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 95 in our countdown with Houston junior infielder Blake Kelso. He is from Pflugerville Texas where he attended Pflugerville High School. He was a four year letter winner including hitting .440 with 20 RBI and six triples.

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FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE

HOUSTON - The month-long fall practice schedule is underway for the University of Houston baseball team. The Cougars began their fall workouts on Sept. 28, and the fall slate will conclude on Oct. 29.

UH will hold a scrimmage against Blinn College on Oct. 23 with the time to be announced. It will be the only fall action in preparation for the 55-game 2010 season. Practice will begin each afternoon at 2:30 p.m., while Saturday’s practice is scheduled for a 1:30 p.m. start. The team will be off on Sundays.

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HOUSTON – Seven home series highlight the University of Houston 2010 baseball schedule that was announced by head coach Rayner Noble on Tuesday. The Cougars kickoff the 2010 campaign on Feb. 19-21 with a series against Texas State at Cougar Field.

The Cougars, no stranger to competition, will face off against 10 teams that reached an NCAA Regional, including two that played in the College World Series.

After opening the season against the Bobcats, the Cougars welcome Santa Clara to Cougar Field on Feb. 26-27.

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The University of Houston announced today that Russell Stockton has been promoted to associate head coach after spending last season as an assistant coach with the Cougars. He spent the ten previous years as the head coach of Division 2 Texas A&M Kingsville where he is the all-time leader in wins at the school. You can check out the full press release below. Read the rest of this entry »

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Brennon Martin

Half of the league’s teams were in action in the city of Houston this weekend, with the results impacting the conference race. Rice moved one step closer to a fourth consecutive regular season C-USA title by taking two of three games from UCF. Second place East Carolina entered the weekend with a one game lead over third place Houston as the teams met at Cougar Field and the Pirates extended that lead with a two games to one series victory over the Cougars. Read the rest of this entry »

Michael Fuda

Crosstown rivals Houston and Rice met with first place on the line and the series did not disappoint with Rice winning two of three in a series that was decided by a total of six runs. Houston took the series opener on Friday night, 7-4 as Jared Ray earned his fourth straight win. On Saturday, Michael Fuda hit a two-out RBI single to break a 5-5 tie and give Rice a 7-5 victory. That win earned the Owls the Silver Glove Trophy, which goes to the winner of the annual five-game series between the teams. Rice made it a 2-1 weekend win and a 4-1 Silver Glove series triumph by holding off a late UH rally to win on Sunday, 6-5. Read the rest of this entry »

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Mike Ojala

The showdown series of the weekend occurred in Greenville, where No. 3 Rice visited No. 15 East Carolina. After Rice won a wild offensive show on Friday night, 15-11, Seth Maness pitched a gem for ECU on Saturday, firing a complete-game, three-hitter to lead the Pirates to a 4-1 win. That set the stage for Sunday’s showdown for the series victory and first place in the conference standings. Mike Ojala returned to the mound after missing his previous two starts and led the Owls to a 5-4 victory with 10 strikeouts in five innings pitched. Read the rest of this entry »

Nolan Moody tossed the first no-hitter in a Big Ten Conference game since 2006. (Michigan State Media Relations)

Nolan Moody threw Michigan State’s first no-hitter in over sixteen years to earn CBB Pitcher of the Week, and Chris Wallace of Houston put together a 9-for-18 week at the plate, including three homeruns and thirteen RBI, after missing nineteen games after taking a fastball to the face during the final game of the Houston College Classic earlier this year to earn CBB Hitter of the Week.

Moody toed the rubber for the opening game of the Spartans’ series against Northwestern, and he didn’t disappoint.  Moody had a perfect game working until a two-out walk in the eighth inning.  He would walk one more batter in the ninth, but a game-ending double play sealed the no-hitter and Michigan State victory.  Moody also struck out five batters, which tied his previous career-high.  Read the rest of this entry »

Chris Wallace

After making a quick return from injury, Houston’s Chris Wallace was outstanding at the plate in leading Houston to a 4-0 week, garnering him Conference USA Hitter of the Week honors. The Pitcher of the Week award went to Southern Miss’ Seth Hester who threw a rare midweek complete game victory for the Golden Eagles. Read the rest of this entry »

Kiko Vazquez

It was a weekend of big innings and high scoring games around Conference USA. East Carolina and Rice both swept their series, keeping the Pirates one game up in the conference standings as the two teams prepare to meet next weekend in Greenville. Southern Miss took two-of-three from Marshall in a close series where four total runs separated the teams. UCF earned its first series victory of the season by winning the final two games at Memphis and Houston extended its winning streak to six games by sweeping a non-conference series against Texas-Pan American. Read the rest of this entry »

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After helping East Carolina to one of the most productive offensive weeks in league history, ECU junior DH Kyle Roller is this week’s Conference USA Hitter of the Week. The league’s Pitcher of the Week is Donnie Joseph of Houston. Joseph earned his first two victories last week for the Cougars, including a defeat of No. 29 Lamar. Read the rest of this entry »

Rice's Anthony Rendon went 4-5 with a homerun against cross-town rival Houston.

Two cross-town rivals met at Cougar Field in their second meeting of the season on Wednesday night. The visiting Rice Owls once again got the best of the Houston Cougars, behind a stellar performance at the plate from freshman third baseman Anthony Rendon. Rendon finished the night with four hits in five plate appearances, including a two-run homerun to put the game out of reach late. Read the rest of this entry »