.64 ERA, 67 (.324, 7 HR, 15 2B, K, 45 BB) which lost to Michigan in the recent RHP Patrick Raby (10-1, 2.82 ERA, 77 SS Tyler Fitzgerald K, 24 BB) LHP Tommy Henry (10-5, 3.54 ERA,. K, 43 BB) 64 RBI, 18 SB) Closer/CF J.C. Flowers (12 SV, 1.40 Los Angeles Super Regional. 117 K, 25 BB) RHP Kumar Rocker (10-5, 3.50 ERA, ERA, .271, 13 HR, 11 2B, 53 RBI, 11 SB) Closer Willie Weiss (9 SV, 3.08 ERA, The last time a No. 1 national 97 K, 18 BB) 3B Drew Mendoza (.319, 16 HR, 12 2B, 50 K, 32 BB) seed won the national title was in Closer Tyler Brown (14 SV, 2.59 ERA, Texas Tech. 56 RBI) RF Jordan Brewer (.338, 12 HR, 19 2B, 58 K, 8 BB) SS Mike Salvatore (.341, 7 HR, 22 2B, 1999 when Miami (Fla.) ran the Overall Record: 44-18 55 RI, 24 SB) RF JJ Bleday (.350, 26 HR, 13 2B, 69 51 RBI) 1B Jimmy Kerr (.269, 12 HR, 14 2B, table at the College World Series RBI) CWS Appearances: 4 DH Robby Martin (.332, 17 2B, 54 RBI) 56 RBI) SS Ethan Paul (.323, 9 HR, 22 2B, 71 1 with a perfect 4-0 record. Winning Streak: DH Jordan Nwogu (.327, 12 HR, 13 2B, RBI) “There are 298 NCAA Div. I 43 RBI, 16 SB) 3B Austin Martin (.410, 8 HR, 19 2B, 42 Auburn Pitching CF Jesse Franklin (.254, 12 HR, 13 2B) teams, and the gap is so narrow RBI, 18 SB) Earned Run Average: 3.90 (43) Overall Record: 38-26 among the top 20 or 25 teams,” said LF Stephen Scott (.339, 12 HR, 20 2B, Ray Tanner, chairman of the NCAA 55 RBI Div. I Baseball Committee. He also is the athletics director at Arkansas South Carolina and a former 2-time Overall Record: 46-18 national champion head coach with CWS Appearances: 10 the Gamecocks. Winning Streak: 1 “It hasn’t always been the case. Pitching But it is now. There are a number Earned Run Average: 3.92 (44) of programs across college baseball Hits Allowed Per 9 Ings: 7.51 (10) Walks Allowed Per 9 Ings: 3.71 (67) that have a commitment to success Strikeouts Per 9 Ings: 9.5 (24) with college presidents and athletics Shutouts: 5 (29) directors improving resources and Offense facilities. Runs: 487 (9) “Bigger schools aren’t the only Home Runs: 87 (8) Doubles: 140 (6) ones who have great facilities. Hit By Pitches: 55 (144) There are a number of mid-majors Stolen Bases: 80 (51) with superb facilities as well. Sacrifice Bunts: 27 (126) “Even though a team may be Defense the No. 1 overall seed, there are Fielding Percentage: .972 (97) Stolen Bases Allowed: 30/57 so many other teams that have Double Plays: 33 (207) the capability of winning it all. The way the tournament is set up Key Players To Watch RHP Isaiah Campbell (12-1, 2.26 ERA, with short series in Regionals, 115 K, 20 BB) Super Regionals and the College LHP Patrick Wicklander (6-2, 4.32 ERA, 90 K, 37 BB) World Series, anybody can beat Closer Matt Cronin (12 SV, 1.93 ERA, anybody.” 41 K, 14 BB) , head coach at 1B Trevor Ezell (.333, 10 HR, 25 2B, 49 RBI) UCLA, felt parity in college RF Heston Kjerstad (.329, 16 HR, 13 baseball is the quick answer. 2B, 50 RBI) USE COUPON CODE: CBN19 CF Dominic Fletcher (.317, 11 HR, 24 “There are a lot of schools 2B, 671 RBI) investing in baseball programs SS Casey Martin (.288, 15 HR, 20 2B, across the nation,” said Savage. 56 RBI) “And that’s good for the game. wristbandsigns.com wristbandsigns.com The result is that there are a number Mississippi St. of superb programs with fine Overall Record: 51-13 Powered by Powered by coaches and great players. 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But I feel there were two keys to his success last season Of The Year 2019: C Adley Rutschman, Oregon St. and in 2019. “First, he didn’t play football 2018: 1B , Illinois 2017: 1B , Mississippi St. for Oregon State after his freshman LHP/1B Brendan McKay, Louisville season. 2016: LHP , Kent St. “So we had him the entire fall of 2017 which allowed us to clean 2015: CF , Arkansas some things up.” 2014: LHP/1B A.J. Reed, Kentucky Rutschman was the placekicker 2013: 3B , San Diego for the football team his freshman 2012: RHP , Missouri St. year as he served as a kickoff 2011: RHP , UCLA specialist, averaging 59.5 yards per 2010: LHP , Florida Gulf Coast kick with 20 touchbacks. 2009: P , San Diego St. At Sherwood High School 2008: C , Florida St. (Sherwood, Ore.), he booted a 2007: LHP , Vanderbilt state-record 63-yard field goal as a 2B Tony Thomas, Florida St. senior in 2015. 2006: RHP , Cal. St. Fullerton “Second, he was consistently OF , James Madison collapsing his back side which 2005: OF Shane Robinson, Florida St. was causing him to come off the 2004: RHP , Long Beach St. ball earlier on the front side. That 2003: 2B Rickie Weeks, Southern was the No. 1 thing we cleaned up. 2002: SS , Clemson We did different drills with him to 2001: RHP , Southern California refine that area. 2000: RHP , South Carolina “Being a hard worker allowed 1999: UT , Baylor Adley to improve quickly. As a switch hitter, he had issues from 1998: OF , Delaware both sides. 1997: OF J.D. Drew, Florida St. “But he collapsed more from the 1996: RHP , Clemson left side. We just tried to get him to 1995: 1B/P , Tennessee stay tall on his back side and keep a OF/P , Cal. St. Fullerton proper distance between his feet. 1994: P/1B Ryan Jackson, Duke “He needed to be more balanced. 1993: UT , Texas Posture determines a hitter’s swing Oregon St. catcher Adley Rutschman is a great receiver with a 96 mph arm. 1992: P , Louisiana St. path. 1991: P Bobby Jones, Fresno St. Oregon State as they hold runners In 2018, the Beavers had a 3.27 had the last three years as well as “All the things we did to help 1990: OF , Arizona St. extremely well. ERA with 596 strikeouts and 221 the program which has posted a Adley had to do with timing, 1989: P Ben McDonald, Louisiana St. rhythm and balance. And balance This season, he has only allowed walks. 147-36-2 cumulative record. UT , Texas is the key to Adley.” 13 stolen bases in 26 attempts in This season, Oregon State had a “He brings toughness, charisma, 1988: P , Evansville 55 games. 2.98 ERA with 505 strikeouts and focus, energy as well as a positive Bailey said Rutschman’s 1987: 3B , Oklahoma St. leadership skills are off the chart. Last season he threw out 5 of 18 183 walks through 55 games. attitude and work ethic that spills 1B , Seton Hall “He is a selfless, great young runners trying to steal off him. The “His understanding of the game over to not only our pitching staff 1986: P , Texas man. I have known Adley since he year before, he threw out 12 of 26 has continued to advance every but our program as a whole. 1985: OF , Oklahoma St. runners as a freshman. year,” said Yeskie. “He positively affects so many was five years old going back to 1984: OF Oddibe McDowell, Arizona St. the days when I coached at George Rutschman has been a key “Adley looks at the game a lot people on and off the field that his Fox University with Adley’s dad component of Oregon State’s great differently than players his age as presence and efforts are something Randy. pitching success the last three well as in general. that can and will continue to impact catch that out in front. “When you work with baseball years. “He is always looking for ways any team he plays for. “The key is not allowing those players, some are more risk takers He is adept at getting more to improve and asks great questions “The guy is a winner, and any pitches to get to the bottom of the than others, and Adley certainly fits strikes than most catchers because throughout practices, film sessions, team that he plays for will see that zone so you get more strikes called. that mold. of his skills at receiving along with meetings and games. on the field but also feel it in their Things like that are extremely “Part of that is personality and his ability to formulate pitching “Adley calls pitches at times, and clubhouse and community.” valuable with a lot of collaboration part is self confidence. Adley strategies for hitters with Pitching I do at others. It’s a good give and Yeskie said Rutschman’s arm is going on.” has always been willing to make Coach Nate Yeskie. take relationship. Big League ready right now. Rutschman said he has developed changes so he can improve.” Plus, he is extremely adept “He gives me a lot of feedback “He typically throws a ball to a soft glove hand through thousands at getting the most out of his throughout games and during second in 1.8-1.9 seconds. We of hours of work. Incredible Catcher pitchers as he pushes all the correct practices as well that go into game haven’t put a radar gun on him as “Slowing the game down has Rutschman is much more than a psychological buttons. planning.” a catcher, but he is 96 mph off the helped and getting stronger so your great switch hitter. In 2017, Oregon State had a 1.93 Yeskie said Rutschman has been mound.” glove can be soft when receiving Rarely do runners try to steal ERA as the staff struck out 506 absolutely essential to the success Rutschman has played in 185 of pitches. off him and the pitching staff at batters with 162 walks. Oregon State’s pitching staff has 187 games over the past three years “Beating pitches to spots helps and is an ironman as a receiver. a lot in the development of a soft “Adley is able to play in that glove hand. Also, you strive not Wild Ride Could Have Been Disastrous many games because he takes to receive balls with your glove Continued From Page 4 They had not practiced outside care of his body so well. He eats at an awkward angle which might for five days. well in addition to monitoring his allow the glove to move out of the the ones in use clogged with ash. Incredibly, the Bulldogs beat hydration levels. He knows what zone.” “Normally the trip to Seattle defending NCAA champion Cal. St. his body needs and doesn’t cut Rutschman is superb at getting takes about five hours. But with the Fullerton not once but twice corners with any of it. the best out of his pitchers whether blizzard of falling ash, which made Pitching ace Tom Gorman was “If he finds something that he that be positive reinforcement or a driving treacherous, the journey crucial in those two victories knows will help his game through kick in the rear end when needed. became a 9-hour marathon. In the opening game of the strength and conditioning, nutrition “All of our pitchers have different “All around us, ash kept falling. West Regional against Fullerton, or sleep, he does it. He knows he personalities,” said Rutschman. It looked similar to a dust storm. he limited the hard-hitting Titans needs to invest in his body to play “It is crucial to know how each “As the ash came through the air to just two runs as Gonzaga won, the game at the highest level.” pitcher wants to be talked to. I ducts of the vans and station wagon, 3-2. Refines Catching Skills try to find out what good verbal all of the players and coaches could In three innings of relief against cues are to get them back on track feel the ash particles going into their Fullerton in the second meeting, he Rutschman has refined his receiving and throwing skills at when things aren’t going well. You eyes and causing them to burn. tossed goose-eggs as Gonzaga beat might have to remind them what is “The ash also got into everyone’s the Titans in the semi-final game, Oregon State. “When I got to Oregon State working for them that day. lungs and caused a similar burning 10-8 in 11 innings. “In the off-season, you must get sensation. Then against the Arizona in the as a freshman, I was able to work with a couple of catching guys who to know every pitcher on your staff. “After hours of exposure to the West Regional title game, Gorman It’s developing peer relationships ash, you could even smell it. gave up two earned runs in six played in pro baseball. So I was able to work with them in bullpens, off as well. “Thank goodness we only had innings before he tired and was “Each person in a relationship to stop once. That was to check all JIM LAWLER taken out against the Wildcats, the machines and in practice as they made you focus on where balls cares about one another and wants vehicles and change the air filters. finally ended at Seattle’s airport, eventual national champs that year. each other to succeed. Because “If one of the vans or station a thoroughly relieved bunch of Arizona held on to beat Gonzaga, were pitched so you could develop soft hands. of that, trust is built between two wagon had stalled, I don’t know players and coaches emerged from 8-5. people. what we would have done. We the vehicles. In all, Gorman pitched 18 innings “They showed how to receive the low, high, outside and inside pitches “Once we are able to establish might have had to walk miles and Their flight out of Seattle was the in 2 1/2 days while allowing 4 trust and communication, it makes miles for help. next day. So the entire team relaxed earned runs. on all areas of the strike zone. “They also explained how to the game go a lot smoother and “But we just had to take the for the first time in five days. Gonzaga finished with a 39-15 allows for that flow from Coach chance. Our kids worked too hard Now that the business of travel overall record and was ranked 10th cut off pitches and how to receive lefty sliders on the inner half to Yeskie to me to the pitcher. We try to get where they were.” had been taken care of, the Gonzaga in the final Collegiate Baseball to keep the pace of play going.” When the 9-hour trip from hell players had one pressing problem. final poll of 1980. righthanded batters and how to Friday, June 14, 2019 Collegiate Baseball Page 

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I TUCSON, Ariz. — Readers 30 of their last 32 games, won the the College World Series are ranked of Collegiate Baseball can get Nashville Super Regional. 1-8 this week. the most current NCAA Division Vanderbilt is hitting .318 as a The top three teams in the I standings by going to: www. team with 93 homers (third in the nation are from the Southeastern baseballnews.com and then clicking nation). Conference and include Vanderbilt, the category Polls. Twelve different players have Arkansas the Mississippi St. Then click on NCAA Division I. belted home runs this season. No. 2 Arkansas beat Ole Miss Once there, click on NCAA Div. Vanderbilt is No. 1 in the USA in at the Fayetteville Super Regional I Conference Standings. hits (728), No. 2 in runs (550), No. while Mississippi St. swept Stanford For NCAA Div. I statistics, go to: 2 in doubles (157) and averaging two straight at the Starkville Super www.baseballnews.com and then 8.5 runs per game. Regional. click on Polls, NCAA Division I UCLA, ranked No. 1 for the The rest of the top 10 features and then NCAA Div. I Statistics. previous nine weeks, was upset in Louisville, Texas Tech. Florida Navigate from there to find the stats www.bigleaguechew.com the Los Angeles Super Regional by St., Auburn, Michigan, UCLA and you are after. (As of June 10) Michigan. Stanford. Rank School Record Points Prev. 1. Vanderbilt (54-11) 496 2 Remarkable Performance 2. Arkansas (46-18) 494 4 3. Mississippi St. (51-13) 493 5 4. Louisville (49-16) 490 6 Langeliers Belts 3 HRs 5. Texas Tech. (44-18) 487 9 6. Florida St. (41-21) 484 12 7. Auburn (38-26) 480 14 With 11 RBI In 1 Game 8. Michigan (46-20) 476 16 LOS ANGELES. — Baylor’s 9. UCLA (52-11) 473 1 set an NCAA post- 10. Stanford (45-14) 470 3 season record with a career-high 11 RBI as he went 5-for-6 performance 11. Oklahoma St. (40-21) 468 7 during a 24-6 win over Omaha. 12. North Carolina (46-19) 465 10 Langeliers belted three home 13. Mississippi (41-27) 460 13 runs in the game which tied a 14. Louisiana St. (40-26) 456 11 Baylor record. His 11 RBI also set a Baylor 15. East Carolina (47-18) 453 8 record. 16. Duke (35-27) 450 15 No-Hitter, 19 Strikeouts 17. Georgia (46-17) 447 17 Vanderbilt RHP Kumar Rocker, 18. U.C. Santa Barbara (45-11) 444 18 a freshman All-American by 19. Georgia Tech. (43-19) 441 19 Collegiate Baseball, fired a 3-0 no- 20. Oregon St. (36-20-1) 439 20 hitter against Duke in the Nashville Super Regional. 21. N.C. State (42-19) 436 21 Rocker struck out 19 batters. 22. Central Michigan (47-14) 433 22 The no-hitter was the first by one 23. Baylor (35-19) 430 23 pitcher for Vanderbilt since 1971. 24. Miami, Fla. (41-20) 427 24 The 19 strikeouts set a Vanderbilt 25. Fresno St. (40-16-1) 426 25 26. Texas A&M (39-23-1) 424 26 College Notes 27. West Virginia (38-22) 421 27 post-season record as it surpassed 28. Southern Mississippi (40-21) 418 28 David Price’s mark of 17 against 29. Arizona St. (38-19) 415 29 Austin Peay in 2007. 30. Creighton (41-13) 412 30 Rocker retired 10 straight to close the game. Source: Collegiate Baseball Newspaper 33 Strikeouts In Tilt In one of the most pitching- rich games of the 2019 season, Rhode Island beat St. Louis, 2-1 in 10 innings as 33 strikeouts were recorded in the game. Neither team scored over the first nine innings. St. Louis pitcher Connor Lehman Baylor’s Shea Langeliers had 11 RBI in one game. struck out 19 Rhode Island batters over 9 2/3 innings as he threw 141 down the right field line to score 1,200th Win pitches. both runs for the win. St. Mary’s Head Coach Charlie Lehman’s 19 strikeouts eclipsed 4 Homer Game Migl reached a special milestone the school record of 16 set by Stanford’s Andrew Daschbach when he picked up the 1,200th win Mike Ruhman against Westminster became the first Cardinal ever of his coaching career with a 6-2 during the 1996 season. to hit four home runs in a game, win over Our Lady Of The Lake. Lehman struck out at least one leading Stanford to a 7-1 win over Migl is the active leader in wins Ram in all but one inning. During Cal Poly. among NCAA Div. II coaches. a stretch from the sixth through the Daschbach left the yard in all He is 34th in wins on the all- ninth innings, 11 of the 12 URI outs four plate appearances, finishing time list. came via a Lehmann strikeout. with 16 total bases and 5 RBI while In another milestone, Head He struck out the side in four homering off four different Cal Coach Brian O’Connor of Virginia innings. Poly pitchers. celebrated his 700th win with a 5-3 Rhode Island pitcher Tyler win over Virginia Tech. Wilson threw all 10 innings and Marathon Games He is the ninth coach in the struck out 14 as he tossed 129 Mississippi St. walked off history of the Atlantic Coast pitches. Louisiana St., 6-5 in 17 innings Conference to win 700 or more The only runs of the game were during the SEC Tournament. games and ranked fourth among scored in the 10th inning. The game took 6 hours and 43 active NCAA Division I coaches. St. Louis went up 1-0 in the top minutes which was the longest SEC Coach Jim Penders of See Daily Photos Of half of the frame. Tournament game in history. Connecticut picked up the 557th Then the Rams responded by In the longest game in Mid- win of his career during an 8-5 win College World Series At walking off St. Louis in the bottom American Conference Tournament over Tulane. of the 10th. With runners on the history, Ohio beat Miami (OH), 6-5 It moved him ahead of Andy www.baseballnews.com corners and two outs for pinch hitter in 17 innings as well. Baylock for the most wins in Sonny Ulliana, he delivered a hit The game lasted six hours and UConn history. 11 minutes. Friday, June 14, 2019 Collegiate Baseball Page 11

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LHP Ethan Small RHP LHP Jake Agnos RHP Ryan Garcia RHP Relief Kyle Hill C Adley Rutschman Mississippi St. Univ. West Virginia Univ. East Carolina Univ. UCLA Navy Baylor University Oregon St. Univ. • 8-2 record • 9-3 record • 10-2 record • 9-0 record • 11-1 record • 6-0, 7 Saves • .419 batting avg. • 1.80 ERA, 150 K • 1.85 ERA, 135 K • 2.00 ERA, 131 K • 1.42 ERA, 101 K • 1.44 ERA, 161 K • 0.00 ERA, 35 K • 17 HR, 9 2B, 57 RBI Photo by Dale Sparks, WVU Athletics Communications Photo by Dale Sparks, WVU

FIRST TEAM (Statistics Current Up To First Round Of Regionals) Pitchers Pos Player School W L ERA G GS CG SV IP H BB SO LHP Ethan Small Mississippi St. 8 2 1.80 15 15 0 0 90.0 48 24 150 RHP Alek Manoah West Virginia 9 3 1.85 15 15 2 0 102.3 67 23 135 LHP Jake Agnos East Carolina 10 2 2.00 15 15 0 0 90.0 65 38 131 RHP Ryan Garcia UCLA 9 0 1.42 13 11 1 0 76.0 41 24 101 RHP Noah Song Navy 11 1 1.44 14 14 6 0 94.0 55 31 161 Relief Kyle Hill Baylor 6 0 0.00 22 0 0 7 28.3 10 9 35

Position Players 1B - Bobby Seymour 1B - Tristan Peterson Pos Player School AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB Wake Forest Univ. New Mexico St. Univ. C •• Adley Rutschman Oregon St. .419 179 56 75 9 1 17 57 73 37 0 • .377 batting avg. • .400 batting avg. • 20 2B, 9 HR, 92 RBI • 20 HR, 10 2B, 90 RBI 1B Bobby Seymour Wake Forest .377 236 51 89 20 0 9 92 26 44 3 1B Tristan Peterson New Mexico St. .400 195 69 78 10 1 20 90 38 47 0 2B New Mexico St. .432 220 80 95 19 4 16 80 45 30 7 3B Kody Hoese Tulane .391 235 72 92 20 1 23 61 39 34 4 SS Joey Ortiz New Mexico St. .422 251 85 106 25 10 8 84 21 26 12 OF Jake Sanford Western Kentucky .398 221 65 88 20 2 22 66 33 50 6 OF JJ Bleday Vanderbilt .357 230 72 82 11 1 26 67 48 48 1 Collegiate OF Kevin Strohschein Tennessee Tech. .382 233 57 89 23 2 15 47 26 45 2 DH Aaron Sabato North Carolina .338 207 38 70 23 1 14 56 33 49 0 UT Alec Burleson East Carolina Hitting: (.370, 21 2B, 9 HR, 54 RBI) Pitching: (5-1, 5 SV, 2.98 ERA, 54 K) Baseball’s SECOND TEAM •• National Player Of The Year NCAA Division I Pitchers Pos Player School W L ERA G GS CG SV IP H BB SO All-Americans LHP Reid Detmers Louisville 11 3 2.80 15 15 0 0 93.3 60 22 145 RHP Emerson Hancock Georgia 8 2 1.56 13 13 1 0 86.3 49 18 94 RHP Jack Ralston UCLA 11 0 2.43 15 15 0 0 89.0 66 32 97 Powered By LHP Jack Dashwood U.C. Santa Barbara 9 2 2.17 14 14 1 0 87.0 71 17 90 RHP Ryan Jensen Fresno St. 11 1 2.92 15 14 1 1 92.3 78 26 99 LHP Connor Thomas Georgia Tech. 9 1 3.28 15 15 2 0 104.3 107 19 97 LHP Andrew Saalfrank Indiana 8 1 2.58 14 11 0 0 69.6 61 23 96 RHP Drake Fellows Vanderbilt 11 0 4.05 15 15 1 0 91.0 83 36 108 RHP Patrick Raby Vanderbilt 9 1 2.90 15 15 0 0 71.3 67 41 73 RHP Isiah Campbell Arkansas 10 1 2.37 15 15 0 0 95.0 73 18 100 RHP Drey Jameson Ball St. 6 3 3.24 16 16 0 0 91.6 74 32 146 L HP Kentucky 6 1 2.40 14 14 2 0 90.3 59 34 130 www.diamond-sports.com Relief Tyler Brown Vanderbilt 3 1 2.01 25 0 0 14 40.3 27 7 55 Relief Holden Powell UCLA 3 3 2.03 36 0 0 16 40.0 17 24 55 Relief Jake Wallace Connecticut 3 1 0.73 28 0 0 15 37.0 20 10 56 Relief Aaron Ochsenbein Eastern Kentucky 5 2 0.83 30 0 0 10 54.3 24 16 90 Relief Garrett Acton Illinois 2 3 2.23 29 0 0 19 32.3 12 18 33 Position Players Pos Player School AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB C Kyle McCann Georgia Tech. .297 202 54 60 11 0 23 66 59 70 0 C Luis Trevino Abilene Christian .408 191 41 78 13 3 15 63 39 15 1 C Korey Lee California .340 194 33 66 12 0 14 56 26 42 1 1B California .387 173 49 67 14 0 15 49 58 32 2 1B Arizona St. .348 227 62 79 14 0 21 60 40 41 1 2B - Nick Gonzales 3B - Kody Hoese 2B Cameron Cannon Arizona .397 232 71 92 29 3 8 56 35 29 0 New Mexico St. Univ. Tulane University 2B Justin Foscue Mississippi St. .339 245 60 83 21 0 14 56 24 26 2 • .432 batting avg. • .391 batting avg. • 19 2B, 16 HR, 80 RBI • 23 HR, 20 2B, 61RBI 3B Austin Martin Vanderbilt .414 222 77 92 18 4 6 36 33 28 17 3B Nick Quintana Arizona .342 222 65 76 18 0 15 77 45 54 3 SS N.C. State .346 214 55 74 20 2 16 57 32 41 1 SS Josh Jung Texas Tech. .332 202 55 67 21 1 11 53 49 37 1 OF Arizona St. .347 213 64 74 15 4 22 61 43 58 11 OF Parker Phillips Austin Peay .316 209 62 66 12 0 25 64 34 63 7 OF Peyton Burdick Wright St. .407 214 79 87 18 3 15 72 60 35 24 UT J.C. Flowers Florida St. Hitting: (.282, 12 HR, 10 2B, 52 RBI) Pitching: (11 SV, 1.59 ERA, 21 K, 10 BB) THIRD TEAM Pitchers Pos Player School W L ERA G GS CG SV IP H BB SO RHP John Stankiewicz Fordham 8 3 1.21 16 12 1 0 89.3 59 15 102 SS - Joey Ortiz OF- Jake Sanford LHP Steve Theetge Bryant 9 2 1.75 16 16 2 0 102.6 81 30 96 New Mexico St. Univ. Western Kentucky LHP TJ Sikkema Missouri 7 4 1.32 17 13 2 2 88.6 54 31 101 • .422 batting avg. • .398 batting avg. • 25 2B, 8 HR, 84 RBI • 22 HR, 20 2B, 66 RBI RHP Trenton Denholm U.C. Irvine 9 4 1.81 15 14 4 0 99.6 61 20 93 LHP Dan Metzdorf Boston College 8 2 2.30 12 12 1 0 82.3 59 32 72 LHP Texas Christian 6 5 2.48 15 15 1 0 98.0 72 21 125 Relief Evan Brabrand Liberty 4 2 1.56 24 0 0 13 57.6 44 12 62 Relief Chad Sykes N.C. Greensboro 6 3 0.96 27 0 0 11 56.0 36 22 68 Relief Reeves Martin New Orleans 4 0 1.03 29 0 0 14 35.0 18 9 55 Relief Jaime Arias Fresno St. 1 3 2.74 27 1 0 12 42.6 36 11 54 Relief Taylor Rashi U.C. Irvine 5 1 2.36 25 4 0 12 45.6 37 7 56 Relief Matt Cronin Arkansas 1 0 2.08 22 0 0 11 26.0 15 14 39 Position Players Pos Player School AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB C Eric Yang U.C. Santa Barbara .383 201 48 77 16 0 7 45 30 28 6 OF - JJ Bleday OF - Kevin Strohschein C Patrick Bailey N.C. State .291 230 49 67 17 3 9 44 40 41 1 Vanderbilt Univ. Tennessee Tech. Univ. 1B Jake Holton Creighton .405 190 52 77 15 2 14 56 29 34 1 • .357 batting avg. • .382 batting avg. 1B Tanner Allen Mississippi St. .346 240 51 83 22 1 6 61 32 34 1 • 26 HR, 11 2B, 67 RBI • 23 2B, 15 HR, 47 RBI 1B Rudy Rott Ohio .382 212 33 81 18 1 10 47 28 29 6 2B Oliver Dunn Utah .366 194 45 71 22 4 3 28 30 44 9 2B Cody Morissette Boston College .320 231 27 74 20 2 4 41 20 37 8 2B Jimmy Govern Eastern Illinois .326 233 67 76 16 1 16 52 27 29 6 3B McCarthy Tatum Fresno St. .353 218 51 77 14 2 12 71 14 30 5 3B Davis Wendzel Baylor .377 167 36 63 17 0 8 39 27 35 11 3B Tyler LaPorte Southern .389 239 60 93 17 5 6 64 16 21 21 SS Nate Fassnacht George Washington .372 226 59 84 23 4 11 60 30 23 12 SS Nick Grande Stony Brook .339 192 57 65 17 2 5 23 32 38 19 SS Nevada-Las Vegas .356 222 65 79 20 2 10 36 55 39 16 SS Grae Kessinger Mississippi .336 250 60 84 18 0 5 46 37 31 16 OF Jake Mangum Mississippi St. .363 267 67 97 21 3 1 39 21 21 21 DH - Aaron Sabato UT - Alec Burleson OF Chris Lanzilli Wake Forest .347 245 59 85 19 0 16 67 23 53 3 Univ. of North Carolina East Carolina Univ. OF Ethan Wilson South Alabama .345 220 59 76 16 4 17 51 36 45 6 • .338 batting avg. • .370, 21 2B, 9 HR OF Grayson Byrd Clemson .315 238 46 75 15 2 15 56 25 45 4 • 23 2B, 14 HR, 56 RBI • 5-1, 5 SV, 2.98 ERA UT Chris Wright Bryant Hitting: (.297, 14 2B, 6 HR, 51 RBI) Pitching: (13 SV, 2.36 ERA, 64 K, 23 BB) Friday, June 14, 2019 Collegiate Baseball Page 13 Page 14 Collegiate Baseball Friday, June 14, 2019 CB’s Freshmen All-Americans Amazing Athletes Put Up Big Numbers During 2019 Baseball Season TUCSON, Ariz. — The 2019 Collegiate Baseball Freshmen Freshmen Players Of The Year All-American team, powered by Diamond, features a wealth of baseball talent. The squad is headed by Collegiate Baseball’s National Co-Freshmen Players of The Year OF Ethan Wilson (South Alabama), DH Aaron Sabato (North Carolina) and Freshman Co-Pitchers of the Year Tyler Thornton (St. Mary’s) and JT Ginn (Mississippi St.). Starting Pitchers RHP Tyler Thornton, St. Mary’s: Collegiate Baseball’s Co-National Freshman Pitcher of The Year was also the Freshman of The Year. He posted a 10-2 record, 2.71 ERA and struck out 94 batters with 27 walks over 76 1/3 innings. Two of his best outings during the 2019 baseball season included 12 strikeouts against Athletics Photo From Mississippi State California over 7 innings and a dozen RHP JT GINN RHP TYLER THORNTON OF ETHAN WILSON DH AARON SABATO strikeouts against Loyola Marymount …Freshman Co-Pitcher of Yr …Freshman Co-Pitcher of Yr …Freshman Co-Player of Yr …Frosh Co-Player of Yr over 8 frames. RHP JT Ginn, Mississippi St.: walks over 73 innings and posted a 5-3 Rookie of The Year in the Atlantic-10, triples, 4 homers and 31 RBI. He also was of 17 bases. Collegiate Baseball’s Co-National record and 4.19 ERA. Levins hit .321 with 17 doubles, 9 homers 10-for-11 in stolen bases. Mitchell Hartigan, Florida Atlantic: Freshman Pitcher of The Year was also LHP Max Loven, North Dakota St.: and 50 RBI. John Dempsey, Wofford: A second A member of the All-Freshmen Team in A first team Summit League pick and team Southern Conference pick and a Conference USA, he hit .326 with 14 Freshman of The Year in the SEC. Ginn First Basemen struck out 103 batters with only 18 walks Newcomer of The Year in the league, Sonny DiChiara, Samford: A first member of the All-Freshmen team in the doubles, 6 homers and 33 RBI. over 80 1/3 innings. He posted an 8-4 Loven struck out 75 batters with 15 walks team Southern Conference pick and a league, Dempsey hit .324 with 22 doubles, Scotty Scott, Hawaii: Named record and 3.36 ERA. One of his best over 88 2/3 innings and posted a 4-2 member of the All-Freshmen team in the 2 triples, 7 homers and 41 RBI. Freshman of The Year in the Big West, outings was against Florida as he struck record and 2.74 ERA in 13 appearances. league, DiChiara hit .293 with 21 homers, Jack Housinger, Xavier: A second Scott hit .291 with 6 doubles, 4 triples, 36 out 11 Gators over 6 1/3 innings. LHP Daniel Paret, Stetson: A second 7 doubles and 55 RBI. team Big East selection, Housinger hit runs scored and 20 RBI. He also swiped LHP Hayes Heinecke, Wofford: team Atlantic Sun selection and Freshman Maxwell Costes, Maryland: A first .275 with 12 doubles and 21 RBI. He also 6 of 10 bases A second team pick in the Southern of The Year in the league, Paret struck out team Big Ten selection and Freshman of was 5-for-8 in stolen bases. Grant Richardson, Indiana: A Conference and Freshman of The Year in 102 batters with 47 walks over 94 2/3 The Year in the league, Costes hit .266 Mason LaPlante, Yale: A second member of the All-Freshmen team in the league, Heinecke posted a 10-2 record, innings. He posted a 5-4 record and 3.61 with 15 homers, 15 doubles and 49 RBI. team Ivy league pick, LaPlante stole 28 the Big Ten, Richardson hit .256 with 9 2.65 ERA and fanned 84 batters with 15 ERA over 19 appearances. Angelo DiSpigna, Mercer: A member of 30 bases and hit 9 doubles with 29 runs homers, 8 doubles and 34 RBI. walks over 88 1/3 innings. RHP Kumar Rocker, Vanderbilt: of the All-Freshmen Team in the Southern scored and 18 RBI. Justin Kirby, Kent St.: Named Rocker had a 10-5 record, 3.50 ERA Freshman of The Year in the Mid- LHP Doug Nikhazy, Mississippi: A Conference, DiSpigna hit .289 with 13 Shortstops member of the All-Freshmen Team in the and struck out 97 batters with 18 walks. homers, 11 doubles and 43 RBI. Justin Johnson, Lafayette: A first American Conference, Kirby hit .313 with , Nikhazy was 8- Against Duke in the Super Regional, he Salvatore Monticciolo, Fairleigh team Patriot League pick and Rookie of 14 doubles, 9 homers and 30 RBI. He also 3 with a 2.98 ERA and fanned 78 batters threw a no-hitter with 19 strikeouts Dickinson: The reigning Rookoe of The Year in the league, Johnson hit .284 swiped 9 of 11 bases. with 32 walks over 84 2/3 innings. RHP Ben Abram, Oklahoma: Chosen The Year in the Northeast Conference, with 16 doubles, 2 homers and 18 RBI. Dakota Kotowski, Missouri St.: A RHP Alex Williams, Stanford: to the Big-12 All-Freshmen Team, Abram Monticciolo hit .305 with 13 homers, 11 He swiped 9 of 12 bases. first team Missouri Valley Conference Williams had a 7-1 record, 2.48 ERA and was 6-4 with a 4.24 ERA and struck out 52 doubles and 46 RBI. Danny Serretti, North Carolina: A pick and Freshman of The Year in the struck out 35 batters with 6 walks over 54 batters with 16 walks over 63 2/3 innings Joseph Carpenter, Delaware: The member of the All-Freshmen team in the league, Kotowski hit .288 with 12 homers, 1/3 innings. in 15 appearances. Rookie of The Year in the Colonial, ACC, Serretti hit .297 with 18 doubles, 1 4 doubles and 29 RBI. Nick Cimillo, Manhattan: A first LHP Rodney Boone, U.C. Santa Relief Pitchers/Closers Carpenter hit .300 with 10 doubles, 4 triple, 3 homers and 43 RBI. Barbara: A second team Big West Michael McGreevy, U.C. Santa triples, 5 homers and 37 RBI. Josh Hood, Pennsylvania: A first team Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Conference selection and Freshman Barbara: A first team Big West selection, Drew Beazley, South Dakota St.: team Ivy League pick and Rookie of The selection and Rookie of The Year in the Pitcher of The Year in the league, Boone McGreevy was 5-1 with 6 saves and a A second team Summit League pick, Year in the league, Hood hit .331 with 13 league, he hit .350 with 12 doubles, 7 was 8-0 with a 2.78 ERA as he struck 2.01 ERA. He fanned 51 batters with Beazley hit .275 with 11 doubles, 4 doubles, 4 triples, 8 homers and 42 RBI. homers and 36 RBI. out 80 batters with 29 walks over 81 13 walks over 58 1/3 innings in 28 homers and 21 RBI. Zach Dezenzo, Ohio St.: A member Tyler McDonough, N.C. State: A innings. appearances. Zach Stevens, Navy: A second team of the Big Ten All-Freshmen Team, second team ACC pick and member of LHP Jeremy Rivera, Alabama St.: Clayton Beeter, Texas Tech.: A Patriot League selection, Stevens hit .319 Dezenzo hit .251 with 9 homers, 9 doubles the All-Freshmen Team in the league, Rivera posted a 7-4 record, 2 saves, 4.93 second team Big-12 pick and a member with 11 doubles, 3 triples, 5 homers and and 34 RBI. McDonough hit .325 with 14 doubles, ERA and struck out 60 batters with 24 of the All-Freshmen team in the league, 28 RBI. 5 homers and 47 RBI. He also stole 10 walks over 65 2/3 innings. of 12 bases. Beeter posted 8 saves with a 2.79 ERA Jaden Fein, San Diego St.: Named Ethan Wilson, South Alabama: LHP Noah Cameron, Central over 19 appearances and struck out 38 Co-Freshman of The Year in the Mountain Chad Castillo, California Baptist: A Arkansas: A second team Southland Collegiate Baseball’s Co-National Western Athletic Conference second team with 18 walks. West, he hit .293 with 11 doubles, 4 Freshman Player of The Year, Wilson Conference pick, Cameron was 6-2 over Lane Flamm, Xavier: A second team homers, 2 triples and 20 RBI over 47 selection, he hit .335 with 8 doubles, 3 the past season with a 2.95 ERA. He also was named Player of The Year triples, 1 homer, 32 runs and 27 RBI. Big East pick, Flamm posted 8 saves with games. in the Sun Belt and Freshman of The fanned 91 batters with 19 walks over 94 a 2.68 ERA as he struck out 47 batters Designated Hitters 2/3 innings. Second Basemen Year in the league. He hit .345 with 17 with 23 walks in 25 appearances. Cody Morissette, Boston College: A homers, 16 doubles and 51 RBI with 59 Aaron Sabato, North Carolina: LHP Ryan Chasse, Campbell: A first Brett Kerry, South Carolina: A Collegiate Baseball’s Co-National team Big South pick and Freshman of The second team Atlantic Coast Conference runs scored. member of the All-Freshmen team in the pick, Morissette hit .320 with 20 doubles, Andy Garriola, Old Dominion: A Freshman Player of The Year was also a Year in the league, Chasse was 7-2 with a SEC, Kerry posted a 4-1 record, 7 saves first team ACC pick and Freshman of The 2.66 ERA and fanned 57 batters with 27 2 triples, 4 homers and 41 RBI. He also first team Conference USA pick and and 2.62 ERA. He fanned 65 batters with was 8-for-11 in stolen bases. Freshman of The Year in the league, Year in the league. Sabato hit .338 with 23 walks over 74 1/3 innings. 13 walks over 58 1/3 innings. doubles, 14 homers and 56 RBI. RHP Jesse Bergin, UCLA: Bergin Nic Kent, Virginia: A first team Garriola hit .328 with 19 doubles, 10 Reid McLaughlin, Brigham Young: Atlantic Coast Conference selection and homers and 62 RBI. Adrian Del Castillo, Miami (FL): A was 5-0 with a 4.09 ERA and struck out 76 An All-Freshmen West Coast pick, second team ACC selection, Del Castillo batters with 25 walks over 66 innings. a member of the All-Freshmen team in Colton Cowser, Sam Houston St.: McLaughlin was 7-1 with 4 saves over the league, he hit .337 with 9 doubles, Cowser hit .361 with 17 doubles, 7 triples, hit .329 with 20 doubles, 9 homers and RHP Nic McCay, South Dakota St.: 25 appearances as he struck out 46 with 65 RBI. A second team Summit League pick, 3 triples, 3 homers and 42 RBI. He also 7 homers and 54 RBI. He also was 9-for-9 11 walks. swiped 17 of 21 bases. in stolen bases. John Dyer, Tennessee Tech.: A first he was 6-1 with a 4.08 ERA. McCay Danny Garcia, Stetson: A member of team Ohio Valley pick and member of the fanned 83 batters with 30 walks over 79 Edarian Williams, Nevada-Las Hunter Goodman, Memphis: A first the Atlantic Sun All-Freshmen squad, he Vegas: Named Co-Freshman of The team American Athletic Conference pick All-Freshmen Team in the league, Dyer 1/3 innings. was 5-1 with 2 saves and a 1.22 ERA over hit .330 with 13 doubles, 11 homers and RHP Sam Bachman, Miami (OH): Year in the Mountain West, Williams hit and Newcomer Position Player of The 28 appearances. He struck out 32 batters .342 with 13 doubles, 1 triple, 1 homer Year in the league, Goodman hit .326 54 RBI. A first team Mid-American Conference with 18 walks over 59 innings. Dayton Dooney, Arizona: Dooney pick and Freshman Pitcher of The Year in and 36 RBI. with 16 doubles, 13 homers and 67 RBI. Willie Weiss, Michigan: Weiss was Tyler Black, Wright St.: A first team He also swiped 11 of 12 bases. hit .323 with 14 doubles, 10 homers 53 the league, Bachman was 7-1 with a 3.93 a member of the Big Ten All-Freshmen RBI and scored 43 runs in 161 at-bats for ERA as he struck out 75 batters with 39 Horizon League pick and Freshman of Hudson Haskin, Tulane: A first team team as he posted 9 saves and a 2.97 ERA The Year in the league, he hit .353 with 11 American Athletic Conference selection, the Wildcats. walks over 75 2/3 innings. over 23 appearances. He struck out 47 Ryan Hampe, Illinois-Chicago: A LHP Jordan Wicks, Kansas St.: A doubles, 5 triples, 7 homers and 41 RBI. Haskin hit .372 with 19 doubles, 10 batters with 29 walks. He also was 8-for-11 in stolen bases. homers, 4 triples and 52 RBI. first team Horizon League selection and second team Big 12 choice and Freshman Nathan Price, Air Force: Price was member of the All-Freshmen Team, he of The Year in the league, Wicks was 6-3 Noah Levin, George Washington: Logan Cerny, Troy: Cerny hit .267 6-3 with 5 saves and a 2.59 ERA as he The Co-Rookie of The Year in the with 12 doubles, 9 homers, 4 triples and hit .351 with 14 doubles, 5 homers and with a 3.61 ERA and fanned 86 batters struck out 32 batters with 18 walks over 48 RBI. with 26 walks over 84 2/3 innings. Atlantic-10, Levin hit .305 with 11 42 RBI. He also swiped 13 of 16 bases. 62 2/3 innings. doubles, 2 triples, 4 homers and 43 RBI. Garrett Spain, Austin Peay: A Noah Ledford, Georgia Southern: RHP Even Chenier, Virginia RJ Petit, Charleston Southern: A Ledford hit .291 with 11 homers, 10 Commonwealth: A member of the All- Nate Brodsky, Fairleigh Dickinson: second team Ohio Valley Conference pick first team Big South selection, he was A first team Northeast Conference and Freshman of The Year in the league, doubles, 29 runs and 44 RBI. Rookie team in the Atlantic 10, Chenier 4-0 with 5 saves and a 2.45 ERA over Kevin Graham, Mississippi: Graham was 6-0 with a 3.56 ERA and struck out 28 selection, he hit .318 with 12 doubles, 2 Spain hit .333 with 8 doubles, 7 homers, 4 20 appearances. He struck out 50 batters triples, 6 homers and 29 RBI. triples and 52 RBI over 56 games. hit .255 with 10 homers, 7 doubles and 34 batters with 12 walks over 43 innings. with 20 walks. RBI in 141 at-bats. RHP Pierson Ohl, Grand Canyon: Luke Drumheller, Appalachian Sal Frelick, Boston College: A Named Freshman Player of The Year in Catchers St.: Drumheller led the team with a .337 second team ACC choice and a member Multiple Position Athletes the Western Athletic Conference, Ohl was C/1B Austin Wells, Arizona: The batting average as he hit 15 doubles, 2 of the All-Freshmen Team in the league, Davis Sharpe, Clemson: A second 7-5 with a 3.45 ERA, 66 strikeouts and 19 Pac-12 Freshman Player of The Year hit homers and 37 RBI. Frelick hit .367 with 8 doubles, 4 homers team ACC pick, Sharpe posted a 7-4 .353 with 15 doubles, 7 triples, 5 homers and 32 RBI. He also stole 18 of 21 bases record, 3.20 ERA and struck out 84 batters walks over 91 1/3 innings. Third Basemen RHP Ryan Miller, N.C. Central: and 60 RBI over 56 games. He also was Alex Binelas, Louisville: A second over 39 games. with 33 walks over 84 1/3 innings. As Named Rookie of The Year in the Mid- 6-for-6 in stolen bases. team ACC pick and a member of the Robby Martin, Florida St.: A a batter, he hit .264 with 4 doubles, 3 Eastern Athletic Conference, Miller Taylor Smith, Incarnate Word: A All-Freshman team in the league, he hit member of the All-Freshmen Team in homers and 18 RBI. posted a 6-4 record, 3.15 ERA and struck second team Southland Conference pick, .315 with 13 homers, 12 doubles, 4 triples the ACC, Martin hit .342 with 17 doubles, Isaac Coffey, Oral Roberts: A first out 73 batters with 13 walks over 71 1/3 Freshman of The Year in the league and and 52 RBI. 4 homers and 51 RBI. team Summit League pick, Coffey hit innings. also a member of the Southland All- Antonio Valdez, Incarnate Word: Grant Emme, Eastern Illinois: A .292 with 11 doubles, 6 homers and 32 RHP Slade Cecconi, Miami (FL): Defensive team, Smith hit .322 with 13 A second team Southland Conference member of the All-Freshmen Team in the RBI. As a pitcher, he was 3-2 with a 3.82 Cecconi struck out 83 batters with 18 doubles, 16 homers and 57 RBI. selection, he hit .302 with 14 doubles, 6 Ohio Valley, he hit .349 with 12 doubles, ERA over 14 appearances and struck out Tatem Levins, La Salle: The Co- 4 homers and 30 RBI. He also swiped 14 56 batters with 17 walks. Friday, June 14, 2019 Collegiate Baseball Page 15 2019 All-Pavlovich Team Special People In Baseball Honored With 30th Annual Rundown By LOU PAVLOVICH, JR. certified to fly the Phenom 100 pre-med. Editor/Collegiate Baseball multi-engine jet. “There are a lot of science Last summer, he was flying and math classes involved,” said TUCSON, Ariz. — Introducing celebrities Donnie Wahlberg Handley. my 30th annual All-Pavlovich and Jenny McCarthy around the “I can be gone from 9:30 a.m. team, a remarkable collection of country. until 4:30 p.m. straight with classes. unique people in the game. Late in the season Janssen had Last year, I built a fermenter in a 4-2 record, 1.94 ERA and struck one class. In bio-engineering, we LHP Randy Labaut out 67 batters with 30 walks in 69 genetically engineered cells to Univ. of Arizona Randy, along with his mom 2/3 innings of work. make a metal enhancer. The shortest Ernestina and dad Raul, escaped LHP Cam Opp lab is two hours, and the longest one from Cuba which took them on a Army can run five hours.” dangerous 40-day journey to the The impossible dream of playing On the baseball field, he is United States in 2010 when Randy college baseball became a reality extremely valuable with his arm was just 13 years old. for Cam Opp. that holds runners at bay and his It involved 10,000 miles of travel He moved to London, England ability to receive pitches for extra and multiple stops in foreign towns when he was almost 10. strikes and work with pitchers. with complete strangers as guides in While England is a hotbed for RHP Charles Hall the quest to be in the USA. soccer, cricket and rugby, baseball Tusculum University Randy’s parents saved money for is an afterthought on the sports Hall broke the NCAA Div. many years as the plan was to put scene. II single-game record with 22 $30,000 aside for this trip. The family came to a decision strikeouts during a 9-inning, When you consider his parents to allow this young man to return 10-1 win over only made $20 a month in this to the United States and attend Queens. Communist country at their jobs, Christ School in Asheville, N.C. The old mark was 21 strikeouts the task was extremely difficult. for his junior and senior years of in a game held by five pitchers. Raul was a truck driver while high school. Hall’s 22 strikeout effort ranks Ernestina worked at a bank. They He was accepted at West Point seventh for all NCAA divisions. also earned additional money to and went out for the baseball team He threw 123 pitches as he supplement this meager income. that fall and made the team. struck out every batter at least once, Ultimately, they saved $4,000 As a freshman in 2016, he including eight of the nine batters over many years. Their biggest appeared in 17 games and posted two times each. asset was their car which they sold a 1-1 record with a 4.86 ERA over LF Colin BeVard for $16,000. Another $10,000 was 37 innings. Over his next three Cortland State chipped in by an aunt and cousin seasons, he steadily improved. In the rarest of achievements, who live in the United States. C Maverick Handley Colin BeVard of Cortland State As they made it to Mexico, they Stanford University hit two inside-the-park home runs traveled by bus and were stopped Stanford’s Maverick Handley is in one inning and three during at an immigration checkpoint in one of the elite catchers in college a 3-game series against SUNY Chiapas, Mexico where everyone’s baseball. 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But he National Guard training for eight wasn’t right and was in pain. hours the next day simply because When not pitching, he is a superb he didn’t have a doctor’s slip which shortstop and played in six total would have excused him. games with one hit in six at-bats. “Because I didn’t have the When the team came back home doctor’s slip, there is no provision in mid-March, he had a follow up g a m e S e n s e that allowed me to miss training,” visit with his doctor, and it was said Swick. discovered his triceps tendon was “So even though I felt horrible about 90 percent torn. So his season Train Pitch Recognition and had no sleep for 36 hours, was over. I made the 20 minute trip to the After extensive rehabilitation & Visual Reaction armory on Dec. 2 of 2017 and from surgery, he rehabbed and worked there all day. turned his attention to the 2019 “I did briefs and went to season. Available On: Computer • Phone • Tablet mandatory classes. I remember He has been amazing with a 7-2 vomiting once that morning and felt record, 1.84 ERA and struck out horrible all day. I was there from 8 73 batters with 16 walks over 73 a.m.-5 p.m.” 1/3 innings. After he was done, he began RHP Mitch Janssen driving the 20 minute trip back to Bradley University Chase Less. Ripon College a little after 5 p.m. Janssen is one of the rare college that Saturday. baseball players in history who is a Then he fell asleep as his licensed commercial pilot. Do More Damage! vehicle drifted across the line into He flies charter flights out of oncoming traffic and hit another Synergy Air at the Central Illinois Get access to 1000’s of pitch car head-on. Regional Airport in Bloomington, Swick was extracted from the IL. sequences, add opponents. wreck by the Jaws of Life and He routinely pilots charter transported to Theda Clark Medical flights in the morning, returning Center in Neenah, Wisc. by a Flight to Peoria, IL in time for both class For Life helicopter. and practice. He had a compound fracture of After receiving his pilot’s license gameSenseSports.com his left humerus bone and broke his Page 16 Collegiate Baseball Friday, June 14, 2019 Pitch Recognition Is Skill That Gives You An Edge By DR. PETER FADDE Chief Science Officer gameSense Sports More On Fadde CARBONDALE, Ill. — Peter CARBONDALE, Ill. — Hitting Fadde is a professor at Southern coaches and instructors, at all levels Illinois University and is a co- of baseball, are embracing new founder of gameSense Sports, technologies for training swing LLC. Dr. Fadde has written several mechanics. articles for Collegiate Baseball Bat sensors, radar trackers, and and has spoken widely about Pitch motion vests turn things that were Recognition. once “look and feel” into objective For academic studies by Dr. metrics, such as exit velocity and Fadde and others, along with launch angle. podcasts and video clinics, check Once visible, coaches and hitters his website: www.peterfadde.com can make small adjustments and Catch him on Twitter @DrFadde, #PitchRecognition. see improvements in processes From The Mental Game Of Baseball By Harvey Dorfman long before they would show up in pitches. into an overall plan for hitting batting statistics. Training Pitch Recognition recognition training, however, Therefore, to a great extent, assessment and training. These technologies are very There are several technologies come when hitting coaches and “hitting is a guess” (as Perry A good pitch recognition training powerful for learning, which is to train different aspects of pitch instructors integrate video work Husband says). program should start by testing why coaches and instructors need recognition, including video-based with batting cage and bullpen stand- Picking up early clues for the pitch recognition. to learn the tools inside and out, apps (gameSense), animated apps in drills that help transfer learning type of pitch, such as skinny wrist Like weight training, it’s good and know how to mix them into (uHit, SeamTrak), specialized field from technology to batters box. for , helps hitters guess to establish a baseline and then established practice and instruction screens (V-Flex, PitchView), strobe Videos of suggested cage better and faster. re-test to track and guide hitters’ drills. glasses (Senaptec), and virtual drills are available to gameSense Sports science research has development. Even with all of the tools for reality (Monsterful, Trinity, WIN subscribers and from my eBook, identified the first third of ball flight Professional, college and high- swing mechanics, however, there Reality). The Sixth Tool: Training Baseball (Zone 1 in Dorfman’s diagram school teams that subscribe to remains a huge hole in developing My company, gameSense Sports, Pitch Recognition. above) as the batter’s window for the gameSense Pitch Recognition hitters capable of handling the stuff uses the video-occlusion method And I am always ready to talk deciding whether to fire his swing, program can give hitters a video- thrown at them by modern pitchers to make pitch recognition drills for drills with hitting coaches! which he already started to trigger occlusion test that takes 5 minutes (who, arguably, have even better laptop computer, iPad or iPhone. One of the best things hitters can before the pitch was released. on iPads. technology tools). Players watch batters’ view do is to stand in while pitchers are In Zone 2, hitters read pitch Hitters’ PR scores are And every coach, instructor, videos of pitches that are cut off throwing bullpens. speed and angle – and some hitters benchmarked against over 700 PR and hitter knows what the hole is: shortly after release of the pitch. Of course, hitters will say that also pick up spin clues, such as the tests taken by minor league and Timing. Players choose the type of pitch they’ve been standing in since Little “hole” or dot in a slider. college hitters. A bad swing with good timing and predict if it will be a ball or League. Hitters process this information In addition to the overall is better than a great swing with a strike. But there’s a difference when it unconsciously to adjust their swing PR Score, coaches/instructors bad timing. In the gS app, players choose a is done as a Pitch Recognition drill. for when and where they expect the receive a breakdown of hitters’ So how do we train timing? pitcher (pro, college, or youth) to Instead of tracking the ball into the ball to reach the hitting zone. pitch recognition strengths and We don’t. face: Right-handed, left-handed, catcher’s mitt, the hitter focuses on said, “You hit the weaknesses. Timing is an outcome, not an sidearm, over-hand, three-quarters, the pitcher’s release and calls aloud slider with your imagination.” After baseline testing, and input. power or control. “Yes” or “No” before the ball hits Actually, you hit every pitch depending on the hitters’ level of Training needs to focus on After choosing a pitcher, players the catcher’s mitt. with your imagination. play or skill, coaches can follow a components that can be targeted select a drill level based on how Early on, make “Yes” mean In Zone 3, hitters jump their suggested progression of gameSense with specific drills. much of the pitch is shown before Fastball and “No” mean Not-a- eyes ahead to where they expect drills. The input skill for timing is pitch it cuts to black: Basic (showing Fastball. the ball to be. Or they can then assign their recognition – the ability to pick up one-third of ball flight), Advanced As the hitter progresses, make This usually happens with a players to “hit” particular gS clues in a pitcher’s motion, release, (6-8 feet of ball flight), or Wicked “Yes” mean Fastball/Strike. And, slight head rotation that moves the pitchers for competition on the team and early ball flight that help a (cut off at pitch release). Players for really advanced hitters, make hitter’s chin from his front shoulder or facility Leader Board. Players hitter decide whether to continue guess Fastball/Strike or Slider/Ball “Yes” mean Fastball/Strike OR to his back shoulder. can use a laptop or team iPad at the his swing and to adjust his swing and get 10 points for pitch type, 10 Hanging Breaking Ball. In most cases though, the hitter facility or use their own iPhones on for optimal contact. points for ball/strike, or 25 points It’s important to say “No” – not doesn’t actually see the bat hit the their own. Fortunately, there are now for both correct. just say nothing. ball. Players can do their video work technology tools to train pitch Drills show 10 random pitches “No” is a decision, with most But, as Ted Williams said, “The as a station at the facility or during recognition. and take about a minute-and-a-half hitting coaches teaching “Yes until master carpenter doesn’t need to small time frames between other As with bat sensors, hitting to complete. No.” see the nail to hit it square every activities, during travel, or when coaches and instructors need to Doing 10 drills in about 15 To further transfer from video to time.” unable to physically practice due learn and integrate these tools. minutes a day, five days a week, hitting, teams, academies and even Pitch recognition helps a hitter to injury or other reasons. And parents and hitters need to equals 2,000 pitches in a month or individual players in their garage or make good decisions about which Coaches can also assign seek out the coaches and instructors 12,000 pitches in a year. basement, can set up a Hit Station pitches to swing at and, even more homework, so that hitters coming who include pitch recognition in And pitches are not only watched with gameSense pitchers projected important, helps hitters adjust their to a cage session with the curveball their hitter assessments and training but also quizzed with immediate onto a wall or canvas screen so that swing for different pitch speeds and machine are expected to have programs. feedback and progressive difficulty, players can hit balls off a tee with locations. done the gS Curveball Drill at In this article, I answer questions which are the critical elements of game-like timing. that coaches have asked during In other words, timing. drill-and-practice learning. least ten times, seeing 100 or more It’s not surprising then that Pitch from different pitchers. Starting Program or after my clinics at state high- Good Pitch Recognition Recognition training programs And the coach can check his Hitting coaches and instructors school coaches’ associations, Many individual players should become familiar with the ABCA, Analytics and Biometrics with college and professional subscribe to gameSense and report Coaches Report to make sure teams have consistently led to players did their video homework! range of technology tools now conferences, and consultations with that it helps them as a hitter. available for Pitch Recognition. eight major league organizations. increases in On-Base Percentage, Ideally, however, hitters are best Ideally, the coach or instructor Walk-to-Strikeout Ratio, Slugging knows each hitter and knows Choose a favorite, or mix-and- Pitch Recognition Vital off working with hitting coaches or match, as you do with technologies Percentage, and Runs-Per-Game instructors that know the app (and whether to bring him along with Humans are not able to smoothly (see www.peterfadde.com for success at each level of difficulty for swing mechanics. track objects over a certain speed, also other pitch recognition training GameSense, offers individual, studies). products) and integrate technology or, as many of the pros do, train estimated at 83 mph for baseball exclusively on Advanced level. team, and academy subscription If a RH hitter has wide splits plans. versus left-handed and right-handed So, unlike some technologies, pitchers, the coach can assign him if you don’t use it you can quit to do several drills of a LHP pitcher paying for it! such as Brett (the pitcher in the The technologies, and the pitchers gameSense screenshot). in the app, are the same ones used Then he can repeat the drills by professional and college teams, but against the “flipped” version along with a selection of 15-16 year of Brett. old youth pitchers. Hit Brett as a LHP, then turn him Coaches and academies can get around and hit him as a RHP. gameSense certified, which players and parents can look for. Training To Performance By reading this article and Technology is great for adding thinking about adding Pitch focus, consistency, and volume to Recognition to your hitter Pitch Recognition training. assessment and training, you are And sometimes that is enough to already ahead of the technology improve hitting performance. adoption curve. Indeed, some ML organizations Ask where you were on the bat simply instruct minor league hitters sensor adoption curve and consider to do 5 minutes of gameSense on what competitive edge you can gain game days and count on almost daily by being on the early, upside of the at-bats to transfer video training to curve for pitch recognition. batters’ box performance. Don’t let that hittable curve go The best results from pitch gameSense Sports Pitch-IQ training app for computer, iPad, iPhone by! Friday, June 14, 2019 Collegiate Baseball Page 17 Championship Roundup NCAA Div. II: Tampa Wins 8th National Title As Spartans Unbeaten CARY, N.C. — Tampa won its After Stephen Smith advanced eighth NCAA Div. II national title the runners with a ground out, in baseball with a 3-1 win over Yorvis Torrealba delivered a base Colorado Mesa. hit which brought both runners Five have come under current home. Head Coach Joe Urso since 2006. Jacinto Arredondo The Spartans rolled through closed out the game for Tampa over the NCAA Div. II World Series the final two innings with no runs unbeaten in four games with a 4-2 or hits. win over Mercyhurt, 7-2 win over Tampa catcher Danny Sirven, a U.C. San Diego, 12-0 victory over University of Tennessee transfer, Mercyhurst and 3-1 title game win went 16-for-19 (.410) in nine post- over Colorado Mesa. season games. Tampa, which outscored He logged two triples, a double, opponents in the World Series 9 RBI and 9 runs scored. 25-5, closed the season with 11 Another offensive stalwart consecutive wins and posted a 45- for Tampa in the playoffs was 14 overall record. DeTringo who hit .405 (15-for- The championship game against 37) while driving in nine runs and Colorado Mesa was tied 1-1 after scoring 10 runs. six innings as Tampa pitcher Keven The MVP of the tournament was Pimentel and Colorado Mesa hurler Tampa pitcher Jacinto Arredondo. Trevin Reynolds were locked in a All-Tournament Team pitching duel. C: Spencer Bramwell (Colorado Pimentel went seven innings and Mesa) allowed 5 hits with 5 strikeouts. 1B: Matthew Schneider It was the 10th time this season (Mercyhurst) he has gone at least seven innings. 2B: Michael Sinks (Central In his last seven starts of the Missouri) season, he went at least seven 3B: Harrison Schnurbusch innings in each outing. (Central Missouri) In four starts during the 2019 SS: Nick DeTringo (Tampa) NCAA Div. II tournament, Pementel OF: Yorvis Torrealba (Tampa) went 3-0 with a 0.60 ERA. OF: Danny Blair (Tampa) He allowed two earned runs OF: Mason Janvrin (Tampa) in 30 innings of work with 22 P: Will Dixon (Colorado Mesa) strikeouts. P: Keven Pimentel (Tampa) In the bottom of the seventh, D H : J o s h S u r e o w i e c Tampa players dogpile after a 3-1 win over Colorado Mesa in the title game. Tampa pushed across two runs. (Mercyhurst) Danny Blair and Nick DeTringo MVP: P Jacinto Arredondo registered back-to-back singles. (Tampa) NCAA Division III World Series Baseball Vision Pioneer Chapman Captures 2nd Championship CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa. — championship game. The Panthers scored their next Dr. Bill Harrison Passes Chapman won its second NCAA He came back from an injury that six runs with two outs. Shimabuku LAGUNA NIGUEL, Calif. Division III title by beating kept him sidelined from game one hit a triple to left center to score a — Dr. Bill Harrison, a pioneer in Birmingham Southern two straight of the championship series and for run followed by a single from Jarod baseball vision training, passed in the best of three championship the first six innings of game two. Penniman. away on May 4 at the age of 76 after series, 6-4 and 11-0. He came through with a 2-for-2 Aaron Wong and Alex Tsuruda a 4-year battle with cancer. The Panthers, which rolled to a performance with 3 RBI and a run hit back-to-back doubles to score He helped thousands of baseball 44-12 overall record, won six of scored. two more. players on the professional and seven games at the NCAA Div. III If that wasn’t enough, he made a Drew Littwin knocked in the amateur levels with innovative College World Series. spectacular catch in centerfield. final run of the game on a base hit vision training techniques and Chapman RHP Mason Collins Chapman took a 3-0 lead into to right field. tools. pitched a masterpiece in the title the eighth inning when the Panthers Zeisler was named Most He was born in 1942 in game as he threw nine scoreless broke the game open with 8 runs to Outstanding Player of the NCAA Laredo, Tex. to Stanley and Hettie innings, scattered six hits and struck make the final score, 11-0. Div. III World Series. Harrison. out four. With runners on second and The Chapman first baseman hit He was raised in California’s He finished 9-4 this season. third, Henry Zeisler delivered a .538 (14-for-26) over seven games Central Valley where he earned 13 The hitting star for the Panthers 2-run double to left field to give with 5 RBI, 3 doubles, 5 walks and varsity letters at Bullard High. was Brad Shimabuku in the Chapman a 5-run lead. 10 runs scored. As one of the Valley’s top baseball talents in the early 1960s, he played on select teams against international competition and was recruited to play baseball on scholarship at the University of DR. BILL HARRISON California. life, especially in the community While at Cal, he earned his of Laguna Beach. Doctorate of Optometry. After great success with the After school, he served as a Royals, he continued to enhance Captain in the U.S. Army Medical the visual skills of Olympians, Corps and created the first optical collegiate and professional athletes center at the Sacramento Army from a vast array of sports, including Depot. baseball, football, and After his military service, and helped develop Harrison applied his passion for programs for the US Olympic optimal vision to the athletic world, training centers. beginning with professional Additionally, he provided and baseball. services to enhance training for In 1971, while practicing the US armed special forces over optometry in Davis, Calif, he began several decades. working with the Kansas City Harrison enjoyed many honors Royals baseball organization and over the years for his contributions helped develop a baseball vision to optometry and the sports world. program for their ground-breaking In 2012, he was inducted into Royal’s Baseball Academy. the Bullard High School Baseball In 1974, his family moved to Hall of Fame. Laguna Niguel, and he founded He was preceded in death by his Laguna Eyes Optometry in Laguna father Stanley, his mother Hettie Beach. and brother Gary. He is survived by As an Optometrist specializing his wife Linda, his three children: Alicia, Ryan and Craig, and his in vision enhancement over a 53 Photo by Larry Radloff- D3photography.com year career, he found great joy in grandchildren Nicole, Zachary, Chapman players celebrate after winning the NCAA Div. 3 national title. helping people from all walks of Parker, Makayla and Ryder. Page 18 Collegiate Baseball Friday, June 14, 2019 NAIA World Series: Tennessee Wesleyan Wins Title LEWISTON, Idaho — Tennessee Pitcher Cole Bellair tossed 6 1/3 Wesleyan captured its second NAIA innings for Tennessee Wesleyan World Series title after beating St. and only allowed two runs on five Thomas, 6-2. hits. The Bulldogs, which won four The Bulldogs scattered their six of five games at the NAIA World runs over the first six innings with Series, scored the first four runs Braden Mosley driving in two – one in the title game and never looked on a first-inning single and the other back. on a sacrifice fly in the third, to give TWU a 2-0 lead. Joe Russo Dies The Bulldogs added two more in the fourth. At Age Of 74 The first came when Adrian QUEENS, N.Y. – Former St. Marquez, pinch running for Shamoy John’s Hall of Fame Head Coach Christopher, scored from first when Joe Russo passed away in late May a pickoff attempt rolled into right at the age of 74 following a long field. Jhosmel Rodriguez’s double illness. to center scored Aloysius Cruz for Russo dedicated more than the 4-0 lead. three decades of his life to St. One more run in the fifth and John’s Baseball, beginning with a another in the sixth wrapped up the stellar four-year playing career that TWU scoring. culminated with him captaining the For St. Thomas, its only scores 1966 team to the College World were solo home runs – one from Series. Chris Garabedian and the other The shortstop was named to the from Joey Thompson. All-Tournament Team that year in TWU committed just one error, Omaha. while collecting eight hits. In 1974, Russo took over the Bellair, who had relief help from reins of the baseball program from Jerry Ochoa and Irving Martin, his former coach, Jack Kaiser, when improved to 13-2 and was one of he assumed the position of athletic four pitchers on the all-tournament University. Wesleyan Photo courtesy Tennessee director. team. Tennessee Wesleyan celebrates in high style with second national championship. Over the next 22 seasons, he For the tournament, Tennessee national championship team had. Wesleyan Wesleyan tallied a record of 612-310 (.664) Wesleyan (56-10) led in a number St. Thomas had four errors and 3B – Miguel Lorenzo, Science OF – Mike Taylor Jr., and led St. John’s to another pair of of offensive categories including six hits, and used four pitchers. & Arts (Okla.) Southeastern (Fla.) College World Series appearances batting average (.332), slugging Major Award Winners SS – P.J. Garcia, Science & Arts OF – Manuel Mesa, Southeastern in 1978 and 1980. percentage (.526), runs scored (41), Most Valuable Player – Bryce (Okla.) (Fla.) A well respected baseball mind hits (63) and RBIs (37). Giles, Tennessee Wesleyan INF – Coleton Horner, Science DH – , Science & on the international stage as well, The pitching staff for the Charles Berry Hustle Award – & Arts (Okla.) Arts (Okla.) Russo guided Team USA at the Bulldogs had the second-best ERA Bryce Giles, Tennessee Wesleyan C – Shamoy Christopher, P – Orlando Rodriguez, St. 1995 Pan-American Games in (3.48) of the tournament. Gold Glove Award – Tyler Tennessee Wesleyan Thomas Argentina. The 56 wins were the most in Reichenborn, Tennessee Wesleyan C – Daniel Mondejar, St Thomas P – Colton Williams, Science & He also served as the head coach program history dating back to at (Fla.) Arts (Okla.) for the New York/Tokyo Friendship least the 2004 season. All-Tournament Team OF – Tyler Reichenborn, P – Cole Bellair, Tennessee Series in 1989. Russo was a two- The second most wins in a 1B – Chris Garabedian, St. Tennessee Wesleyan Wesleyan time Big East Coach of the Year in season dating back to the same time Thomas (Fla.) OF – Braden Mosley, Tennessee P – Ricardo Velez, Science & 1990 and 1991. period is 53…the amount the 2012 2B – Bryce Giles, Tennessee Arts (Okla.) NJCAA Div. I World Series Central Arizona Wins 3rd National Title With Comeback GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (Colo.). What made his outing even — Central Arizona won its third more impressive was that he didn’t NJCAA Division I title with a 13-8 allow an earned run over six innings win over Iowa Western. to a team that scored an NJCAA- Iowa Western scored seven runs record 74 runs. in the top of the first inning. Major Awards But the Vaqueros stormed back MVP: OF Hunter Walker (Central to score the next 12 runs to win its Arizona) first national title since 2002. Most Outstanding Pitcher: Central Arizona also won RHP Dakota Donovan (Central championships in 1976 and 2002. Arizona) Winners of 19 of its final contests, Most Outstanding Hitter: INF the Vaqueros won five of six games Ronald Sweeny III (Iowa Western) at the NJCAA Division I World Most Outstanding Defensive Series and averaged 10.8 runs Player: INF Cash Rugely (Navarro, through its 6-game championship TX) runs. Coach Of The Year: Anthony Central Arizona scored in double Gilich (Central Arizona) digits in eight of its final nine games of the season and finished with a All-Tournament Team 50-20 overall record, the program’s INF Liam Spence (Central first 50-win season since 2011. Arizona) The Vaqueros’ Ernny Or- INF Ross Indlecoffer (Iowa donez went 3-for-5 with a home Western) run and three RBIs. Hunter INF Ronald Sweeny III (Iowa Jump belted a three-run homer Western) INF Cash Rugely (Navarro, and Ian Raidy contributed a key TX) two-run single. INF Michael Robinson (Walters Beyond the offensive explosion St., TN) by Central Arizona, the turning OF Hunter Jump (Central point was when Vaquero freshman Arizona) RHP Mitchell DeCovich entered OF Brennan Reback (Central the title game with two outs in the Arizona) first inning after Iowa Western had OF Tyler Halstead (Cowley, already scored seven runs. KS) He held the Reivers to one run OF Caleb Balgaard (Iowa (unearned) over six innings to earn Western) the win and allowed only two hits C Jake Meyer (Central Arizona) and struck out six. C Cody Milligan (Cowley, KS) Lucas Knowles closed the game P Jonathan Stroman (Central out as he pitched the final 2 1/3 Arizona) innings and fanned five batters with P Brandon Doty (Iowa Western) one hit allowed. P Brandon Backman (Monroe, The previous longest outing for NY) DeCovich was five innings back

Photo Courtesy Central Arizona College Photo Courtesy Central DH Jose Gonzalez, Jr. (Navarro, Central Arizona players dogpile after beating Iowa Western for the 2019 title. in March against Northeastern, TX) Friday, June 14, 2019 Collegiate Baseball Page 19 NJCAA Div. III: Cumberland County Wins First Title GREENVILLE, Tenn. — Cumberland started the Cumberland County (NJ) captured game off with four consecutive its first NJCAA Division III World singles by Ja’Ques Colon, Ryan Series title with an 11-7 victory M c I s a a c , Dylan Scarand a , over Rowan Gloucester, 11-7. and Nicholas Milhan. Cumberland rolled through the After a strikeout, Donnie World Series with four straight wins Stone stepped up and delivered a and outscored opponents, 44-21. two-run double to left center scoring Cumberland finished the season both Scaranda and Milhan. with a 47-5 overall record, the best Christian Lutz followed with an winning percentage in program opposite field 2-run home run to history. make it 6-0. Dukes’ pitcher Michael Miles, The teams would trade runs in the NJCAA Region XIX Pitcher of the middle innings with the Dukes The Year, went all nine innings in taking control late with an 11-5 the championship game and gave lead. up 5 earned runs on 10 hits and 5 The Roadrunners would tally strikeouts. single runs in the 8th and 9th inning It was his third outing of the before Miles induced a fly ball World Series. that was caught by Milhan in left He threw a 5-inning victory centerfield securing Cumberland’s against Century College and first ever National Championship recorded a one-out save against in school history. Rowan Gloucester in the winner’s Offensively, the Dukes were bracket final just two days prior to led by Dylan Scaranda who would the national championship game. go 2 for 4 with 2 RBIs and 3 Miles was named the World runs scored. Colon, Lutz, Stone, Series MVP. and Matt Spaeth each pitched in Cortland’s offense exploded for with 2 hits apiece. six runs in the bottom of the first Cumberland County hit .324 this and never lost the lead from that season with 52 home runs and had Photo Courtesy Cumberland County College point. a team ERA of 2.90. Cumberland County players dogpile after beating Rowan Gloucester for title. Lower Columbia Captures NJCAA Division II World Series Northwest Athletic Crown LONGVIEW, Wash. — Lower strikeouts. RHP Rance Pittman Northern Oklahoma-Enid Wins Title Columbia claimed its 14th closed it out over the final two ENID, Okla. — Northern run to left field cutting the lead All-Tournament Team. Northwest Athletic Conference innings with no runs allowed. Oklahoma College-Enid won its to 2-1. Caplinger then doubled Head coach Raydon Leaton was title with a 2-0 win over Everett in The Red Devils scored one run first NJCAA Division II national and scored on an Alex Buonasera named Most Outstanding Coach. the title game. in the fourth inning and another in title in dramatic fashion, 5-4 over single, and the game was tied 2-2. The Jets finished 42-18. the sixth frame. It marked the third consecutive Mesa (AZ). Brendon Woelfle then singled Major Awards championship for the Red Devils. Lower Columbia’s DeShawn Dylan Caplinger of the Jets home Buonasera and the Jets led Pitcher of The Tournament: Carter Lower Columbia won five of six Johnson finished the tournament belted a home run in the top of the 3-2. Robinson (Mesa, AZ) games at the NWAC Tournament with a .700 batting average over six ninth which broke a 4-4 tie. NOC-Enid extended the lead to 4- Player of The Tournament: P Brandon and outscored opponents, 40-8. games, just shy of the tournament Hudson (Northern Oklahoma-Enid) In the bottom of the ninth, 2 when Garrett Misenheimer singled Coach of The Tournament: Raydon The Red Devils won 19 of their record of .720, and was named Northern Oklahoma-Enid and later scored on a wild pitch. Leaton (Northern Oklahoma-Enid) last 20 games to close the season MVP. pitcher Brandon Hudson worked The Jets led 4-2 until the 8th All-Tournament Team and posted a 40-9 overall record. All-Tournament Team around a single and hit batter as he inning when Mesa tied the game OF Seth Graves (Northern Oklahoma- Lower Columbia, which had lost MVP - DeShawn Johnson (Lower Columbia) Enid) DH - Kenny MczCormick (Everett) inducing a fly ball by Tanner Neely with a home run. C Garrett Misenheimer (Northern earlier in the tournament, had to C Zach Threlfall (Lower Columbia) to end the game. Jets’ starting pitcher Wyatt Oklahoma-Enid) beat unbeaten Everett twice on the C Justin Lutz (Spokane) Hudson worked three innings Sellers, normally a closer, worked final day of the tournament. INF Shane Jamison (Lower Columbia) OF Tanner Neely (Northern Oklahoma- INF Mitch Albin (Everett) in relief of starter Wyatt Sellers to the first six innings and allowed Enid) The Red Devils beat Everett in INF Drew Barlow (Lower Columbia) earn the win. four runs. It was his first start of INF Ben Ferguson (Mesa, AZ) game one, 10-2 and then locked INF Trevor Paro (Lower Columbia) Hudson also wiggled off the the season. UT Connor Denning (Mesa, AZ) down Everett’s offense in the OF Takeshi Kubota (Everett) P Carter Robinson (Mesa, AZ) OF Justin Vandebrake (Tacoma) hook in the 8th inning, picking up Misenheimer had three hits for INF Anthony Cassos (Pasco-Hernando championship game with the 2-0 OF Chase Matheny (Lower Columbia) two strikeouts leaving the bases the Jets while Taylor and Caplinger St., FL) win as they limited the Trojans to OF Sam Linscott (Everett) OF Christian Padilla (Spokane) loaded. had two hits each. INF Nick Alessi (Pasco-Hernando St., only three hits. P Paul Falco (Everett) The Jets trailed 2-0 after three Hudson was named Player of the FL) RHP Justin Solt pitched the first P Mitch Lines (Lower Columbia) innings before putting up three runs Tourney while teammates Tanner INF Nick Gile (Madison, WI) seven innings for Lower Columbia P Logan Gerling (Tacoma) OF Jarrett Scheelk (Madison, WI) P Justin Solt (Lower Columbia) in the fourth inning. Neely, Seth Graves, and Garrett INF Drew Smith (Northeast, NE) and only allowed one hit with three Relief Gabe Smith (Everett) EJ Taylor blasted a solo home Misenheimer were named to the C Bryce Walker (Northeast, NE) Orange Coast Captures 7th California State Baseball Title FRESNO, Calif. — Orange Coast heart of a champion when Tyler College’s Joey Fregosi delivered a Lasch and Murphy Stehly singled well-placed infield single with to start the bottom of the seventh. the bases loaded for a walk-off, After a sacrifice bunt by Jacob come-from-behind, 8-7 win over El G e n t r y m o v e d o v e r b o t h Camino to win the 2019 California runners, David Morgan hit a two- Community College Baseball State run double to right-center, giving Championship. OCC a 7-6 lead. The win, coupled with a 7-5 The Warriors, playing inspired win over the Warriors in the earlier baseball all season long after losing game, gave the Pirates (39-9- one of their teammates, Sladen 1) their seventh state baseball Mohl to an automobile accident on championship and 94th overall title April 18, refused to quit. in school history. Taishi Nakawake led off the top “I told these guys when we got of the eighth with a double to left here this weekend that we were on and scored two batters later on a our final chapter of this great story, sacrifice fly to right off the bat of and it was up to us to write what Spencer Palmer. type of ending it would be,” OCC In the ninth, Todd Jackson led off head coach John Altobelli said. with a walk and advanced to second “These guys never quit when it on a Stehly single to right. could’ve been so easy to. We dug After a sacrifice bunt by Caleb deep and we had players step up for Anderson moved over both runners, us that didn’t get a lot of playing Morgan was intentionally walked to time for us all year and they got load the bases and Fregosi stepped it done.” up with the season on the line. With Coast leading 5-4 after six He singled to win the game. innings, El Camino (40-9) delivered OCC starting pitcher Cole Van a big blow to the Pirates’ chances Den Helder was named the State when Matt Beserra came through Tournament MVP after coming with a 2-run home run, putting the back on two days rest to throw five Warriors up, 6-5. strong innings after throwing 118 Orange Coast won the California CC title with two wins on the final day. But the Pirates showed the pitches against Sacramento City. Page 20 Collegiate Baseball Friday, June 14, 2019 Big Time, Elite Players Are Best In USA TUCSON, Ariz. — The 2019 Collegiate Baseball High School All-America teams, powered by Diamond, are loaded with Collegiate Baseball’s outstanding talent from across the nation. This year’s crop of high school athletes is impressive and talented High School LHP Blake Walston RHP Sam Hliboki LHP Geoffrey Gilbert LHP Nolan Hudi on both the first and second teams. New Hanover HS Harvard-Westlake Bishop England Calvary Christian Twenty players were selected in the Wilmington, SC Studio City, CA Charleston, SC Clearwater, FL first five rounds and Competitive 2019 Balance rounds of the 2019 Major League Draft. Leading the team is our National Player of the Year SS All-Americans Jr. from Colleyville Heritage H.S. (Colleyville, TX). He was the second overall pick in the 2019 MLB Draft by the Royals. Powered By RHP B. Walker C Mark Black C Jonathan French SS Nasim Nunez This season Witt hit .482 with 15 N. Florida Christian Serra Catholic Parkview H.S. Collins Hill H.S. doubles, 9 triples, 15 home runs and Tallahassee, FL McKeesport, PA Lilburn, GA Suwanee, GA 55 RBI. He stole 19 bases. Witt has received several national honors and played last summer for the 18U Team USA in the Pan American Championships. Nominations for the All- Americans are submitted by the player’s high school coach, and the staff of Collegiate Baseball chooses 3B Dylan Ray 3B Parker Noland OF Marcus Smith OF Maurice Hampton the honorees. www.diamond-sports.com Bob Jones H.S. Farragut H.S. Pembroke Hill H.S. Memphis U. School Not all statistics listed are final Madison, AL Knoxville, TN Kansas City, MO Memphis, TN for the season. Some teams were He signed with Vanderbilt. Florida, he has dominated for the still finishing their seasons at Jacob Meador, RHP, Burleson past two years. The Texas Christian the time the All-Americans were Centennial H.S., Burleson, TX signee was 11-1 with an 0.66 ERA, selected. — He had a phenomenal year, 4 complete games, 11 walks, 107 posting a 10-1 record with a 0.63 strikeouts in 61.1 innings. First Team ERA, 23 walks, 162 strikeouts Chad Ricker, RHP, Argyle Pitchers in 77.1 innings. Last summer he H.S., TX — He threw 3 consecutive , RHP, Cary- played for Team USA and signed no-hitters in the playoffs to lead his with Texas Christian. team to the state tournament. This UT Tyler Callahan UT Blake Adams UT Jack Washburn UT Tyler Matyshock Grove H.S., Cary, IL — He played Providence H.S. Har-Ber H.S. Webster H.S. Sonora H.S. football and baseball in high school Trevor McDonald, RHP, season he was 11-0 with a 0.87 Jacksonville, FL Springdale, AR Webster, WI Sonora, CA and was the 18th overall pick by George County H.S., Lucedale, ERA, 31 walks, 94 strikeouts in 76 83 strikeouts in 58 innings. The starter, he has been a part of two the Pirates in the first round of the MS — The South Alabama signee innings. He signed with Texas San Florida State signee has received state championship teams. This MLB Draft. This season the 6-foot- possesses a fastball that has been Antonio. many honors. season he hit .472 with 13 doubles, 3 righty posted a 7-2 record with a clocked as high as 95 mph. He was Michael Doolin, RHP, Andrean Logan Tanner, RHP, George 4 triples, 13 home runs, 62 RBI 1.04 ERA, 80 strikeouts, 12 walks, 8-2 this season with a 1.78 ERA, H.S., Merrillville, IN — One of the County H.S., Lucedale, MS — The and 44 runs scored. He signed with in 53.2 innings. 2 complete games, 15 walks, 105 top players in Indiana, he signed Mississippi State signee went 7-1 Clemson. Blake Walston, LHP, New strikeouts in 51 innings. with Vanderbilt. He posted a 11-0 with 1 save, 1.94 ERA, 29 walks, Chad Knight, Staples H.S., Hanover H.S., Wilmington, NC Nick Durgin, RHP, Melbourne record with an 0.12 ERA, 8 walks, 91 strikeouts in 47 innings. He also Westport, CT — With games to go, — A four-year starter, he helped Central Catholic H.S., Melbourne, 98 strikeouts in 56 innings. is a catcher for his team. he hit .554 this season with 10 home his team win back-to-back North FL — He led his team to the Florida Jonathan Guzman, RHP, Riley Cornelio, RHP, Pine runs and 23 RBI. He was named Carolina 3A titles. This season 5A Final Four and went 3-0 in the Orange Lutheran H.S., Orange, Creek H.S., Colorado Springs, Fairfield County Interscholastic he was 13-0 with an 0.46 ERA, post-season with 3 complete games. CA — He was named Trinity CO — The 6-foot-3, 195 pound Athletic Conference Player of The 4 complete games, 21 walks, 137 For the season, he posted a 9-1-1- League Pitcher of the Year after righty led his team to the regional Year and has received national strikeouts in 75.1 innings. He was record with a 0.31 ERA, 13 walks, tossing 41 consecutive scoreless finals. He posted a 7-2 record, 2.43 honors. the 26th pick by the Diamondbacks 111 strikeouts in 66.1 innings. innings. He has not given up a run ERA, 89 strikeouts in 49 innings. Micah Yonamine, Iolani School, in the first round of the draft. Nick James, LHP, Clarksville since February 22, 2019. The San He has received numerous honors Honolulu, HI — He helped lead his Brennan Malone, RHP, IMG H.S., TN — The 6-foot, 195 pound Diego State signee was 7-0 with a including playing on the 18U team to a third place finish this Academy, Bradenton, FL — This lefty tossed 5 no-hit outings this 0.60 ERA, 17 walks, 57 strikeouts National Team last summer. season, batting .500 with 11 home season Malone posted an 11-0 season, posting an 8-1 record with in 46.1 innings. runs and 34 RBI. He set a Hawaii record with a 0.27 ERA, 14 walks a 0.73 ERA 35 walks, 111 strikeouts Andrew Devine, RHP, Simi Catchers single-season state record for both and 69 strikeouts in 51 innings. in 57.1 innings. He signed with Valley H.S., CA — After returning Nathan Hickey, Providence home runs and RBI this year He was the 33rd overall pick by the North Carolina. from surgery, Devine H.S., Jacksonville, FL — This Diamondbacks in the draft. P e y t o n We s s o n , L H P, has been on a tear. He throws season he broke the Florida high Infielders JJ Goss, RHP, Cypress Ranch Fayetteville H.S., Sylacauga, AL a 95 mph fastball and went 47 school home run record with 14. Bobby Witt Jr., SS, Colleyville H.S., Cypress, TX — Named —According to his coach Morris consecutive innings without giving The Florida signee posted a .382 Heritage H.S., Colleyville, TX District MVP, he was dominate Phillips, he has an 86 mph fastball, up a run this season. The Texas Tech batting average, 4 doubles, 1 triple, — See above. on the mound this season, posting but great control and placement signee was 9-0 with a 0.48 ERA, 40 RBI, 33 runs scored and 6 stolen CJ Abrams, SS/2B, Blessed a 10-1 record with 0.65 ERA, 7 of his pitches. He threw a perfect 2 complete games, 33 walks, 93 bases. Trinity H.S., Roswell, GA — After complete games, 19 walks, 132 game, a no-hitter and 3 shutouts strikeouts in 58 innings. Ethan Hearn, Mobile Christian receiving numerous honors the last strikeouts in 75.1 innings. He was this season, posting a 6-5 record, Yianni Skeriotis, RHP, Jackson H.S., AL — He posted another great three years, the Alabama signee was the 36th overall pick by the Tampa 1.31 ERA, 19 walks, 137 strikeouts H.S., Massillon, OH — From 2017 season hitting .482 with 11 doubles, the sixth pick by the Padres in the Bay Rays in the draft. in 64 innings. to 2019, Skeriotis has recorded 28 2 triples, 11 home runs, 42 RBI and first round of the MLB draft. He hit Matt Thompson, RHP, Cypress Cooper Benson, LHP, San Luis straight wins as a pitcher which 31 runs scored. .418 this season with 17 doubles, 5 Ranch H.S., Cypress, TX — He has Obispo H.S., CA — In the last two is the third longest streak in Ohio Hayden Dunhurst, Pearl River triples, 3 home runs, 27 RBI and been a dominate pitcher since he seasons, he was named League High School history. This season Central H.S., MS — He was a stole 33 bases. was a freshman, according to Coach Pitcher of the Year. He posted a 9-3 he was 10-0 with a 0.00 ERA, 15 feared hitter this season and walked , SS, Delbarton Corey Cephus. This season he was record with a 0.58 ERA, 3 complete walks, 69 strikeouts in 52 innings. many times, boasting a .609 on H.S., Morristown, NJ — He signed 11-0 with a 0.93 ERA, 3 complete games, 19 walks, 101 strikeouts in He signed with Ohio State. base percentage. Despite that, the with Vanderbilt, but was the 30th games, 38 walks, 117 strikeouts in 59.2 innings. Ryan Hagenow, RHP, Farragut Mississippi signee hit .396 with 10 overall pick in the first round of the 67.2 innings. He was the 45th pick Sam Hliboki, RHP, Harvard- H.S., Knoxville, TN — The 6-foot- doubles, 3 triples, 11 home runs draft by the Yankees. He hit .477 overall by the White Sox in the Westlake H.S., Studio City, CA 6, 200 pound junior dominated and 37 RBI. with 5 doubles, 7 triples, 8 home second round of the draft. — He has twice been named this season, posting a 10-1 record Nathan LaRue, McGill-Toolen runs, 36 RBI and 8 stolen bases. Kendall Williams, RHP, Mission League Pitcher of the with an 0.86 ERA, 20 walks 81 Catholic H.S., Mobile, AL — He Gunnar Henderson, SS, IMG Academy, Bradenton, FL Year, among several other awards. strikeouts in 57 innings. He helped can control the game behind the Morgan Academy, Selma, AL — — Another highly regarded pitcher, The Vanderbilt signee posted a 9-1 lead his team to a state title and was plate better than anyone, according His coach Stephen Clements says he was the 52nd pick by the Blue record with a 2.60 ERA, 17 walks, named District Pitcher of the Year. to his coach Tim Becker. He hit .362 he has handled all the pressures of Jays in the second round of the 91 strikeouts in 72 innings. Tyson Heaton, RHP, Yucaipa with 10 doubles, 4 triples, 9 home being a high profile athlete with draft. This season he posted a 6-0 Geoffrey Gilbert, LHP, Bishop H.S., CA — This season he threw runs and 37 RBI. composure and ease. This season he record with a 0.91 ERA, 15 walks, England H.S., Charleston, SC — a , 6 shutouts and 9 Mark Black, Serra Catholic hit .559 with 17 doubles, 9 triples, 69 strikeouts in 46 innings. The Clemson signee has received complete games. He was 10-2 with H.S., McKeesport, PA — He has 11 home runs, 75 RBI and stole 31 Jack Leiter, RHP, Delbarton many local and state honors. He was a 1.56 ERA, 12 walks, 84 strikeouts dominated at the plate and broke bases. He was a second round pick H.S., Morristown, NJ — His fastball 8-1 with a 0.56 ERA, 4 complete in 76.1 innings. Twice he has been the school record of 12 home runs by the Orioles. is overpowering topping at 98 mph, games, 26 walks, 102 strikeouts in named Citrus Belt League MVP. this season. He hit .508 with 11 Nasim Nunez, SS Collins Hill and he has a great curve, according 61.2 innings. Brandon Walker, RHP, North doubles, 3 triples, 40 RBI and stole H.S., Suwanee, GA — He brought to several reports. He finished the Nolan Hudi, LHP, Calvary Florida Christian H.S., Tallahassee, 8 bases. “an infectious joy to the baseball season 8-0 with an 0.71 ERA, 23 Christian H.S., Clearwater, FL FL — With games to go, he had an Jonathan French, Parkview walks, 95 strikeouts in 58.2 innings. — One of the top pitchers in 8-1 record, 1.09 ERA 36 walks, H.S., Lilburn, GA — A four-year See HIGH SCHOOL, Page 21 Friday, June 14, 2019 Collegiate Baseball Page 21 High School All-Americans Put Up Big Numbers Continued From Page 20 plate, he hit .457 with 5 doubles, 3 National Player Of The Year home runs, 16 RBI, 46 runs scored field each day and truly has a love and 23 stolen bases. He was named for the game,” according to his the 2019 Los Angeles Times Player coach Zach Black. This season he of the Year. hit .352 with 11 doubles, 2 triples, 1 Blake Adams, RHP/OF, Har- home run, 14 RBI, 36 runs and stole Ber H.S., Springdale, AR — The 31 bases. He signed with Clemson Arkansas signee received a number but was a second round draft by of national honors this season the Marlins. after going 7-0 with 1.88 ERA, Rece Hinds, SS, IMG Academy, 3 complete games, 34 walks 90 Bradenton, FL — Another high strikeouts in 59.2 innings. He hit profile player, he was drafted by .321 with 4 doubles, 2 triples, 6 the Reds in the second round. This home runs, 21 RBI, 23 runs scored season he hit .361 with 7 doubles, and stole 4 bases. 4 triples, 2 home runs, 17 RBI and Jack Washburn, RHP/OF, stole 14 bases. Webster H.S., WI — “He can play Christian Cairo, SS, Calvary anywhere on the field we need Christian H.S., Clearwater, FL — him,” according to his coach Jarrod He recorded a great season, hitting Washburn. The Oregon State signee .451 with 6 doubles, 3 triples, 4 posted a 9-0 record, 0.16 ERA, 23 home runs, 24 RBI and stole 33 walks, 91 strikeouts in 45 innings. bases. Cairo signed with LSU, but He tossed 3 no-hitters this season was drafted in the fourth round by and hit .507 with 8 doubles, 4 the Indians. triples, 4 home runs, 33 RBI and Cade Doughty, SS, Denham stole 22 bases. Springs H.S., LA — He helped his Connor Prielipp, LHP/1B, team to the second round of the Tomah H.S., WI — He is one of the Class 5A tournament, batting .505 top ranked players in Wisconsin. with 6 home runs, 25 RBI and 40 With games left, the Alabama runs scored. He received several signee had a 6-2 record, 0.85 ERA, national honors the last two years 5 walks, 118 strikeouts in 49.1 Dylan Ray, 3B, Bob Jones H.S., innings. He hit .311 with 7 doubles Madison, AL — The junior has and 12 RBI. already received national honors. Aaron Roberts, RHP/1B/3B, This season he hit .403 with 11 Desert Oasis H.S., Las Vegas, NV doubles, 9 home runs, 64 RBI and — He lead his team to the Nevada stole 5 bases. 4A state title by striking out 11 Parker Noland, 3B, Farragut Reno H.S. batters in 5 1/3 innings H.S., Knoxville, TN — He’s in the championship game. For the received numerous honors, but AMAZING SEASON — SS Bobby Witt Jr. from Colleyville Heritage H.S. (Colleyville, TX) was the season, he hit .476 with 13 home according to his coach has improved second pick in the 2019 MLB Draft by the . Witt hit .482 with 15 doubles, 9 runs and 57 RBI. He was 6-0 on since last year. He hit .464 this triples, 15 home runs and 55 RBI. He also stole 19 bases in 22 attempts. the mound with a 1.32 ERA, 71 season with 13 doubles, 2 triples, strikeouts in 37 innings. 7 home runs, 44 RBI and was Diskin. He hit .500 with 7 doubles, 50 RBI and stole 11 bases. On the and boasts a career pitching record Colin Czajkowski, LHP/OF, walked 42 times. He signed with 7 triples, 4 home runs, 32 RBI, 37 mound, he was 5-0 with 3 saves, of 31-12 with 385 strikeouts. With Woodhaven H.S., Brownstown, MI Vanderbilt. runs scored and stole 32 bases. The 0.84 ERA, 12 walks, 79 strikeouts games left, he had a 9-1 record, 1 — With games left, he was 8-0 with Blake Klassen, 1B, JSerra Michigan signee was picked in in 41 innings. save, 0.67 ERA, 110 strikeouts in 1 save, 0.33 ERA, 92 strikeouts Catholic H.S., San Juan Capistrano, the third round of the draft by the Jimmy Lewis, RHP/3B, Lake 62.2 innings. At the plate, he hit in 42 2/3 innings. He tossed one CA — A three-year starter, he is one Oakland A’s. Travis H.S., Austin, TX — The 6- .446 with 8 home runs, 45 RBI and no-hitter and held opposing batters of the best left-handed hitters in Chris Newell, Malvern Prep, foot-6 righty possesses a mid-90s 38 runs scored. to an .099 batting average. At the California. This season he hit .351 Malvern, PA — For the past three fastball. With games left, he posted Matt McCormick, C/3B/RHP, plate, he was hitting .362 with 9 with 8 doubles, 5 home runs, 30 seasons, he has received various a 9-0 record with an 0.52 ERA, 15 St. Laurence H.S., Orland Park, doubles, one triple, 2 home runs, RBI and stole 5 bases. He signed local and state honors. He hit .395 walks, 83 strikeouts in 53.1 innings. IL — He was named the Anthony 36 RBI and stole 21 bases. with Arizona. with 12 doubles, 1 triple, 5 home He hit .389 with 17 doubles, 2 3B, Lawless MVP of the Chicago Josh Hahn, LHP/1B/OF, Jose Torres, SS, Calvert Hall runs, 28 RBI and stole 27 bases. 3 HR and 42 RBI. He signed with Catholic League, along with many Huntington Beach H.S., CA — He College H.S., Baltimore, MD Kendall Pettis, Brother Rice LSU, but was a Second Round other local and national honors. helped his team reach the CIF — One of the top shortstops in H.S., Chicago, IL — Named the Compensation pick by the Dodgers This season he was 2-1 with 9 Southern Section semi-finals this Maryland, he posted a .402 batting Chicago Catholic League Player of in the draft. saves, 0.89 ERA, 6 walks, 21 year by going 5-1 with 3 saves, 0.72 average with 8 doubles, 3 triples, 7 the Year, he signed with Oklahoma. Tyler Callihan, RHP/SS/3B/C, strikeouts in 15.2 innings. He hit ERA, 49 strikeouts in 37.2 innings. home runs, 44 RBI and 21 stolen This season he hit .423 with 11 Providence H.S., Jacksonville, FL .447 with 12 doubles, 1 triple, 7 He hit .376 with 9 home runs, bases. He signed with NC State. doubles, 2 triples, 2 home runs, — This 5-tool player can pretty home runs and 43 RBI. 33 RBI and 23 runs scored. The Brooks Lee, SS/2B, San Luis 23 RBI, 37 runs scored and stole much play anywhere on the field. Jared Jones, RHP/3B, La UCLA signee was named League Obispo H.S., CA — The switch- 25 bases. He batted .447 with 6 doubles, 1 Mirada H.S., CA — The junior MVP twice. hitter rarely saw a fastball this Maurice Hampton Jr., Memphis triple, 12 home runs, 36 RBI, 42 lit up radar guns at 99 mph with Tyler Matyshock, LHP/1B/OF, season, according to his coach University School, Memphis, TN runs scored and stole 11 bases. On his fastball this spring and has a Sonora H.S., CA — An all around Brian Wong. He hit .405 with 13 — He is one of the four athletes the mound, he was 1-2, 6 saves, dominate changeup and slider to athlete, he also plays . doubles, 2 home runs and 25 RBI. to ever be an Under Armour All 1.12 ERA, 9 walks, 49 strikeouts in go with it. He hit .444 with 6 doubles, 3 home Carter Young, SS, Selah H.S., American in both football and 31.1 innings. He signed with South He tossed a perfect game against runs, 19 RBI and stole 5 bases. On WA — Named the League MVP, baseball and to win Mr. Tennessee Carolina, but was picked in the third Bellflower this season and posted the mound, he was 8-1 with an 0.88 he helped lead his team to the Final in both football and baseball. He round of the draft by the Red. a 7-1 record with a 0.77 ERA, 94 ERA, 3 complete games, 24 walks, Four in the state tournament. This played four summers on USA Joe Naranjo, 1B/LHP, Ayala strikeouts in 64 innings. At the 127 strikeouts in 61 innings. season he hit .423 with 10 doubles, Baseball Teams. His coach John H.S., Chino Hills, CA — He played 3 triples, 2 home runs, 22 RBI and Jarnagin said he is “very coachable on Team USA and was one of the stole 14 bases. He signed with and very teachable while being top two-way players in California. Vanderbilt. incredibly talented.” This year he The Cal State Fullerton signee was Outfielders hit .440 with 11 doubles, 10 home picked in the third round of the draft , Hagerty H.S., runs and 24 RBI. by the Indians. Oviedo, FL — The left-handed Dylan Crews, Lake Mary H.S., He hit .382 with 8 doubles, 3 hitting Greene helped get his team FL — The junior has played on triples, 8 home runs, 29 RBI, 30 to the post-season this year by the 18U National Team and is runs scored and stole 9 bases. On hitting .422 with 11 doubles, 3 one of the top outfield prospects the mound, he posted a 7-3 record triples, 8 home runs, 27 RBI and in Florida. He batted .389 with 8 with a 1.24 ERA, 5 complete 38 runs scored. He played on the doubles, 2 triples, 2 home runs, 15 games, 6 walks, 65 strikeouts in 18U National Team last summer. RBI and stole 16 bases. 61.2 innings. He signed with Florida, but was Michael Brueser, Hamilton Evan Fitterer, RHP/1B, Aliso the 5th pick in the first round by the H.S., Chandler, AZ — The junior Niguel H.S., Aliso Viejo, CA — He Tigers in the MLB draft. helped lead his team to a state title has been a reliable player both Corbin Carroll, Lakeside this season after hitting .314 with 10 offensively and pitching. On the School, Seattle, WA — The Metro doubles, 12 home runs, 36 RBI, 37 mound, he was 9-1 with an 0.97 League MVP and Seattle Times runs scored and stealing 5 bases. ERA, 21 walks, 82 strikeouts in 65 Player of the Year, he hit .540 with Multi-Position Players innings. He hit .375 with 9 doubles, 5 doubles, 5 triples, 9 home runs, 26 , 3B/RHP, Lake 4 home runs, 30 RBI and 21 runs RBI and 38 runs scored. He was a Travis H.S., Austin, TX — Baty scored. The UCLA signee was first round pick in the draft by the helped lead his team into the post- picked by the Marlins in the fifth Diamondbacks. season. The Texas signee was the round of the draft. Marcus Smith Jr., Pembroke 12th pick by the Mets in the first AJ Hacker, RHP/1B, Rowan Hill H.S., Kansas City, MO — A 5- round of the MLB draft. With County Senior H.S., Morehead, tool player, he has improved every games left, he batted .623 with 6 KY — The Morehead State signee year, according to his coach Jeff doubles, 2 triples, 19 home runs, has received many region honors OF Corbin Carroll, Lakeside School (Seattle, WA) Page 22 Collegiate Baseball Friday, June 14, 2019 Collegiate Baseball’s Argyle H.S. No. 1 National High School Eagles Roll With 28 Straight Victories TUCSON, Ariz. — With 28 wins strikeouts, 5 walks in 29.2 innings. They are 31-5 and will face De La in a row, Argyle (TX) remains No. For the year, the Admiral pitching Salle (IL) next. 1 in Collegiate Baseball’s National staff posted a 1.74 team ERA. No. 19 Desert Oasis (Las Vegas, TOP 30 POLL High School Poll presented by Farragut completed the season NV) — Nevada 4A champs. Diamond Pro. 42-3 and won 35 of its last 36 games No. 20 Regis Jesuit (Aurora, CO) Presented By The Eagles finished 40-1-1 and went 10-1 in the post-season. defeated Cherry Creek (CO), 8-3 as they captured the Texas 4A The last time the Admirals won the to win the Colorado 5A state title. championship by beating Sweeney state title was in 2014 and have won They completed the season 25-6. (TX), 6-3. Over the past two 10 titles overall. No. 21 Volcano Vista seasons, Argyle has lost only once No. 10 is Calvary Christian (Albuquerque, NM) — New in the last 79 games. (Clearwater, FL) which defeated Mexico 5A champs. Argyle posted a .340 team batting American Heritage (Delray Beach, No. 22 Hamilton (Chandler, AZ) average this season and averaged FL), 2-1 to win the Florida 4A state — Arizona 6A champs. 8.6 runs per game with 106 stolen title. They completed the season No. 23 Andrean (Merrillville, bases. The pitching staff had a 2.49 26-4. IN) advanced to the state’s 3A semi- ERA. No. 11 Lake Travis (Austin, TX) finals and will play Yorktown (IN). The Eagles previously beat heads into the Texas 6A semi-finals They have won 30 games in a row Canyon (TX), 9-0 and 19-1, Iowa with a 37-4 record. They will play and defeated Kankakee Valley 8-7 Park (TX), 2-0 and 2-0 and La Southlake Carroll next. for the section championship. Vernia (TX), 16-0 before reaching Lake Travis defeated Alexander RHP Michael Doolin has allowed the title game. (Laredo, TX), 3-2 and 3-0 to only one earned run in 56 innings In the second game against Iowa advance. to post an 11-0 record and 98 PROFESSIONAL GROUNDSKEEPING PRODUCTS Park, right-handed pitcher Chad No. 12 Colleyville Heritage (TX) strikeouts. Andrean is 34-1. Ricker tossed a no-hitter, going 7 advanced to the Texas 5A semi- No. 24 Venice (Venice, FL) innings and striking out 4. finals with a 37-3 record. They captured the Florida 7A state He tossed three consecutive beat Monterey (TX), 6-3 and 6-3 to championship by defeating Doral no-hitters heading into the state advance. They will meet Corsicana Academy (FL), 3-2. The Indians (As of June 4, 2019) tournament. In 20 2/3 innings (TX) next. rallied for three runs in the 6th during that span, Ricker did not No. 13. Valley Christian (San inning to win the game. It was their Rank School Record allowed a hit. Jose, CA) beat Archbishop Mitty, program’s 6th state title and the 1. Argyle (Argyle, TX) 40-1-1 F No. 2 DeSoto Central 2-0 to capture its third straight CIF second time Venice has gone back- 2. DeSoto Central (Southhaven, MS) 34-3 F (Southhaven, MS) — Mississippi Central Coast Section title and 9th to-back. They finished 26-6. 3. New Hanover (Wilmington, NC) 28-2 F 6A state champs. title since 2000. William Kempner No. 25 Tattnall Square Academy 4. Barbe (Lake Charles, LA) 38-3 F No. 3 Georgetown (TX) advanced and Steven Zobac combined for a (Macon, GA) won back-to-back to the Texas 5A state semi-finals one-hitter in the title game. Zobac Single A Private titles after beating 5. Cypress (Cypress, CA) 31-3 F with a 40-4-1 record. In a three- also had both RBIs in the game Savannah Christian, 11-1 and 11-0. 6. De La Salle (Concord, CA) 29-1 F game series against Magnolia West as he hit a double in the third They finished 35-3. RHP/3B Brooks 7. Georgetown (Georgetown, TX) 40-4-1 (TX), Georgetown lost the first inning to score two runners. The Gorman set the single season school 8. Blanchard (Blanchard, OK) 39-0 F game 2-1 and won the next two 9- championship win marked Coach record for wins going 15-1 with a 9. Farragut (Knoxville, TN) 42-3 F 6 and 1-0. They will face Pioneer John Diatte’s 650th career win in 0.96 ERA, 125 strikeouts, 23 walks (Mission, TX) next. his 30 years at the school. in 94 2/3 innings. At the plate, he 10. Calvary Christian (Clearwater, FL) 26-4 F No. 4 New Hanover (Wilmington, No. 14 Parkview (Lilburn, GA) hit .465 and led the team in doubles 11. Lake Travis (Austin, TX) 37-4 NC) completed the season as North — Georgia 7A champs. with 11. 12. Colleyville Heritage (Colleyville, TX) 37-3 Carolina 3A state champs. No. 15 Delbarton (Morristown, No. 26 Cypress Ranch (Cypress, This is back-to-back state titles 13. Valley Christian (San Jose, CA) 29-4 F NJ) is 25-3 after winning the TX) was knocked out of the state for the Wildcats who ended with county, conference and North Non- tournament by Boyd, losing 1-0 and 14. Parkview (Lilburn, GA) 35-4 F a 28-2 record. They beat Marvin Public A state title. They advance to 8-3. They finished 34-6-1. 15. Delbarton (Morristown, NJ) 25-3 Ridge, 7-3 and 4-0. RHP/3B Alex play the South division champs St. No. 27 St. Thomas Aquinas 16. Jesuit (Tampa, FL) 27-5 F Sniffen was named the tournament Augustine Prep in the overall state (Fort Lauderdale, FL) lost in the 17. Benedictine (Richmond, VA) 28-2 F MVP. championship game. Regional Final to McArthur (FL), 18. St. Laurence (Burbank, IL) 31-5 No. 5 Barbe (Lake Charles, LA) The Green Wave defeated Don 2-0 and finished 24-4. — Louisiana 5A state champs. Bosco Prep, 2-0 to win its third No. 28 Mosley (Lynn Haven, 19. Desert Oasis (Las Vegas, NV) 34-8 F No. 6 Cypress (CA) — CIF consecutive North division title. FL) lost to Dunedin (FL), 7-4 and 20. Volcano Vista (Albuquerque, NM) 25-5 F Southern Section Division 1 Aiden Kane belted a two-run triple was knocked out of the Florida 6A 21. Hamilton (Chandler, AZ) 26-7 F champs. in the sixth inning while starting tournament. They finished 25-4. No. 7 De La Salle (Concord, LHP Jack Leiter went 6 2/3 innings, No. 29 Harvard-Westlake (Studio 22. Regis Jesuit (Aurora, CO) 25-6 F CA) beat Heritage (CA), 10-1 to allowing only three hits. City, CA) — CIF southern Section 23. Andrean (Merrillville, IN) 34-1 capture the CIF North Coast Section No. 16 is Jesuit (Tampa, FL) Division 1 runners up. 24. Venice (Venice, FL) 26-6 F Division 1 title. The Spartans posted which defeated Dunedin (FL), 4-3 No. 30 Sam Houston (Lake 25. Tattnall Square Academy (Macon, GA) 35-3 F a 29-1 record. to capture the Florida 6A title. For Charles, LA) — Louisiana 5A 26. Cypress Ranch (Cypress, TX) 34-6-1 F No. 8 Blanchard (OK) — the 8th straight year, Jesuit won runners up. 27. St. Thomas Aquinas (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) 24-4 F Oklahoma 4A state champs. its district title to advance into the Teams that fell out of the poll No. 9 Farragut (Knoxville, TN) state playoffs. include Mountain Vista (Highlands 28. Mosley (Lynn Haven, FL) 25-4 F defeated Bradley Central (TN), 7-3 No. 17 Benedictine (Richmond, Ranch, CO) 26-4 F, Orange 29. 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Multi-Position Athletes Ben Schoneman, RHP/2B, La Cueva list contains the 2019 Second Team RS, 47 SB; has broken many offensive Benji Brokemond, SS, Brother Rice Brooks Gorman, RHP/3B, Tattnall H.S., Albuquerque, NM — .422, 11 2B, selections for Collegiate Baseball’s records at the school. H.S., Chicago, IL — .464, 11 2B, 2 3B, Square Academy, Macon, GA — 15-1, 1 HR, 32 RBI, 2 SB; 9-2, 1.55 ERA, 7 High School All-Americans Justin Richards, SS/2B, Sallisaw 4 HR, 31 RBI, 40 RS, 20 SB; Miami 0.96 ERA, 15 CG, 2 SV, 23 BB, 125 K, CG, 23 BB, 108 K, 76.2 IP; Colorado H.S., OK — .521, 13 2B, 4 3B, 10 HR, (OH) signee. 94.2 IP; .465, 11 2B, 1 3B, 6 HR, 47 RBI, School of Mines signee. powered by Diamond Sports. 38 RBI, 61 RS, 46 SB; Northeastern Matt Schark, 3B/1B, Francis Howell 5 SB; Georgia Dugout A-Private Player Colin Ahearn, LHP/OF, Baylor Players from across the USA Oklahoma A&M signee. H.S., St. Charles, MO — .402, 13 2B, 1 of Year; a junior. School, Chattanooga, TN — .356, 7 2B, were nominated by their high Max Anderson, SS/2B, Millard West 3B, 5 HR, 27 RBI; a junior. Brady Davis, LHP/1B/OF, Hamilton 2 3B, 7 HR, 37 RBI; 8-0, 1.73 ERA, 17 school coaches. H.S., Omaha, NE — .353, 8 2B, 10 HR, Tyler Nelson, SS, Andrean H.S., H.S., MS — 9-1, 1.41 ERA, 8 CG, 2 SV, BB, 71 K, 44.1 IP; state division Player Some stats are not final for the 26 RBI, 8 SB; led team to state Merrillville, IN — .462, 10 2B, 6 3B, 3 16 BB, 121 K, 64.1 IP; .476, 8 2B, 3 3B, of Year; a junior season as some teams were still title; a junior. HR, 42 RBI, 41 RS, 19 SB; a junior. 4 HR, 32 RBI, 5 SB; a junior. Drew Gilbert, LHP/OF, Stillwater playing when the selections were Jace Jung, SS/2B, MacArthur H.S., Grant Magill, Mountain Vista H.S., Nathan Stahl, 3B/RHP, Walsh Jesuit Area H.S., Stillwater, MN — 5-0, 0.21 San Antonio, TX — .473, 15 2B, 2 3B, 7 Highlands Ranch, CO — .506, 7 2B, H.S., Cuyahoga Falls, OH — 9-0, 0.27 ERA, 4 CG, 19 BB, 65 K, 34 IP; .406, made. HR, 34 RBI, 4 SB; Texas Tech signee. 1 3B, 5 HR, 37 RBI; Indiana State ERA, 2 CG, 27 BB, 70 K, 52.1 ERA; 11 2B, 1 HR, 15 RBI, 6 SB; throws in Second Team Hunter Fitz-Gerald, 3B/1B, signee. .370, 9 2B, 8 HR, 42 RBI; Indiana mid-90s; Oregon State signee. Pitchers Stoneman Douglas H.S., Parkland, FL Cy Nielson, LHP/OF, Spanish Fork Outfielders signee. Chandler Best, LHP, McGill-Toolen — .500, 6 2B, 7 HR, 30 RBI, 11 SB; lefty Tucker Flint, Bishop Hendricken Robert Hassell III, OF/LHP, H.S., UT — 9-0, 1.90 ERA, 22 BB, 66 Catholic H.S., Mobile, AL — 10-1, 1.01 hitter; Florida Southern signee. H.S., Warwick, RI — .545, 8 2B, 7 Independence H.S., Thompson’s Station, K, 30.2 IP; .400, 9 2B, 2 HR, 26 RBI, ERA, 8 CG, 18 BB, 139 K, 82.2 IP; Blake Marsh, 1B, Trinity Christian 3B, 17 RBI, 30 RS, 16 BB; Maryland TN — .413, 8 2B, 2 3B, 11 HR, 31 RBI, 5 SB; 2X Region 10 MVP; Brigham career high school pitching record 35-6; Academy, Addison, TX — .547, 12 2B, 5 signee. 14 SB; 4-2, 1.21 ERA, 20 BB, 98 K, 52 Young signee. 16 career shutouts. 3B, 2 HR, 22 RBI, 14 SB; lefty hitter. Jared Campbell, Nova H.S., Davie, IP; a junior. Seth Tomczak, RHP/OF, Argonaut Max Rajcic, RHP, Orange Lutheran Michael Curialle, SS, JSerra Catholic FL — .476, 10 2B, 2 3B, 4 HR, 25 RBI, Ethan Hoopingerner, RHP/OF, H.S., Jackson, CA — 5-0, 0.69 ERA, 15 H.S., Orange, CA — 8-1, 1 SV, 0.53 H.S., San Juan Capistrano, CA — .422, 33 RS, 18 SB. Aliso Niguel H.S., Aliso Viejo, CA BB, 48 K, 30.1 IP; .366, 7 2B, 2 HR, 10 ERA, 14 BB, 78 K, 63.1 IP; a junior. 13 2B, 1 3B, 2 HR, 16 RBI, 28 RS, 13 Makenzie Pate, Parkview H.S., — 7-1, 0.79 ERA, 22 BB, 89 K, 53.1 RBI; Arizona State signee. Tyler Owens, RHP, Trinity Catholic SB; 2-year starter; UCLA signee. Lilburn, GA — .375, 9 2B, 4 3B, 6 HR, IP; .398, 14 2B, 2 HR, 15 RBI, 28 RS, 2 Peyton Lejeune, SS/RHP, Teurlings H.S., Ocala, FL — 6-2, 0.91 ERA, 18 Xavier Carter, 1B, Capital Christian 35 RBI, 26 BB, 55 RS; 3-year starter; SB; USC signee. Catholic H.S., Lafayette, LA — 7-2, 2.28 BB, 77 K, 46.1 IP; 98 mph fastball, H.S., Sacramento, CA — .400, 4 2B, Coastal Carolina signee. Sam Ireland, RHP/1B, Mountain ERA, 8 CG, 23 BB, 99 K, 67.1 IP; .432, according to coach, Florida signee. 3 3B, 2 HR, 19 RBI, 7 SB; walked 21 Pete Crow-Armstrong, Harvard- Vista H.S., Highlands Ranch, CO — 7- 12 2B, 1 HR, 18 RBI, 19 SB; 3X state Trent Harrison, RHP, Pryor H.S., times; San Diego State signee. Westlake H.S., Studio City, CA — .407, 0, 1.22 ERA, 5 CG, 20 BB, 44 K, 40 IP; champion leader; UL-Lafayette signee. OK — 11-0, 0.66 ERA, 2 SV, 8 BB, 54 Cooper Beck, 2B/SS, Cullman H.S., 5 2B, 5 3B, 3 HR, 23 RBI, 39 RS, 7 SB; .440, 12 2B, 1 3B, 5 HR, 33 RBI, 10 SB; Justin Campbell, RHP/1B, Simi K, 63.2 IP, threw 6 shutouts this season; AL — .398, 13 2B, 3 HR, 32 RBI, 22 played on Team USA; a junior. League Pitcher of Year. Valley H.S., CA — .400, 11 2B, 3 HR, District Pitcher of Year; signed with SB; lefty hitter. Miller Ladusau, Rockwall-Heath Brody Drost, OF/LHP, Barbe H.S., 21 RBI, 7 SB; 8-2, 1.16 ERA, 20 BB, Eastern JC. Stephen Hrustich, 1B, Parkview H.S., Heath, TX — .409, 12 2B, 3 3B, 2 Lake Charles, LA — .374, 10 2B, 1 3B, 102 K, 65.1 IP; 94 mph fastball; Tulane Justin Perreault, RHP, Homewood H.S., Lilburn, GA — .396, 8 2B, 2 3B, HR, 36 RBI, 25 SB; TX District 11-6A 6 HR, 29 RBI, 14 SB; 6-0, 0.94 ERA, 15 signee. H.S., Birmingham, AL — 10-0, 0.85 10 HR, 48 RBI. MVP; Abilene Christian signee. BB, 44 K, 37.1 IP; a junior. Colton Keith, RHP/INF, Biloxi ERA, 4 CG, 16 BB, 84 K, 66 IP; Ryan Galanie, 3B/SS, Archbishop Houston King, Cabot H.S., AR Dillon Carter, OF/RHP, Argyle H.S., MS — .527, 8 HR, 49 RBI, 6-0, Alabama-Huntsville signee. Moeller H.S., Cincinnati, OH — .388, 7 — .451, 12 2B, 4 3B, 1 HR, 28 RBI, 11 H.S., TX — 3-0, 0.52 ERA, 5 SV, 44 K ; 5 SV, 1.47 ERA, 74 K, 38 IP; received Carter Rustad, RHP, Staley H.S., 2B, 5 3B, 5 HR, 22 RBI, 35 RS, 16 SB; SB; 3-year starter, Kentucky signee. .422, 7 2B, 6 3B, 2 HR, 49 RBI, 22 SB. national honors; a junior. Kansas City, MO — 5-0, 0.32 ERA, 16 BB, 72 K, 43.1 IP; throws in mid-90s; San Diego signee. Dallas Glass, RHP, Pleasure Ridge Park H.S., Louisville, KY — 7-0, 1.05 ERA, 5 CG, 24 BB, 73 K, 53 IP; had wins against top teams; Western Kentucky signee. Zach Jacobs, RHP, San Dimas H.S., CA — 10-2, 1.62 ERA, 9 CG, 13 BB, 78 K, 82.1 IP; set all-time school record with 35 career wins, 220 career strikeouts and 27 complete games; UC Riverside signee. Shane Murphy, LHP, Hamilton H.S., Chandler, AZ — 9-0, 0.72 ERA, 4 CG, 11 BB, 66 K, 58 IP; Grand Canyon Univ. signee. Josh Emerson, RHP, Calvary Christian H.S., Clearwater, FL — 8-0, 0.94 ERA, 25 BB, 72 K, 59.2 IP; Liberty signee. Noah Hall, RHP, Providence H.S., Charlotte, NC — 9-2, 1.51 ERA, 1 SV, 30 BB, 103 K, 61 IP; Arizona State signee. Jack Brinley, RHP, Georgetown H.S., TX — 10-0, 0.677 ERA, 18 BB, 52 K, 57.2 IP; District MVP Pitcher. Grant Wood, RHP, Georgetown H.S., TX — 10-0, 0.82 ERA, 3 CG, 14 BB, 44 K, 50.2 IP; threw a perfect game and 3 one-hitters. Kale Davis, RHP, Westmoore H.S., OK — 9-1, 0.36 ERA, 17 BB, 94 K, 58 IP; Oklahoma State signee. Cameron Repetti, RHP, Cypress H.S., CA — 10-2, 3 SV, 1.20 ERA, 9 CG, 12 BB, 87 K, 81.1 IP; Cal State Fullerton signee. Jack Walker, RHP, Barbe H.S., Lake Charles, LA — 8-1, 1.14 ERA, 4 CG, 19 BB, 88 K, 67.1 IP; a sophomore. JD Callahan, RHP, West Ranch H.S., Stevenson Ranch, CA — 7-2, 1.59 ERA, 4 CG, 1 SV, 21 BB, 63 K, 55 IP; League Pitcher of Year; UC Santa Barbara signee. Kevin Heinrich, RHP, Stoneman Douglas H.S., Parkland, FL — 6-0, 4 SV, 1.01 ERA, 2 CG, 21 BB, 65 K, 48.2 IP; Arkansas signee. Jake Garland, RHP, Jupiter H.S., FL — 5-1, 0.53 ERA, 2 CG, 12 BB, 75 K, 39.2 IP; Miami (FL) signee. Catchers Jack Bulger, DeMatha H.S., Hyattsville, MD — .548, 6 2B, 3 3B, 5 HR, 28 RBI, 25 SB; Vanderbilt signee. Kyle Smith, New Hanover H.S., Wilmington, NC — .451, 6 2B, 2 3B, 4 HR, 34 RBI, 31 RS; 4-year starting catcher. Parker Landwehr, Calvert Hall College H.S., Baltimore, MD — .452, 9 2B, 1 3B, 4 HR, 30 RBI, 26 RS, 6 SB; Boston College signee. Michael Carpentier, Yucaipa H.S., CA — .402, 9 2B, 2 3B, 2 HR, 25 RBI, 26 RS; Arizona State signee. Drew Romo, The Woodlands H.S., TX — .393, 16 2B, 4 HR, 33 RBI; 3 year starter; played on Team USA; a junior. Infielders Jeffrey David, 3B, Georgetown H.S., Page 24 Collegiate Baseball Friday, June 14, 2019 Collegiate Baseball A Valuable Coaching Resource For 61 years, Collegiate Baseball has offered baseball coaches at all levels valuable coaching knowledge from top coaches in the game, new product and technology information, discussions on news items that affect you as a coach and more. This is in addition to our national polls and in-depth human interest stories about coaches and players. Collegiate Baseball is the ONLY place you will find national coverage of NCAA Div. I, Div. 2, Div. 3, NAIA, junior colleges and high schools in one publication from pre-season to post- season championships. Get ALL 14 informative issues each year by subscribing today!

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