Here are your Early Signing Classes releases for November 18th.
Georgia Tech signs 18 for 2010-2011 season
ATLANTA - – Eighteen of the nation’s top high school baseball standouts, including three prep All-Americans, have signed National Letters of Intent to play baseball at Georgia Tech beginning next fall, head coach Danny Hall announced Wednesday.
Here are your listings of Early Signings from November 17th. Click on the respective link for the full article.
Wichita State signs Seven for 2011
WICHITA, Kan. – Wichita State has received a national letter-of-intent from seven baseball players in the early signing period, Head Coach Gene Stephenson announced Nov. 17.
Bob Arens, a catcher from Northwest High School in Wichita, Kan.; Zach Beringer, a right-handed pitcher form Harrisburg High School in Harrisburg, Mo.; Cale Elam, a right-handed pitcher and infielder from Oktaha High School in Oktaha, Okla.; Kris Gardner, a left-handed pitcher from Prestonwood Christian Academy in Plano, Texas; Josh Halbert, an infielder from Choctaw High School in Choctaw, Okla.; Albert Minnis, a left-handed pitcher from Lawrence High School in Lawrence, Kan.; and Dayne Parker, a shortstop from Roff High School in Roff, Okla., have signed national letters-of-intent with the Shockers.
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The University of Alabama announced its 2010 college baseball schedule on Monday, which includes 32 games against Southeastern Conference teams and 22 games with teams that played in last year’s NCAA Tournament.
The list of 2009 NCAA Regional qualifiers includes Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, LSU, Minnesota, Mississippi, South Carolina and Vanderbilt. Of those eight teams, four played in NCAA Super Regionals and two advanced to the College World Series.
TUSCALOOSA, Ala – The Alabama baseball team will play three more scrimmages this weekend at Sewell-Thomas Stadium as the Crimson Tide concludes its fourth week of fall practice.
The team is scheduled to play a nine-inning scrimmage on Friday, Oct. 23 at 2:15 p.m. and then host a pair of six-inning scrimmages on Saturday, Oct. 24 at 10 a.m. and Sunday, Oct. 25 at 2 p.m. The three scrimmages are free and open to the public.
Former South Carolina quarterback Chris Smelley is currently in fall workouts with the Alabama baseball program as he is trying to make the transition between the two sports. Smelley started 15 games for the Steve Spurrier led Gamecocks before deciding to transfer down to Tuscaloosa to play baseball with the Crimson Tide.
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The Alabama baseball team will open fall practice on Monday afternoon at Sewell-Thomas Stadium where first-year head coach Mitch Gaspard will unveil his brand of baseball that will produce a team that competes and works hard each and every day.
“I think we’re really trying to get a team identity and what we want is a blue-collar, hard-nosed, down and dirt type team,” Gaspard said. “We want a team that is going to be dirty at the end of the day, and I think that starts Monday. When these guys finish practice, they should be sweaty, tired and full of dirt at the end of the day, and that’s going to be demanded of them from Monday through Nov. 11.”
Kendall Rogers continues his preview of conferences as they head into fall ball. He looks at the SEC today which had the NCAA Champion LSU last season with Arkansas also making a run to the College World Series.
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Kyle Bunn, regarded as one the top pitching coaches and recruiters in college baseball, has joined the Alabama baseball staff, head baseball coach Mitch Gaspard announced today.
“Obviously when we started this search, Kyle was our number-one target from the outset,” Alabama head coach Mitch Gaspard said. “We loved his style; he has a great mentality and a great knowledge of pitching and his development of pitchers is obvious.
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – University of Alabama Director of Athletics Mal Moore announced Tuesday that head baseball coach Jim Wells has retired effective immediately. Mitch Gaspard, who served the last two seasons assistant coach and recruiting coordinator, has agreed to be the Crimson Tide’s next head baseball coach.
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