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2016 USA Collegiate National Team Trials Begin

by Brian Foley
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USABASEBALL_thumb.jpgLOS ANGELES – The USA Baseball Collegiate National Team welcomed 29 of college baseball’s top underclassmen on Monday as the squad opened training camp in California. The squad kicked off the trials portion of its schedule with a practice at the Major League Baseball Urban Youth Academy in Compton.

While in California for trials, Team USA will also play five games against teams from the California Collegiate League, opening with a 1:30 p.m. contest against the Santa Barbara Foresters at Dodger Stadium on Tuesday, June 28. The CNT and Foresters will then square off the following day as well at 5 p.m. at Caesar Uyesaka Stadium on the campus of UC-Santa Barbara.

Team USA will then play a pair of games at Angels Stadium of Anaheim at 6:30 p.m. on June 30 and 3:30 p.m. on July 1 against the Urban Youth Academy Barons and Conejo Oaks, respectively. The CNT closes out trials with a return to the Urban Youth Academy in Compton versus the Barons at 1 p.m. on July 2.

Led by field manager George Horton of Oregon, the Collegiate National Team coaching staff will be charged with the task of putting together a 26-man roster which will travel to Taichung, Taiwan for a five-game friendship series against Chinese Taipei, July 5-9.

From there, the team will cut down to its final 24-man roster for a five-game series against Japan with contests being held in Niigata, Tokyo and Shizuoka from July 12-17. The Collegiate National Team will then conclude its summer tour by traveling to the Caribbean for the continuation of its annual series against Cuba, July 23-27 in Ciego de Avila, Havana and Pinar del Rio.
Joining Horton on the coaching staff for the Collegiate National Team this summer will be former Loyola Marymount and Long Beach State head coach Dave Snow as pitching coach, as well as bench coach Ted Silva (Nebraska), assistant coaches David Pierce (Tulane) and Jason Gill (Loyola Marymount) and bullpen coach Mitch Karraker (Oregon).
Rounding out the CNT staff are athletic trainers Danny Wheat (TCU) and Carl Stocklin (UCLA) and Cameron Harris who will be the press officer.
Name, Pos., Hometown (School)
*Luken Baker, IF, Spring, Texas (TCU)
Seth Beer, OF, Suwanee, Ga. (Clemson)
JB Bukauskas, RHP, Ashburn, Va. (North Carolina)
Jake Burger, IF, Chesterfield, Mo. (Missouri State)
Tim Cate, LHP, Manchester, Conn. (UCONN)
Alex Faedo, RHP, Tampa, Fla. (Florida)
Nick Feight, C, Gainesville, Fla. (UNC Wilmington)
Clay Fisher, IF, La Quinta, Calif. (UCSB)
TJ Friedl, OF, Pleasonton, Calif. (Nevada)
Luis Gonzalez, LHP/OF, Tucson, Ariz. (New Mexico)
Dalton Guthrie, IF, Sarasota, Fla. (Florida)
Devin Hairston, IF, Lexington, Ky. (Louisville)
KJ Harrison, IF/C, Kailua, Hawaii (Oregon State)
Keston Hiura, IF/OF, Valencia, Calif, (UC Irvine)
Tanner Houck, RHP, Collinsville, Ill. (Missouri)
Tyler Johnson, RHP, Midlothian, Va. (South Carolina)
Jeren Kendall, OF, Holmen, Wis. (Vanderbilt)
Alex Lange, RHP, Lee’s Summit, Mo. (LSU)
Darren McCaughan, RHP, Downey, Calif. (Long Beach State)
Brendan McKay, LHP/IF, Darlington, Pa. (Louisville)
Brian Mims, IF, Montclair, Va. (UNC Wilmington)
Kyle Nelson, LHP, San Francisco, Calif. (UCSB)
Glenn Otto, RHP, Spring, Texas (Rice)
David Peterson, LHP, Denver, Colo. (Oregon)
Mike Rivera, C, Venice, Fla. (Florida)
*Evan Skoug, C, Libertyville, Ill. (TCU)
Ricky Tyler Thomas, LHP, San Diego, Calif. (Fresno State)
Taylor Walls, IF, Cordele, Ga. (Florida State)
Zach Warren, LHP, Vineland, N.J. (Tennessee)
Evan White, IF/OF, Gahanna, Ohio (Kentucky)
Kyle Wright, RHP, Huntsville, Ala. (Vanderbilt)
* Will join the trials later this week

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