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HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Marshall University baseball head coach Jeff Waggoner recently announced the hiring of Nick McCurdy to serve as the volunteer assistant coach for the upcoming 2011 Thundering Herd season.
“I’m very excited to have someone join our staff who has competed at one of the highest levels in professional baseball,” Waggoner said. “He brings a great wealth of knowledge of the game and competed not only in the minor leagues but for Oklahoma State as well. His playing experience will be very beneficial to the program here at Marshall.” Read the rest of this entry »
Irvine, Calif. — Cal State Fullerton is the predominate favorite in the 2011 Big West Baseball Preseason Coaches Poll, receiving all nine first-place votes. The Titans have claimed at least a share of eight of the last 12 titles and a conference-best 15 overall. UC Irvine and UC Riverside found themselves knotted in second place with 65 votes apiece. Receiving 50 points to grab the fourth slot is Cal Poly while Long Beach State rounds out the top five with 47 points.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (www.BigSouthSports.com) – For the fourth consecutive year, Coastal Carolina University’s baseball team has been voted the Big South Conference’s preseason favorite by the League’s Head Baseball Coaches, it was announced today by the Conference office. In addition, the coaches voted Chanticleers’ redshirt-junior second baseman Tommy La Stella (Closter, N.J.) the Conference’s Preseason Player of the Year and Coastal Carolina junior Anthony Meo (Cranston, R.I.) the League’s Preseason Pitcher of the Year.
