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The CBB continues our countdown for the 2010 College Baseball season by checking in on the Top 100 Players in the country. We will be providing one player per day until we reach number 1.

We continue the list today with number 71 in our countdown with The Citadel junior RHP Asher Wojciechowski. He is from Beaufort South Carolina where he attended Beaufort High School. He picked up three letters in baseball and picked up All-Region honors for his accomplishments.

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Tags: 2010 Top Players, Baseball America, CBB 2010 Top 100 Players, CBB Column, Southern Conference, The Citadel

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The CBB continues our countdown for the 2010 College Baseball season by checking in on the Top 100 Players in the country. We will be providing one player per day until we reach number 1.

We continue the list today with number 72 in our countdown with Miami (FL) junior LHP Chris Hernandez. He is from Miami Florida and went to high school at Monsignor Pace where he was a four year letterwinner including being named All-State twice. His senior season saw him go 7-2 with a 0.87 ERA while striking out 106 batters. The Detroit Tigers selected him in the 14th round of the 2007 draft but could not come to terms with him which sent Chris to the University of Miami.

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Tags: 2008 Team USA, 2010 Top Players, ACC, CBB 2010 Top 100 Players, CBB Column, Miami (FL)

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The CBB continues our countdown for the 2010 College Baseball season by checking in on the Top 100 Players in the country. We will be providing one player per day until we reach number 1.

We continue the list today with number 77 in our countdown with Arkansas junior first baseman Andy Wilkins. He is from Broken Arrow, Oklahoma and attended Broken Arrow High School. He had an outstanding high school career as a senior batted .538 (63 for 117) with 18 doubles, a triple and 12 home runs. He also scored 52 runs and drove in 53 his final year with a .635 on-base percentage and slugged 1.017. He also hit .496 as a junior with a school record 17 home runs and 16 doubles while scoring 30 runs and driving in 60. He finished the season with a 1.109 slugging and .519 on-base percentage. He was named a Louisville Slugger High School All-American twice and rated as the 11th best prospect out of Oklahoma by Baseball America. The Texas Rangers selected him in the 25th round but could not come to terms with him making him head to Fayetteville Arkansas to play for the Razorbacks.

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Tags: 2009 Team USA, 2010 Top Players, Arkansas, Cape Cod League, CBB 2010 Top 100 Players, CBB Column, SEC

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The CBB continues our countdown for the 2010 College Baseball season by checking in on the Top 100 Players in the country. We will be providing one player per day until we reach number 1.

We continue the list today with number 78 in our countdown with Louisville sophomore RHP Tony Zych. He is from Monee Illinois and attended St. Rita High School where he played four seasons under Mike Zunica. He finished his senior season with a .426 batting average with eight homers and 30 RBI as a second baseman.

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Tags: 2009 Team USA, 2010 Top Players, 2011 Top Players, Big East, CBB 2010 Top 100 Players, CBB Column, Louisville

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The CBB continues our countdown for the 2010 College Baseball season by checking in on the Top 100 Players in the country. We will be providing one player per day until we reach number 1.

We continue the list today with number 79 in our countdown with Coastal Carolina infielder/outfielder Scott Woodward. He is from Markle Indiana and attended Norwell High School where he led the team to a state championship as a senior. He finished his senior season with a .454 average including 60 runs, seven doubles, 24 runs-batted-in and 30 stolen bases. He was also outstanding on the mound going a perfect 8-0 with a 1.93 ERA. He was named First-Team All-Indiana selection as well as an All-Conference and an All-Area performer. He was also named to the Rawlings/Perfect Game Preseason Central Region All-High School Senior Team.

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Tags: 2008 Team USA, 2010 Top Players, Big South, Cape Cod League, CBB 2010 Top 100 Players, CBB Column, Coastal Carolina

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The CBB continues our countdown for the 2010 College Baseball season by checking in on the Top 100 Players in the country. We will be providing one player per day until we reach number 1.

We continue the list today with number 98 in our countdown with Tulane sophomore catcher Jeremy Schaffer. He is from Bellaire Texas where he attended Bellaire High School. He was a four year letter winner in high school where he hit .404 with eight homers and 40 RBI in his senior campaign.

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Tags: 2009 Team USA, 2010 Top Players, CBB 2010 Top 100 Players, CBB Column, Conference USA, Tulane

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The CBB continues our countdown for the 2010 College Baseball season by checking in on the Top 100 Players in the country. We will be providing one player per day until we reach number 1.

We continue the list today with number 99 in our countdown with junior outfielder Matt Newman from Arizona State who stands at 5’11 175 pounds. He comes from Brophy Prep School and Glendale Arizona. After earning his two letters with Brophy, he was selected by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 49th round (1419th overall) of the 2007 MLB Draft. He couldn’t come to an agreement with the Diamondbacks which saw him continue his career at Arizona State.

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Tags: 2009 Team USA, 2010 Top Players, Alaskan Summer League, Arizona State, CBB 2010 Top 100 Players, CBB Column, Pac 10

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FROM BASEBALL AMERICA PRESS RELEASE

DURHAM, N.C.–Mississippi and Washington State lead all schools by placing five players apiece on Baseball America’s top prospects lists for 18 different summer college leagues and Team USA. Last summer, Louisiana State and Texas each led the nation with five players apiece on BA’s summer league lists, and those two teams wound up facing off for the national championship at the College World Series.

BA ranked the top 30 prospects for the talent-rich Cape Cod League, and the top 10 prospects in 17 other summer college leagues. In addition, the top 20 Team USA prospects were ranked.

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Tags: 2009 Team USA, 2010 Top Players, 2011 Top Players, Alaskan Summer League, Atlantic Collegiate Baseball League, Baseball America, Cal Ripken Sr. Collegiate Baseball League, Cape Cod League, Clark C. Griffith Collegiate League, Coastal Plain League, Florida Collegiate Summer League, Great Lakes Collegiate League, Jayhawk Baseball League, MINK League, NECBL, Northwoods League, NYCBL, Prospect League, Texas Collegiate League, Valley Baseball League, West Coast League

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Ryan Schulz of The Commodore Nation Magazine has put out an excellent article about sophomore to be Sonny Gray who has overcame the loss of his father when he was a freshman in high school. Gray has been successful as he was the number 51 high school prospect by Baseball America and played for the USA National Team this past summer where he had a 3-1 record with a 0.75 ERA in eight appearance (two starts).

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Tags: 2009 Team USA, SEC, Vanderbilt

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Aaron Fitt of Baseball America has an excellent article recapping the summer that Team USA had as they won the World Baseball Challenge on Sunday with a victory over Germany by a score of 8-1. He talks about how good of a summer that UCLA’s RHP Gerrit Cole and Ole Miss LHP Drew Pomeranz. He also discusses how the worst thing to happen to the squad was the injury to Christian Colon on Friday night when he broke two bones in his leg on a take out slide at second base.

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Western Illinois signs 11 for 2010

MACOMB, Ill. – Righthanded pitcher Jason Smith of Morrison, Ill. has signed his National Letter of Intent to play baseball at Western Illinois for the 2010 season.

The signing of Smith gives head coach Stan Hyman a total of 11 new players for his 2010 team. The 2010 recruiting class includes players from California, Washington, Illinois, Missouri, Wisconsin and Ohio.

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Tags: ACC, Big 12, Kansas State, NC State, Summit League, Texas Tech, Western Illinois

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FROM USA BASEBALL RELEASE

PRINCE GEORGE, British Columbia — USA starter Drew Pomeranz (Ole Miss) took a no-hitter into the seventh inning and Team USA beat Germany, 8-1, in the championship game at the 2009 Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline World Baseball Challenge at Prince George Citizen Field.

Germany got on the board in the first inning on no hits. Pomeranz (Ole Miss) put two runners on board with a hit batsman and a walk before a sacrifice bunt moved them to second and third. Ludwig Glaser followed with an RBI groundout to second base for the 1-0 lead.

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Tags: 2009 Team USA, ACC, Big 12, Clemson, Conference USA, Florida State, Hawaii, Miami (FL), Middle Tennessee, Ole Miss, Pac 10, Rice, SEC, Sun Belt, Tennessee, Texas Tech, Tulane, UCLA, WAC