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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – West Virginia University baseball coach Greg Van Zant has announced that 10 players have signed to play for the WVU baseball team in the 2010 season.
Four pitchers in Jared Hill (Harrisburg, Ohio/Grove City HS), Eric Hinkle (Ocean Township, N.J./Potomac State JC), Marshall Thompson (Denton, Md./North Caroline HS) and Michael Twigg (Berkeley Springs, W.Va./Berkeley Springs HS) highlight a group of new Mountaineers looking to compete in the upcoming year.
Brian Cleary who serves as the Cincinnati Bearcats head coach during the school year is spending the next few weeks coaching in the 2009 Baseball World Cup which takes place in Germany. He is running a Blog from his travels and has already put out his first two entries.
Here are the top five articles of the week from the College Baseball Blog.
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MACOMB, Ill. - Western Illinois University head baseball coach Stan Hyman passed away at Methodist Medical Center in Peoria, Ill., early Saturday morning, at the age of 50, after battling leukemia for the past month.
“It is a sad day not only for Western Illinois University and the Athletics Department, but also for all of college baseball,” Western Illinois Director of Athletics Dr. Tim Van Alstine said. “Stan revitalized the Leatherneck baseball program and was a catalyst in the construction of Alfred D. Boyer Stadium, a state of the art facility that opened in 2006.”
Jedd Gyorko is profiled in a West Virginia MetroNews which talks about his summer in the Cape Cod Baseball League. Gyorko ended up with the Brewster Whitecaps where he hit a respectable .323 in 34 games while hitting five homers and driving in 18 runs.
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Head Baseball Coach Tony Rossi has finalized his coaching staff for the 2010 season. Rossi announced today the promotion of Jimmy Jackson to pitching coach and recruiting coordinator as well as the the hiring of Keith Glasser and Phil Cahill as assistant coaches.
Jackson served as a volunteer assistant on the 2009 staff, working primarily with the catchers and outfielders. As the primary assistant, Jackson will oversee the staff’s recruiting efforts in addition to working with the pitching staff.
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HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – The Marshall University head baseball coach, Jeff Waggoner, announced the 2010 schedule on Thursday afternoon. The Herd schedule is slated for 55 total games, including seven opponents that qualified for the NCAA Regionals in 2009.
MU will play regional qualifiers Georgia Southern, Ohio State and Wright State, super regional teams East Carolina and Rice, along with Virginia and Southern Miss, which advanced to the College World Series last year.
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TAMPA – 2009 BIG EAST Coach of the year Lelo Prado and University of South Florida baseball team has announced the arrival of 10 newcomers to the USF baseball program.
"With this class we elevated the level of talent," said Prado. "This is a class that I feel has a chance to be very good. They work hard and they are the kind of young men we want in our program. We don’t have to tell them about doing extra work. We don’t have them to tell them to lift. They just do it. "
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AUBURN, Ala. – The Auburn baseball team will face a total of 11 teams that played in NCAA Regionals last year, six of them on the road, as head coach John Pawlowski announced the team’s 2010 schedule on Thursday. Auburn will face three College World Series participants and will also host a tournament at Plainsman Park in early February that brings a pair of Regional teams to the field.
"The spring is going to be a great challenge for us. We added some new teams on the schedule," Pawlowski said.
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.– University of New Mexico head baseball coach Ray Birmingham and his staff have announced the 2010 Lobo baseball schedule. The 2010 schedule will feature some of the best teams in college baseball including; national runner-up and Big-12 champion Texas, College World Series participant Arkansas, USC, Arizona, Texas Tech, Mountain West regular season champion and Super Regional Qualifier TCU and 2009 MWC Tournament champion Utah. The Lobos are currently scheduled to play 31 games in the friendly confines of Isotopes Park.
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STANFORD, Calif.– Stanford Baseball released its 2010 schedule, featuring 32 of its 56 regular season games at home, including three-game non-conference series with perennial playoff teams, Rice, Texas, Pepperdine and Long Beach State, as well as five of the nine Pac-10 series at Sunken Diamond.
Stanford finished the 2009 season 30-25 in Mark Marquess’ 33rd season. The Cardinal have played in 14 College World Series, won 20 conference championships and have featured 82 players all-time in the Major Leagues—including 11 this year.
The Cardinal open up the season with Super Regional team, Rice, from February 19 to 21.
2012 CBD All-American Teams Announced
Top 100 Countdown: 1. Mark Appel (Stanford)
Top 100 Countdown: 2. Mike Zunino (Florida)
Top 100 Countdown: 3. Deven Marrero (Arizona State)
Top 100 Countdown: 4. Michael Roth (South Carolina)
