KENNESAW, Ga. - Kennesaw State head baseball coach Mike Sansing announced the signings of twelve top student-athletes to a National Letter of Intent to play for the Owls beginning in the 2009 season.

“This recruiting class, under the direction of recruiting coordinator Ryan Coe, is clearly the strongest class we’ve had since becoming Division I,” said Coach Sansing. “Coach Coe has taken a strong hold in our state and recruited not only great players, but excellent student-athletes with outstanding families. Coach Coe and pitching coach Kevin Erminio have addressed our recruiting needs and filled them with great talent.” Read the rest of this entry »

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Four standouts – one a local – have been signed to early scholarships by the McNeese State baseball program.

Blake Ellender, who is a native of Sulphur and is playing at Northeast Texas College this season, signed with the Cowboys along with Taylor Ducoff of Houston’s St. Pius High School, Tyler Park of Cisco Junior College and Phillip Parcell of Eastern Oklahoma College. Read the rest of this entry »

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WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - Wake Forest head baseball coach Rick Rembielak announced the signing of 10 student-athletes to national letters of intent. The class will be eligible beginning in the fall of 2009.

“We’ve met all our projected needs with this class,” Rembielak said. “We hit every spot that we needed to. I feel these players will be great college players for us and leave a good impression on our program! Assistant coaches Jon Palmieri and Greg Bauer did a great job leading the recruiting process.” Read the rest of this entry »

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AKRON, Ohio - Head coach Pat Bangtson and the Akron Zips baseball team are pleased to announce the signing of five high school standouts for the 2009-10 season. Bryan White (Wheelersburg HS), Jared Turocy (Canfield HS), James Sheltrown (Springboro HS), Sam Trecaso (St. Vincent-St. Mary HS) and Tyler Begun (Mayfield HS) will all join the UA baseball program next year. Read the rest of this entry »

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TAMPA, Fla.–University of South Florida head baseball coach Lelo Prado has announced the signing of six high school recruits to National Letters of Intent for the 2009-10 academic year.

The class of 2009-10 includes: Chase Greene, INF, West Boca Raton High, Boca Raton, Fla.; Chad Taylor, SS/P, Jefferson High, Tampa, Fla.; Jimmy Falla, OF/1B, Jesuit High, Odessa, Fla.; Nick Lockwood, SS, Jesuit High, Tampa, Fla.; Ray Delphey, OF/P, Alonso High, Tampa, Fla.; Austin Adams, P, Zephyrhills High, Zephyrhills, Fla. Read the rest of this entry »

The CBB continues our countdown to the 2009 College Baseball season with our Top 50 players to watch. We will be providing one player each day (Monday-Saturday) until we reach number 1.

We continue our list with junior righthanded pitcher Steven Fischback from Cal-Poly. He is from Walnut Creek California and graduated from Las Lomas High School. He ended up as a four year letter winner at Las Lomas taking the team to the CIF North Coast Section championship game in 2005 and a semifinalist in 2006. Read the rest of this entry »

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CARBONDALE, Ill. - Southern Illinois University head coach Dan Callahan unveiled a group of seven signees Monday. The Salukis added three pitchers, three infielders and a catcher for the 2010 season.

Wes Neece (Lincoln, Ill.), Lee Weld (Dana, Ill.) and Nick Tindall (O’Fallon, Ill.) are all rated among the Top-100 players in the state according to the Illinois Prep Baseball Report, while Graham Saiko (Newburgh, Ind.) ranks as the second-best defensive infielder in Indiana (by Indiana Prep Baseball Report). Tanner Funke (Algonquin, Ill.), Brock Harding (Springfield, Ill.) and Randy Hoelscher (Belleville, Ill.) are also part of SIU’s early signing class. Read the rest of this entry »

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Steve Peterson (Courtesy of Middle Tennessee Media Relations)

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. - Middle Tennessee’s head baseball coach Steve Peterson has returned home after open heart surgery last week.

Peterson went home on Saturday and is resting comfortably under his doctor’s care.

“I appreciate all of the thoughts and prayers for me and my family during this time from the Middle Tennessee family and Murfreesboro community,” Peterson said. Read the rest of this entry »

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Rayner Noble (Courtesy of Houston Media Relations)

HOUSTON - The University of Houston baseball program and head coach Rayner Noble announced the signing of six athletes to its 2008 signing class during the early signing period.

Under first-year UH assistant coach/recruiting coordinator Russell Stockton and UH assistant/recruiting coordinator Jorge Garza, the Cougars welcome three high school players and three junior college transfers to the program. Read the rest of this entry »

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Taylor Freeman (Courtesy of McNeese State)

McNeese State marks Terry Burrows second season as head baseball coach by playing a 53 game schedule in 2009, the first 11 of the contests set for Cowboy Diamond.

The Cowboys kick off the season on Feb. 20 by hosting Houston Baptist and then will also play Arkansas-Little Rock, Louisiana Tech and Northwestern State in series at home before hitting the road.

And, road trips will have McNeese tackling such teams as state powerhouses Tulane and LSU along with Houston and Louisiana-Lafayette. Read the rest of this entry »

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Fort Wayne, IN- IPFW baseball coach Bobby Pierce announced this morning the signing of three future Mastodons: Ryan August from Mokena, Illinois; Will Faulkner, from Blissfield, Michigan; and Lucas Kesterson, from Taylorville, Illinois. Coach Pierce said these three gentlemen will have a `tremendous impact on and off the field’ for IPFW. Read the rest of this entry »

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Charleston, S.C. – The Citadel baseball head coach Fred Jordan announced Monday that the program has signed four future cadet-student-athletes to National Letters of Intent. Two pitchers and two positions players have signed with the Bulldogs in the 2010 recruiting class.

Ben Carr (Atlanta, Ga./Stockbridge HS), Josh Pless (Spartanburg, S.C./Boiling Springs HS), Austin Pritcher (Charleston, S.C./James Island HS) and Jeff Spillane (Houston, Texas/Houston Christian HS) will join The Citadel baseball program in the fall of 2009. The four signees hail from Georgia, South Carolina and Texas, include two state champions and two players who were born one day apart. Read the rest of this entry »

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SAN ANTONIO — UTSA head baseball coach Sherman Corbett announced Monday the Roadrunners’ 2009 schedule. Highlighted by six opponents that qualified for the 2008 NCAA Tournament (Dallas Baptist, Houston, Oral Roberts, Rice, Sam Houston State and Texas A&M) and a full 33-game slate of Southland Conference action, the two-time defending SLC Regular Season Champions will play a total of 55 contests this spring. Read the rest of this entry »

The CBB continues our countdown to the 2009 College Baseball season with our Top 50 players to watch. We will be providing one player each day (Monday-Saturday) until we reach number 1.

We continue our list with sophomore shortstop D.J. LeMahieu from Louisiana State University. He is from Bloomfield Hills Michigan where he attended Brother Rice High School where he picked up High School All-American honors from Louisville Slugger and Rawlings. Read the rest of this entry »

Tim Wheeler (Courtesy of Sacramento State Media Relations)

The Sacramento State Hornets have released their 2009 baseball schedule which is highlighted by the season opening series from February 20th-22nd against the national ranked Arizona Wildcats. They will also play a three game road series on February 27th-March 1st at Cal Poly before the homer opener against Santa Clara on March 3rd. They will head right back on the road two days later when they head to Saint Mary’s for the first of a four game home and home series. Read the rest of this entry »