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TERRE HAUTE, Ind. — Indiana State Director of Athletics Ron Prettyman announced today (Aug. 14) the hiring of Rick Heller as the 28th head baseball coach in the 113-year history of the Sycamore program.

“It is with great excitement that we announce the addition of Rick Heller as head baseball coach at Indiana State,” Prettyman said. “Coach Heller’s teams have had a tremendous history of success both on the field and in the classroom. We welcome coach Heller and his wife Rachelle to the Sycamore family and look forward to his leadership of our baseball program.”

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Tags: Coaching Changes, Indiana State, Missouri Valley, Northern Iowa

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According to Kendall Rogers of Rivals.com (FULL REPORT), Washington is set to hire Indiana State head coach Lindsay Meggs. He has been the head coach of the Sycamores for the past three seasons. He had his best season in 2009 while going 33-21 overall and 15-7 in Missouri Valley Conference play. Before heading to Terre Haute, he spent the previous 13 seasons with Division 2 power California-State Chico where he won two national championships while compiling a 538-228-4 record.

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Tags: Coaching Changes, Indiana State, Missouri Valley, Pac 10, Washington

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The signing period for next season has started up for College Baseball. There has been several releases from different schools on the incoming classes. Here is a list of some of the releases from today. If you have more please send them to me by clicking here.

Campbell adds Three more for 2010
Zach Gallagher Signs with Indiana State

Tags: 2010 Recruits, Atlantic Sun, Campbell, Indiana State, Missouri Valley

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#23 Texas A&M 7 #3 Rice 3

HOUSTON – Brooks Raley went 3-for-4 with a pair of RBIs and Barret Loux struck out nine batters to lead No. 23 Texas A&M to a 7-3 win at No. 1 Rice Tuesday night before 4,541 fans at Reckling Park.
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Tags: Arkansas Pine Bluff, Baylor, Big Ten, Conference USA, Creighton, Indiana State, Iowa, Kansas, Kansas State, Missouri, Missouri Valley, Mountain West, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Rice, SWAC, TCU, Texas, Texas A&M Corpus Christi, Texas AM, UT-Arlington, Wichita State

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FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE
ST. LOUIS – Missouri State, which returns a dominating veteran pitching staff and solid depth from last year’s Missouri Valley Conference runner-up squad, has been tabbed as the league favorite in the annual coaches’ preseason poll, receiving eight of nine first place votes.

The Bears tallied 80 points and were a sound favorite over second-place pick Creighton (66 points). 2008 champion Wichita State, who secured the remaining first-place vote and 63 points overall, was picked to finish in the third position. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2009 Preseason Conference Poll, Bradley, Creighton, Evansville, Illinois State, Indiana State, Missouri State, Missouri Valley, Northern Iowa, Southern Illinois, Wichita State

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The College Baseball Blog is your top source for 2009 schedules on the Internet. We have come across 2009 schedules for the following schools: Delaware State, Evansville, Furman, George Mason, Georgetown, Indiana State, Norfolk State, Seton Hall, Saint Peter’s, Texas State, UC-Riverside, and Villanova all added. You can check out our full listings of 2009 schedules including Division 1, Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2009 Schedules, Big East, Big West, CAA, Delaware State, Evansville, Furman, George Mason, Georgetown, Indiana State, MAAC, MEAC, Missouri Valley, Norfolk State, Saint Peter's, Seton Hall, Southern Conference, Southland Conference, Texas State, UC-Riverside, Villanova

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Six commit to Virginia Tech baseball in early signing period

The Virginia Tech baseball coaching staff announced on Wednesday the official signing of five players to National Letters of Intent for the 2009-10 school year, as well as the addition of one transfer from an SEC school.

The new signees scheduled to join the Hokies for the 2010 season include outfielder/first baseman Tyler Horan of Boston College High School in Middleboro, Mass., pitcher Joe Mantiply of Tunstall High School in Danville, Va., catcher Chad Morgan of Paul VI Catholic High School in Springfield, Va., pitcher/first baseman Patrick Scoggin of Douglas S. Freeman High School in Richmond, Va., and shortstop/pitcher Brent Zimmerman of Nova High School in Cooper City, Fla. Also joining Tech in 2010 will be shortstop Tim Smalling, a Raleigh, N.C., native who spent the past two seasons starting for the University of Arkansas.
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Tags: 2010 Recruits, ACC, Austin Peay, Big West, Cal State Fullerton, Creighton, Fresno State, Indiana State, Missouri Valley, Ohio Valley Conference, Virginia Tech, WAC

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FROM CBB NEWS SOURCES

South Carolina 5 College of Charleston 3

Columbia, S.C. – Freshman right-handed pitcher Sam Dyson struck out eight batters in a career-high seven innings and Reese Havens hit his seventh home run of the year as South Carolina defeated College of Charleston 5-3 on Wednesday evening at Sarge Frye Field. The Gamecocks improve to 16-6 on the year while the loss drops College of Charleston to 16-8. Carolina returns to action at home this weekend with a three-game series at Sarge Frye Field vs. Kentucky. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Alabama, Big South, Big Ten, CAA, Coastal Carolina, College of Charleston, Illinois, Indiana State, Jacksonville State, Missouri Valley, Ohio Valley Conference, SEC, South Carolina, Southern Conference, The Citadel, UNC-Wilmington, Winthrop

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Brian Jett collected three hits and scored the go-ahead run in the eighth inning leading Indiana State to a 6-3 win over College of Charleston in college baseball action before 471 at Patriots Point Stadium on Sunday.

Charleston, which stands at 13-6, plays host to nationally ranked South Carolina at 7:00 on Tuesday. The Sycamores, who earned a split of the four-game series with Charleston, improved to 4-10. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Big South, College of Charleston, Indiana State, Missouri Valley

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TAMPA, Fla. – The University of South Florida baseball team dropped the final game of the three-game series to the Indiana State Sycamores, 6-4, Sunday afternoon at Red McEwen Field.

“We didn’t do a very good job offensively and we paid for it today,” said head coach Lelo Prado. “Our schedule is only going to get tougher and we cannot be satisfied winning two of three games.” Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Big East, Indiana State, Missouri Valley, South Florida

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FROM PRESS RELEASE
TAMPA, Fla. – A single by sophomore Victor Pina in the bottom of the 12th gave the University of South Florida baseball team a 6-5 victory over the Indiana State Sycamores Saturday night at Red McEwen Field.

“For us to win there must be a hero every night,” said head coach Prado. “Tonight it was Victor Pina.”

The heroics started earlier in the game when in the bottom of the ninth and the bases loaded, junior Chris Rey crushed a 3-2 fastball over the left field wall, tying the game at five, and sending the game into extra innings.

USF Recap
Indiana State Recap

Tags: Big East, Indiana State, Missouri Valley, South Florida

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FROM USF PRESS RELEASE
TAMPA, Fla. – The University of South Florida baseball team kicked off their 2008 campaign by defeating the Indiana State Sycamores 4-2, in front of an announced crowd of 530, Friday evening at Red McEwen Field.

“We had a good start,” sais head coach Lelo Prado. “We’ll build on this and hopefully come out tomorrow and play a lot better offensively. It’s the first game, guys are nervous. We got a win tonight and that’s all that matters” Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Big East, Indiana State, Missouri Valley, South Florida