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NATIONAL COLLEGIATE WRITERS ASSOCIATION (May 16, 2002) ncbwa.com

FORMER COLLEGE PLAYERS ON 2002 ROSTERS

CHICAGO – Nearly 500 former collegians appear on the current 40-man rosters of major league teams, according to research done by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association. Some of the game’ brightest stars showed off their talents on the collegiate diamond before moving on to “The Show.” The last two Most Valuable Players, (Arizona State) and (California), 2000 MVP (Long Beach State) and both of last year’s Award winners, () and (USC) are among those that starred in the collegiate ranks. Perennial All-Stars (Georgia Tech), Frank Thomas (Auburn), (Michigan), (Tennessee), (Hartford), Kevin Brown (Georgia Tech) and (Stanford) are a few more examples of quality performers from the college ranks. A complete list of former collegians on current major league squads are listed below. The NCBWA welcomes any additions or corrections to this list. Please -mail to rdanderson@-usa.org.

ANAHEIM ANGELS (25) C USC P Fresno State P Iowa State P Mississippi 1B Nevada P Texas Todd Stotlemyre P UNLV Jeff DaVanon OF State P Texas Jorge Fabregas C Miami (Fla.) Jeremy Ward P long Beach State Florida Matt Williams 3B UNLV OF Nebraska 2B Guilford 3B UCLA P Texas-Arlington BRAVES (9) Al Levine P Southern OF Georgia Tech P Oklahoma State Mark DeRosa IF Pennsylvania 2B Cal State Northridge Chris Hammond P UAB Bart Miadich P UC San Diego Darren Lewis P Florida A& Elvin Nina P Oklahoma State Kerry Lightenberg P Minnesota Orlando Palmeiro OF Miami (Fla.) Keith Lockhart IF Oral Roberts P Cal Riverside P Dartmouth OF Grand Canyon Scott Sobkowiak P Northern Iowa P Duke .. Surhoff OF North Carolina P Washington State Scott Shields P Lincoln Memorial ORIOLES (25) 1B Illiinois Chad Allen OF Texas A&M P Louisiana-Lafayette John Bale P Southern Miss P Wisconsin-Oshkosh OF Ball State P SS Maine Matt Wise P Cal State Fullerton Chris Brock P Florida State 1B UCLA (19) OF UNLV P Wright State Travis Driskill P Texas Tech IF Notre Dame Eric DuBose P Mississippi State David Delluci OF Mississippi P Arizona Doug Devore OF Indiana Jay Gibbons OF Cal State-Los Angeles IF Loyola Marymount Buddy Groom P Hardin-Baylor OF Southern Illlinois Jerry Hairston 2B Southern Illinois Luis Gonzalez OF South Alabama Michael Hubbard C James Madison 1B San Diego State Calvin Maduro P St. Antonius P Stanford Lee Marshall P Wallace Randy Johnson P USC Ryan McGuire OF UCLA Mike Kaplove P Delaware Mike Moriarty SS Seton Hall Mike Paradis P Clemson

Chris Richard OF/IF Oklahoma State (16) IF South Carolina 3B USC B.J. Ryan P Louisiana-Lafayette P Minnesota 1B Louisiana Tech Ben Broussard 1B McNeese State Chris Singleton OF Nevada 1B Richmond Jay Spurgeon P Hawaii-Monoa OF San Diego P USC (13) Danny Graves P Miami (Fla.) Jeff Abbott OF Kentucky P Georgia Southern Todd Betts IF Northeastern State Luke Hudson P Tennessee Jamie Brewington P Va. Commonwealth Barry Larkin SS Michigan OF USC Jason LaRue C Dallas Baptist 1B San Diego State Corky Miller C Nevada Michael Drumright P Wichita State C Pepperdine Chris Elmore P North Carolina Scott Sullivan P Auburn P Texas A&M Scott Williamson P Oklahoma State Nomar Garciaparra SS Georgia Tech 2B LSU P Auburn Derek Hasselhoff P Towson (21) P Kent State OF Cal-Irvine Louis Merlini IF Providence Bruce Aven OF Lamar Doug Mirabellli C Wichita State C Texas Tech C Georgia Tech Jason Beuerlein P Western Carolina P Florida Tech J.D. Brammer P Stanford Timothy Young P Alabama C/IF Concordia (Minn.) Sean DePaula P Wake Forest CUBS (14) Ryan Drese P California IF Auburn Mike Lansing IF Wichita State P Rutgers Greg LaRocca IF Massachusetts Ben Christensen P Wichita State Dave Maurer P Oklahoma State Courtney Duncan P Grambling Heath Murray P Michigan Nate Frese IF Iowa P Connecticut C Northwestern Chad Paronto P Massachusetts Bobby Hill IF Miami (Fla.) Jerrod Riggan P San Diego State Darren Lewis OF California Bill Selby IF Southern Miss P South Alabama P North Carolina 3B SW Missouri State IF Hartford Will Ohman P Pepperdine Jason Stanford P Charlotte P UNLV P Loyola-Marymount P USC Bob Wickman P Wisconsin-Whitewater Steve Smyth P USC (19) (18) Benny Agbanyi OF Hawaii Pacific Edwin Almonte P St. Francis (..) Todd Belitz P Washington State P Long Beach State Dan Conway C Wake Forest Jason Dellaero SS South Florida Cam Esslinger P Seton Hall P Lewis-Clark State Ross Gload IF/OF South Florida P Mississippi State Todd Helton 1B Tennessee Matt Guerrier P Kent State P Baylor P Kennesaw State P Jacksonville State Thomas Jacquez P UCLA OF Memphis Jeff Liefer P Long Beach State P Minnesota OF Arizona Greg Norton IF/OF Oklahoma P UCLA OF South Alabama P Morehead State Terry Shumpert IF/OF Kentucky OF Cal State Fullerton Justin Speier P Nicholls State Brian Simmons OF Michigan Dennis Stark P Toledo Frank Thomas DH Auburn Matt Whiteside P Arkansas State Dan Wright P Arkansas Colin Young P Fordham P Texas A&M Jason Young P Stanford 3B UCLA

DETROIT TIGERS (26) Shane Reynolds P Texas P Rice P Ferrum Kenny Baugh P Rice Adam Bernero P Armstrong State (22) OF Arizona State 2B Florida State C Cal State Northridge P Stanford P Virginia Brandon Berger OF Eastern Kentucky IF Texas Paul Byrd P LSU Bobby Higginson OF Temple Tony Cogan P Stanford C Virginia Commonwealth Nate Field P Fort Hays State Ryan Jackson IF/OF Duke 1B Nebraska Tim Kalita P Notre Dame A.J. Hinch C Stanford Wendell Magee OF Samford OF Texas A&M Mike Martin P Central Florida C Cal State Fullerton Matt Miller P Texas Tech David McCarty 1B Stanford Brian Moehler P UNC Greensboro Mike McDougal P Wake Forest 1B USC Mark Quinn OF Rice Terry Pearson P West Alabama Joe Randa 3B Tennessee Adam Pettyjohn P Fresno State P Pacific Brian Powell P Georgia Bryan Rekar P Bradley P Oklahoma Brian Shouse P Bradley Adam Riggs IF S.C. –Aiken P North Carolina Steve Sparks P Sam Houston State Blake Stein P Spring Hill Chris Wakeland OF Oregon State Michael Tucker OF Longwood Jamie Walker P Austin Peay Brad Voyles P Lincoln Memorial P Fresno State Kris Wilson P Georgia Tech Craig Wilson IF Kansas State (16) FLORIDA MARLINS (14) Kevin Brown P Georgia Tech C BYU IF Miami (Fla.) Jeff Barry OF San Diego State P Wichita State Charles Johnson C Miami (Fla.) OF Florida A&M P Wichita State p Illinois State IF Florida International Craig House P Memphis Billy McMillan OF Clemson OF Richmond OF Lamar 1B UCLA Ryan Olsen P Oklahoma Chad Kreuter C Pepperdine Eric Owens OF Ferrum C Arizona State C Gonzaga P Marietta Chuck Smith P Indiana State Paul Quantrill P Wisconsin OF USC Jeff Reboulet IF LSU Kennie Steenstra P Wichita State OF UCLA Nate Teut P Iowa State Mike Trombley P Duke

HOUSTON ASTROS (18) (13) C Dartmouth Mike Buddie P Wake Forest Jeff Bagwell 1B Hartford Ryan Christensen OF Pepperdine OF Rice Mike DeJean P Livingston 2B Seton Hall P Tarleton State 3B California Jeffrey Hammond OF Stanford Morgan Ensberg 3B USC OF USC SS South Carolina P Lambuth Keith Ginter 2B Texas Tech Curtis Leskanic P LSU Ryan Jamison P Missouri IF Northwestern OF USC Brian Mallette P Kennesaw State P Notre Dame Paul Rigdon P Florida Scott Linebrink P Southwest Texas P Louisiana-Monroe .J. Mathews P UNLV IF Rutgers Wade Miller P Alvernia Dave Mlicki P Oklahoma State Tim Redding P Monroe (N.Y.)

MINNESOTA TWINS (17) OAKLAND A’S (16) 3B Wichita State Chad Bradford P Southern Miss Brian Buchanon OF Virginia OF UCLA Jay Canizaro 2B Oklahoma State Mark Ellis SS Florida Jack Cressend P Tulane Mark Fyhrie P UCLA Kevin Frederick P Creighton Chad Harville P Memphis P Cal State Fullerton 1B Washington State Jacque Jones OF USC Mike Holtz P Clemson Bobby Kielty Of Mississippi P Auburn 1B Florida State OF Thomas More P Kent State P Clemson Ryan Mills P Arizona State Mike Magnante P UCLA P Maryland Frank Menechino IF Alabama OF Alabama Adam Piatt OF Mississippi State Rick Reed P Marshall Jeff Tam P Florida State J.C. Romero P Mobile Mike Venafro P James Madison Todd Sears 1B Nebraska P USC Jeff Smith C Stetson (15) (7) Marlon Anderson IF South Alabama OF SW Missouri State Ricky Bottalico P Central Conn. State Scott Downs P Kentucky OF Miami (Fla.) Joey Eischen P Long Beach State P Cal State Fullerton 2B South Alabama OF Pennsylvania Britt Reames P The Citadel Dave Hollins 1B South Carolina Andy Tracy IF Bowling Green Eric Junge P Bucknell OF Florida 1B San Diego State John Mabry OF West Chester (14) Jason Michaels OF Miami (Fla.) OF Oklahoma State Doug Nickle P California Eric Cammack P Lamar Cliff Politte P Memphis P LSU OF UCLA Mark Corey P Edinboro Turk Wendell P Quinnipiac P St. John’s P Pepperdine 1B Dartmouth Pete Zamora P UCLA OF Georgia Tech Jason Phillips C San Diego State (13) Scott Strickland P New Mexico Joe Beimel P Duquesne Scott Trachsel P Long Beach State IF Arizona State 3B Seton Hall P Clemson 1B Seton Hall P Pepperdine Adam Walker P Tennessee P Florida Tyler Yates P Hawaii-Hilo Mike Lincoln P Tennessee P Arizona State (15) Pat Meares IF Wichita State P Florida State Warren Morris IF LSU Roger Clemens P Texas Keith Osik C LSU Jason Giambi 1B Long Beach State Armando Rios OF LSU Todd Greene C Georgia Southern Scott Sauerbeck P Miami (Ohio) IF Michigan Ryan Vogelsong P Kutztown State Randy Keisler P LSU P Baylor Brandon Knight P Ventura Mike Williams P Virginia Tech IF Kentucky Kevin Young OF Southern Miss Mike Mussina P Stanford Scott Seabol 3B West Virginia John Vander Wal OF Western Michigan P Oregon State 3B Oklahoma State David Walling P Arkansas Gerald Williams OF Grambling

ST. LOUIS CARDINALS (28) (24) P Evansville P LSU Chance Caple P Texas A&M Luke Anderson P UNLV Stubby Clapp IF Texas Tech Rich Aurilia SS St. John’s Mike Crudale P Santa Clara Marvin Benard OF Lewis & Clark Mike DiFelice C Tennessee Barry Bonds OF Arizona State J.D. Drew OF Florida State Jason Christiansen P Cameron Matt Garrick C Texas A&M OF Fresno State Kevin Joseph P Rice Ryan Jensen P Southern Utah Jimmy Joamell P Illinois Jeff Kent 2B California Steve Kline P West Virginia Ryan Luther C/IF Lewis & Clark Scotty Layfield P Valdosta State Damon Minor 1B Oklahoma 1B Tampa P Stony Brook C Michigan Lance Niekro 3B Florida Southern Keith McDonald C Pepperdine P Oklahoma Gabe Molina P Arizona State IF Grand Canyon P Seton Hall Rafael Rigueiro P Southern Nazarene Josh Pearce P Arizona Kirk Reuter P Murray State Eduardo Perez 1B/OF Florida State OF Spartanburg Methodist Jamie Pogue C Southern Arkansas C Creighton Kerry Robinson OF Southeast Missouri J.T. Snow 1B Arizona Chris Snopek IF Mississippi Jeff Urban P Ball State Gene Stechschulte P Ashland Jeff Verplancke P Cal State-Los Angeles P Idaho Jay Witasick P Md-Baltimore County P Southwestern (Texas) P Biola Fernando Vina 2B Arizona State Les Walrand P Kansas (9) Clint Weibl P Miami (Fla.) 2B USC P Houston 3B USC Charles Gipson, Jr. OF Cypress (13) John Halama P St. Francis (N.Y.) Ryan Baerlocher P Lewis-Clark State P St. Joseph’s (Pa.) Jason Boyd P John A. Logan 1B Washington State Mike Bynam P North Carolina J.J. Putz P Michigan Brad Clontz P Virginia Tech C Minnesota Kory DeHaan OF Morningside Greg Wooten P Portland State Todd Donovan OF Siena Kevin Eberwein IF UNLV TAMPA BAY DEVIL RAYS (15) P Arizona Dewon Brazelton P Middle Tennessee P Wake Forest Jace Brewer IF Baylor Bobby Jones P Fresno State OF Pittsburgh OF Cal State Fullerton Doug Creek P Georgia Tech C Portland C George Washington P Northwestern (La.) St. Chris Gomez SS Long Beach State Jason Middlebrook P Stanford Toby Hall C UNLV Scott Morgan P Gonzaga IF Miami (Fla.) Xavier Nady IF California IF LSU IF Cal State Fullerton Steve Kent P Florida International Bob Ramsay P Washington State Ryan Rupe P Texas A&M Steve Reed P Lewis & Clark OF Texas A&M Andy Shibilo P Pepperdine OF Miami (Fla.) Brian Tolberg P North Florida P Florida State P Florida Southern OF Santa Clara Bubba Trammell OF Tennessee J.J. Trujillo P Dallas Baptist Brandon Villafuerte P West Valley

TEXAS RANGERS (20) Dave Burba P Ohio State P City Coll. of San Fran P USC Rusty Greer OF Montevallo C UCLA Jason Hart IB SW Missouri State OF Cal State Fullerton Danny Kolb P Illinois State Mike Lamb 3B Cal State Fullerton Ryan Ludwick OF UNLV OF Delaware Chris Michalak P Notre Dame OF Texas 1B Mississippi State Herbert Perry 3B Florida P Mississippi State Rich Rodriguez P Tennessee 3B Georgia Tech 2B Cal-Irvine Jeff Zimmerman P TCU

TORONTO BLUE JAYS (17) Chris Baker P Oklahoma City Dave Berg IF Miami (Fla.) C Florida State Scott Cassidy P LeMoyne Brian Cooper P USC Jose Cruz, Jr. OF Rice Bob File P Phila. Textiles & Science C Illinois Gabe Gross OF Auburn OF Cal State Fullerton Brian Lesher OF Delaware Chad Mottolas OF South Florida Steve Parris P St. Francis (Ill.) Chris Peters P Indiana P North Carolina State Mike Sirotka P LSU SS Mt. Sacramento