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Here is your Early Signing Classes releases for November 19th.

Rutgers Baseball Announces 2010-2011 Recruiting Class

PISCATAWAY, N.J. (November 19, 2009) – Rutgers head baseball coach Fred Hill has announced the signing of seven scholastic standouts to National Letters of Intent.

The group includes infielder Nick Favatella (Washington Township, N.J.), outfielders Joseph D’Annunzio (Scotch Plains, N.J.) and Brian O’Grady (Warminster, Pa.), catcher Michael Zavala (Randolph, N.J.) and pitchers Charlie Lasky (Freehold, N.J.), Slater McCue (Radnor, Pa.) and Andrew Sullivan (Monroe, N.J.).

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Tags: 2011 Recruits, ACC, Appalachian State, Arkansas, Atlantic 10, Big 12, Big East, CAA, Cleveland State, Conference USA, Dallas Baptist University, Georgia Southern, Georgia State, Hawaii, Horizon League, Independents, Louisiana-Monroe, Loyola-Marymount, Memphis, Ole Miss, Pac 10, Rutgers, SEC, South Carolina, Southern Conference, Sun Belt, Temple, Texas AM, UAB, WAC, Wake Forest, Washington, West Coast Conference, Western Kentucky

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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 75 in our countdown with Hawaii sophomore infielder/outfielder Kolten Wong. He is from Kamehameha-Hawaii High School in Kea’au, Hawai`i where he lettered in baseball and football. He was named State Co-Player of the Year as senior after hitting .660 for the season. He was named All-League First team from 2005-2008 while being named first team All-State in 2006 and 2008. He was selected in the 16th round by the Minnesota Twins but was not able to come to an agreement with the team.

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Tags: 2009 Team USA, 2010 Top Players, 2011 Top Players, CBB 2010 Top 100 Players, CBB Column, Hawaii, WAC

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FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE

HONOLULU – University of Hawai‘i head baseball coach Mike Trapasso released the 2010 UH baseball schedule Thursday, with three Pac-10 home series and a three-game road series at Cal State Fullerton highlighting the slate.

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Tags: 2010 Schedules, Hawaii, WAC

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FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE

HONOLULU – University of Hawai‘i head baseball coach Mike Trapasso announced the addition of former standout second baseman Isaac Omura to his staff as a volunteer assistant coach Monday.

“We’re very excited to have Isaac on staff with us,” Trapasso said. “He was a great player for UH for three years. We’re fortunate to have him come and help us while he’s working on his degree, now that his playing career is over. He’ll be a great resource for our players, having played at such a high level.”

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Tags: Coaching Changes, Hawaii, WAC

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FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE

HONOLULU – University of Hawai‘i Rainbow baseball coach Mike Trapasso added four recruits, Collin Bennett, Zach Gallagher, David Freitas and Blair Walters, to the 2010 recruiting class, giving Hawai‘i 10 that have enrolled in school this fall.

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Tags: 2010 Recruits, Hawaii, WAC

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The Wenatchee AppleSox swept the Corvallis Knights 4-1 and 4-2 to win their third championship in the five years of the West Coast League’s existence. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Gonzaga, Hawaii, Pacific Lutheran, UCLA, Washington State

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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

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FROM USA BASEBALL

PRINCE GEORGE, British Columbia — Rick Hague (Rice) went 3-4 with one of three U.S. home runs and Team USA defeated the host Prince George Axemen, 10-2, at the 2009 Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline World Baseball Challenge at Prince George Citizen Field.

The Axemen (2-2) got on the board in the bottom of the first inning with a double to right center by Darrin Doucette to take a short-lived one-run lead.

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Tags: 2009 Team USA, Big West, Cal State Fullerton, Conference USA, Hawaii, Middle Tennessee, Rice, SEC, Southland Conference, Sun Belt, UT-Arlington, Vanderbilt, WAC

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FROM USA BASEBALL RELEASE

(PRINCE GEORGE, British Columbia) – Asher Wojciechowski (The Citadel) struck out nine batters in seven innings and Team USA beat Bahamas, 8-1, at the 2009 Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline World Baseball Challenge at Prince George Citizen Field.

Kolten Wong (Hawaii) hit a double down the right field line to score Tyler Holt (Florida State) in the first inning and Matt Newman (Arizona State) stole home in the second for a 2-0, Team USA lead.

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Tags: 2009 Team USA, ACC, Arizona State, Big 12, Conference USA, Florida State, Hawaii, Pac 10, Rice, SEC, Southern Conference, Tennessee, Texas Tech, The Citadel, UCLA, WAC

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FROM USA BASEBALL

(PRINCE GEORGE, British Columbia) – Christian Colon (Cal State Fullerton) and Yasmani Grandal (Miami) hit a home run each and Team USA opened the 2009 Enbridge Northern Pipeline World Baseball Challenge with a 5-2 victory over Canada at Citizen Stadium.

Christian Colon (Cal State Fullerton) hit a solo home run over the wall in left field in the first inning to put the U.S. up front early, 1-0.
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Tags: 2009 Team USA, ACC, Big South, Big West, Cal State Fullerton, Coastal Carolina, Conference USA, Hawaii, Horizon League, Miami (FL), Ole Miss, SEC, Team Canada, Tennessee, Tulane, WAC, Wright State

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FROM USA BASEBALL
(TOKYO) – Japan took advantage of back-to-back errors in the bottom of the 11th inning to clinch the 37th Annual USA vs. Japan Collegiate Championships with an 8-7 victory at Jingu Stadium.

With the game tied at seven, pitcher Sonny Gray’s (Vanderbilt) errant pickoff attempt moved Shota Kioke to third base with two outs. Christian Colon (Cal State Fullerton) then misplayed a ground ball at shortstop that scored Kioke from third base to seal the game and best-of-five series. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2009 Team USA, ACC, Arkansas, Big 12, Big West, Cal State Fullerton, Clemson, Conference USA, Florida State, Hawaii, Japan, Pac 10, Rice, SEC, Tennessee, Texas Tech, Tulane, UCLA, Vanderbilt, WAC

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The Corvallis Knights lead the West Division with a 21-5 record. The defending champions swept three games against the Kelowna Falcons, and won two of three against the East Division leader, the Wenatchee AppleSox.

Eddie Orozco (UC-Riverside), Trevor Smith (Linn-Benton CC), Drew Leary (San Diego State), and Liam Baron (Linn-Benton CC) combined for a 3-0 shutout at Kelowna, holding the Knights to three hits. The next night, Steve Kalush (Santa Clara) scattered five hits over seven innings in a 6-0 shutout of the Falcons. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Hawaii, Hawaii Pacific, Portland, San Diego State, Santa Clara, UC-Riverside, UCLA, Washington State