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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.

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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 67 in our countdown with Texas junior catcher Cameron Rupp. He is from Plano Texas and attended Prestonwood Christian Academy where he picked up three letters. His senior season saw him bat at a .644 clip with six homers and 55 RBI in 32 games while leading the squad to a state championship game appearance. He won multiple awards after his senior season including being named district MVP, all-state, Rawlings All-American and Louisville Slugger All-America honors. He also had an outstanding junior season as he hit .500 with 12 doubles, five home runs and 35 RBI to earn district MVP, all-state and Aflac All-America honors as a junior, helping team win a district title with a 24-5 record and earn a state semifinal appearance. He was selected by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 43rd round in the 2007 draft but decided to head to Austin to play under legendary head coach Augie Garrido.

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Tags: 2010 Top Players, Big 12, California Collegiate league, Cape Cod League, CBB 2010 Top 100 Players, CBB Column, Texas

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Here is the listings of the Early Signing Day press releases from November 12th. All of these signings will begin play in the start of the 2011 season.

Austin Peay signs Nine to NLI’s

CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. – Facing the loss of 11 seniors, including four pitchers, following the upcoming 2010 campaign, Austin Peay State University head baseball coach Gary McClure and his coaching staff had plenty of work to do on the recruiting trail. That work paid off, Wednesday, as nine players signed a letter of intent on the first day of the signing period.

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Tags: 2011 Recruits, Atlantic Sun, Austin Peay, Belmont, Big 12, Conference USA, Lamar, Louisiana-Lafayette, Louisiana-Monroe, Memphis, Mississippi State, Mountain West, Ohio Valley Conference, Oklahoma, Ole Miss, SEC, Southern Miss, Southland Conference, Sun Belt, Texas, UAB, UNLV

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AUSTIN, Texas — University of Texas Baseball received National Letters of Intent from five of the top high school student-athletes in the nation on the first day of the early signing period head coach Augie Garrido announced on Wednesday.
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Here is your Fall Ball Recap for November 1st. Click on the respective link for the full story.

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Tags: ACC, Big 12, Big South, Coastal Carolina, Fall Ball, Florida, Louisiana-Lafayette, Maryland, Mountain West, NC State, SEC, Southland Conference, Sun Belt, Texas, Texas State, UNLV

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Both Texas State and Texas wrapped up their fall practice schedule with a 14 inning scrimmage between the two clubs. The scrimmage is used to give the players a chance to get a look at some different pitchers besides their teammates during fall practice.

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FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE

AUSTIN, Texas – The Texas Longhorns outscored the Baylor Bears 10-8 in a scheduled 14-inning baseball exhibition game on Sunday afternoon at UFCU Disch-Falk Field.

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Baseball America has put out their incoming 2010 Recruiting Class Rankings which are led by the University of Florida. Stanford comes in at the runner up spot with Arizona State, TCU, and Cal-State Fullerton completing the Top 5.

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The College Baseball Blog staff recently got together to start discussing the 2010 season. We have each put out our 2010 picks for the College World Series. The most popular selection is Texas showing up on all six ballots with LSU, Cal-State Fullerton, and Virginia showing up on five of them. There are seven different conferences represented and 17 different schools listed. You can check out each writer’s prediction below.

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Tags: 2010 CWS, 2010 Season Preview, ACC, Arizona State, Arkansas, Big 12, Big Ten, Big West, Cal State Fullerton, CBB Column, Clemson, Conference USA, Florida, Florida State, Georgia, Georgia Tech, Kansas, Minnesota, Ole Miss, Pac 10, Rice, SEC, Texas, UC-Irvine, UCLA, UNC, Virginia

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AUSTIN, Texas — As if trying to lend credence to the name Fall Ball, the weather was cool and rainy as the Texas Longhorns converged on UFCU Disch-Falk Field for their first full-team practice on Thursday.

Another piece of the bridge spanning the gap between the 2009 and 2010 seasons began to take shape and there were some noticeable changes.

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Kendall Rogers continues his series of conference reports heading into Fall Practice with the Big 12. He states that the Big 12 on paper is slightly down from where they have been in the past couple of years but as I always say when the pedal gets to the metal in February we will see how strong the Big 12 actually is.

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Tags: Baylor, Big 12, Fall Ball, Kansas, Kansas State, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Rivals, Texas, Texas AM, Texas Tech

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Baseball America recently put out their Top 25 College Baseball and High School Prospects for the 2010 MLB Draft. The college rankings are led by Bryce Harper who has received national attention for skipping his final two years of high school to play college baseball with Community College of Southern Nevada. The rest of the top five is Anthony Ranaudo from LSU, Deck McGuire from Ga Tech, Levon Washington from Chipola JC, and Chris Sale from Florida Gulf Coast. The rest of the top 25 is available below.

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Tags: 2010 Top Players, ACC, Arkansas, Atlantic Sun, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Big West, Cal State Fullerton, CC of Southern Nevada, Chipola (Fla), Conference USA, Florida Gulf Coast, Georgia, Georgia Tech, Jacksonville State, Kentucky, LSU, Middle Tennessee, MLB Draft, NJCAA, Ohio State, Ohio Valley Conference, Ole Miss, Rice, SEC, South Carolina, Sun Belt, Tennessee, Texas, Texas Tech, UC-Riverside, University of San Diego, Virginia, Virginia Tech, West Coast Conference, West Virginia