2010 Season Coverage Archive

Former USF star taking on a New Challenge

– May 17, 2011Posted in: 2010 Top Players, Big East

Former South Florida baseball player Ryan Lockwood is taking on a new challenge now as he is preparing to become a Navy SEAL. Lockwood played three seasons under head coach Lelo Prado with his best season coming in 2008 when he had a 30 game hitting streak while being named a Freshman All-American. Last season, Coach Prado started receiving phone calls from Lockwood’s parents questioning what was going on with Ryan’s body as he was losing weight. Come to find out, Lockwood had started to prepare himself both mentally and physically to join the Navy SEAL program. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2010 Top Players, Big East, South Florida

Top 100 Countdown: 54. Matt Price (South Carolina)

Mark Rafferty

– November 26, 2010Posted in: 2010 CWS, 2011 CBD Top 100 Players, 2011 Top Players, SEC

College Baseball Daily continues our countdown to the start of the 2011 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 countdown today at number 54 with South Carolina Redshirt Sophomore Matt Price. Price hails from Sumter, SC, where at Sumter High School he was part of the 2008 AAAA All-State Team, where he had a 7-4 record and a 0.40 ERA. Even though he hasn’t started a game for the Gamecocks, Price once pitched a 17 strikeout no-hitter at the World Bat Championships in Jupiter, Florida, in 2006. In that same year, he helped lead his Sumter High School team to a South Carolina State Championship.

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Tags: 2010 CWS, 2011 Top Players, CBD 2011 Top 100 Players, Matt Price, SEC, South Carolina

Barret Loux signs with the Texas Rangers

Brian Foley

– November 22, 2010Posted in: 2010 Top Players, Big 12, MLB Draft

On Friday, Barret Loux formerly of Texas A&M signed a free agent contract with the Texas Rangers. He was selected with the sixth overall pick in the 2010 MLB Draft by the Arizona Diamondbacks. Loux ended up coming to an agreement with the D-Backs for over 2 million dollars but ended up failing his physical due to shoulder issues that were discovered during the examination. The D-Backs refused to negotiate with Loux anymore after this discovery. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2010 Top Players, Barret Loux, Big 12, Texas AM

Top 100 Countdown: 64. Jason Coats (TCU)

Brian Foley

– November 15, 2010Posted in: 2010 CWS, 2011 CBD Top 100 Players, 2011 Top Players, Mountain West

We continue the countdown today at number 64 with TCU junior outfielder Jason Coats. He is from Plano, Texas where he attended Plano West High School picking up three letters. As a senior, he had a .450 batting average with a .950 slugging percentage and nine home runs. He was able to help lead the team to a 28-0 record and a 5A state championship. He picked up several honors including being named the MVP of the Texas North/South All-Star game and first team all-state.

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Tags: 2010 CWS, 2011 Top Players, Cape Cod League, CBD 2011 Top 100 Players, Jason Coats, Mountain West, TCU

Top 100 Countdown: 67. Garrett Buechele (Oklahoma)

Brian Foley

– November 11, 2010Posted in: 2010 CWS, 2011 CBD Top 100 Players, 2011 Top Players, Big 12, California Collegiate

We continue the countdown today at number 67 with Oklahoma junior infielder Garrett Buechele. The Arlington TX native had an impressive career at Arlington Lamar High School where he won three letters. During his career, he had an impressive .421 batting average with eight homers and 65 RBIs while having a .430 batting average with 30 RBIs as a senior.

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Tags: 2010 CWS, 2011 Top Players, Big 12, CBD 2011 Top 100 Players, Garrett Buechele, Oklahoma, Southern California Collegiate League

Top 100 Countdown: 70. Christian Walker (South Carolina

Brian Foley

– November 8, 2010Posted in: 2010 CWS, 2011 CBD Top 100 Players, 2011 CWS, SEC

The CBB continues our countdown to the start of the 2011 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 countdown today at number 70 with South Carolina sophomore infielder Christian Walker. He is from Limerick, Pennsylvania where he attended Kennedy-Kenrick High School. As a senior, he hit .588 his senior season which led to him being named to 2009 Philadelphia Inquirer All-S.E. Pennsylvania team. He was rated 88th best high school player in the country by PG Crosschecker as well as the No. 1 best high school player in the state of Pennsylvania. The LA Dodgers ended up picking him in the 49th round but were not able to come to terms with him.

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Tags: 2010 CWS, 2011 Top Players, CBD 2011 Top 100 Players, Christian Walker, SEC, South Carolina

Clemson’s Kyle Parker faces off against NC State’s Russell Wilson

Brian Foley

– November 5, 2010Posted in: 2010 Top Players, ACC

Clemson starting quarterback Kyle Parker will face off against NC State Wolfpack and quarterback Russell Wilson tomorrow. Both quarterbacks are members of the Colorado Rockies organization after being selected in the 2010 MLB Draft. Parker was picked in the first round by Colorado and ended up signing for $1.4 million while Wilson signed for 200,000.

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Tags: 2010 Top Players, ACC, Clemson, Kyle Parker, NC State, Russell Wilson

Remembering Rosenblatt Stadium

Brian Foley

– November 3, 2010Posted in: 2010 CWS

Michael Greenlee and Matt Brown of Cal-State Fullerton Media Relations put together an excellent series of videos on remembering Rosenblatt Stadium which held their final College World Series in June. The documentary gets fans and other peoples opinions on the old stadium closing down. I highly recommend checking out the videos below. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2010 CWS

Top 100 Countdown: 75. Taylor Featherston (TCU)

Brian Foley

– November 2, 2010Posted in: 2010 CWS, 2011 CBD Top 100 Players, 2011 Top Players, Cape Cod League, Mountain West, NECBL

The CBB continues our countdown to the start of the 2011 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 countdown today at number 75 with Taylor Featherston. He comes from Katy, Texas where he attended Taylor High School. He was a three year letter winner and was rated the 28th best prospect in Texas by Baseball America.

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Tags: 2010 CWS, 2011 Top Players, Cape Cod League, CBD 2011 Top 100 Players, Mountain West, NECBL, Taylor Featherston, TCU

Top 100 Countdown: 83. Cameron Seitzer (Oklahoma)

Brian Foley

– October 23, 2010Posted in: 2010 CWS, 2011 CBD Top 100 Players, 2011 Top Players, Big 12

The CBB continues our countdown to the start of the 2011 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 countdown today at number 83 with Oklahoma junior infielder Cameron Seitzer. He is a 6-4 and 210 pounds from Overland Park, Kansas and attended Blue Valley West High School. In high school he was a three-year letterwinner under head coach Bill McDonald. As a senior, he hit. 432 with 24 RBIs, 14 doubles and three homers while being named first team all-state, first team all-metro and all-conference in 2008. He had a career .520 batting average with 87 RBIs, 39 doubles and 10 homers.

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Tags: 2010 CWS, 2011 Top Players, Big 12, Cam Seitzer, Cape Cod League, CBD 2011 Top 100 Players, Oklahoma

Dick Howser Trophy Campus Salute to Rice’s Anthony Rendon Set for this Saturday

Brian Foley

– October 13, 2010Posted in: 2010 Top Players, Conference USA, National Awards

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE

DALLAS, Texas – The Dick Howser Trophy Committee will present its on-campus salute to 2010 Dick Howser Trophy winner Anthony Rendon of Rice this Saturday, October 16 at the Owls’ football game against Houston at Rice Stadium.

In addition to being honored as the winner at the conclusion of the college baseball season, each Howser Trophy winner is saluted once again on his campus the following academic year so that fans and administrators at his school can be a part of recognizing his achievements. Rendon will be re-presented the Howser Trophy by Jana Howser, daughter of Dick Howser and Executive Vice-President of the College Baseball Foundation, and Bo Carter, Executive Director of the NCBWA, during the first quarter of the Rice-UH football game which airs regionally on CSS.

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Tags: 2010 Top Players, Conference USA, Dick Howser Trophy, National Awards, Rice

Former Texas A&M RHP Barret Loux Works Out

Brian Foley

– September 18, 2010Posted in: 2010 Top Players, Big 12, MLB Draft

Barret Loux worked out for 14 MLB teams on Friday afternoon in College Station, Texas. He was drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks with the sixth overall pick but failed his physical due to shoulder and elbow concerns according to multiple reports. MLB declared Loux a free agent and gave the Diamondbacks compensatory picks. You can check out the MyFoxHouston report below which fails to talk about the reason the Diamondbacks failed to sign him.