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ANDREW ALLEN
Andrew was selected by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 43rd round of
the 2007 Major League Baseball entry draft. Allen's brother Rodney
played at Oklahoma State and is currently in the Chicago White Sox
organization. This three-year letter winner led Desert Vista (Ariz.)
High to the state semifinals his senior year after coming back from
a
knee injury.
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Number: |
30 |
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Batting: |
Right |
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Throwing: |
Right |
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Year: |
Freshman |
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Position: |
1st Base |
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Height: |
6'2" |
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Weight: |
225 |
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School: |
University of
Arizona |
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MIKE FERRARO
Ferraro most recently played at Orange Coast College in California
and
will be playing next season at San Diego. He batted .273 overall and
had a .355 on-base percentage to go with 14 RBIs, 30 hits and 10
doubles. Ferraro's Orange Coast team finished 32-15-1 and was a top
JUCO program in the Sunshine State.
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Number: |
23 |
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Batting: |
Left |
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Throwing: |
Left |
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Year: |
Sophomore |
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Position: |
Outfield |
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Height: |
6'2" |
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Weight: |
210 |
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School: |
University of San Diego |
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WILL SKELTON
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Number: |
3 |
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Batting: |
NA |
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Throwing: |
Left |
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Year: |
Junior |
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Position: |
LHP |
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Height: |
6'2" |
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Weight: |
217 |
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School: |
Sam Houston
State University |
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BRYCE BAUGH
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Number: |
11 |
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Batting: |
Right |
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Throwing: |
Right |
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Year: |
Freshman |
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Position: |
Infield |
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Height: |
6'2" |
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Weight: |
185 |
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School: |
Pepperdine
University |
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MATT KOERNER
This two-time letter winner appeared in eight games for the
University
of Arizona during the 2008 season as a defensive replacement. He was
team captain his senior year for Tustin (Calif.) High School.
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Number: |
14 |
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Batting: |
Right |
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Throwing: |
Right |
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Year: |
Freshman |
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Position: |
Infield |
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Height: |
5'11" |
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Weight: |
185 |
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School: |
University of
Arizona |
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ERIC JOHNSTON
Texas-San Antonio product had just six at-bats and four putouts for
the
Roadrunners, which finished 39-19 this season before losing to Texas
A&M-Corpus Christi during the Southland Conference postseason
tournament.
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Number: |
9 |
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Batting: |
Left |
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Throwing: |
Left |
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Year: |
Sophomore |
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Position: |
Outfield |
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Height: |
5'10" |
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Weight: |
175 |
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School: |
University of Texas San Antonio |
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RYAN RUMMEL
Infielder produced a batting average of .291 with 59 hits, four home
runs, 30 RBIs and a .409 slugging percentage for Texas-San Antonio.
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Number: |
15 |
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Batting: |
Right |
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Throwing: |
Right |
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Year: |
Sophomore |
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Position: |
Infield |
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Height: |
5'11" |
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Weight: |
180 |
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School: |
University of Texas San Antonio |
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JORDAN McCLINTICK
Seward County Community College's own put together a record of 7-1
with
an earned-run average of 3.00. He appeared in 16 games, giving up 17
runs (10 earned) with 22 strikeouts and eight walks.
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Batting: |
NA |
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Throwing: |
Right |
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Year: |
Sophomore |
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Position: |
Right /
Pitcher |
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Height: |
6' |
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Weight: |
185 |
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School: |
Seward County Community
College |
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CHRISTIAN KOWALCHUK
Another SCCC product who is heading to play at the University of
Arkansas. The starting left-hander finished with a 6-5 record and a
4.13 ERA. He struck out 66 and walked 33. He gave up 45 runs, 33 of
them earned.
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Number: |
17 |
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Batting: |
Left |
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Throwing: |
Left |
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Year: |
Sophomore |
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Position: |
LHP |
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Height: |
6'1" |
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Weight: |
190 |
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School: |
Seward County Community
College |
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RAFE ALVAREZ
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Number: |
18 |
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Batting: |
Left |
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Throwing: |
NA |
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Year: |
Sophomore |
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Position: |
Pitcher |
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Height: |
6' |
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Weight: |
180 |
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School: |
Seward County Community
College |
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RICHEY IRVIN
Central Arkansas standout is used primarily as a designated hitter
and
first baseman for the Bears. He was a previous Kansas Jayhawk
Conference all-star at Allen Community College. He hit .301 with two
homers, 21 RBIs, 17 runs, 22 hits, eight doubles and a .493 slugging
percentage.
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Number: |
22 / 32 |
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Batting: |
Right |
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Throwing: |
Right |
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Year: |
Senior |
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Position: |
1B, RF, LF, DH |
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Height: |
6'4" |
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Weight: |
220 |
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School: |
University of Central Arkansas |
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BREN
SCHUEHLER
Former Allen (Texas) High performer who has played on the college
level for Weatherford College in Texas and Chattanooga Tech of Tennessee.
Chattanooga Tech was ranked third in the National Junior College
Athletic Association poll this year. Led that team in fielding
percentage as a third baseman.
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Number: |
12 |
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Batting: |
NA |
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Throwing: |
NA |
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Year: |
Sophomore |
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Position: |
Pitcher
/ First Base / Third Base |
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Height: |
6' |
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Weight: |
220 |
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School: |
University of Central Arkansas |
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NICK ZALESKI
Could be one of the BeeJays most potent hitters. Zaleski batted .323
with 47 runs, 71 hits, 12 doubles, eight homers, 61 RBI and a .495
slugging percentage. He also committed just nine errors and had a
.978
fielding percentage for Sam Houston State — which finished with a
record of 37-23 during the 2007 campaign.
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Number: |
43 |
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Batting: |
Right |
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Throwing: |
Right |
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Year: |
Junior |
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Position: |
First
Base / Third Base / Right / Left |
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Height: |
6'3" |
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Weight: |
190 |
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School: |
Sam Houston State University |
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BRENT POWERS
Zaleski's teammate at Sam Houston State. Pitcher who went 2-4 with a
6.70 ERA. He allowed 49 hits, 38 runs (31 earned) to go with 26
walks
and 31 strikeouts. Opponents batted .295 against him.
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Number: |
24 |
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Batting: |
NA |
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Throwing: |
Left |
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Year: |
Freshman |
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Position: |
LHP |
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Height: |
6'1" |
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Weight: |
200 |
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School: |
Sam Houston State University |
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TAYLOR ROGERS
Tulane product played in 14 games as a freshman for the Green Wave.
He
was a high school standout at Round Rock (Texas) McNeill. He went
3-1
this season with a 4.09 ERA. He gave up 18 hits and 18 runs (15
earned), 20 walks and 35 strikeouts. Opponents hit .161 against him.
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Number: |
40 |
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Batting: |
Right |
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Throwing: |
Right |
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Year: |
Sophmore |
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Position: |
RHP |
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Height: |
6'5" |
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Weight: |
200 |
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School: |
Tulane University |
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BRETT DAVIS
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Number: |
29 |
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Batting: |
Left |
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Throwing: |
Left |
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Year: |
Senior |
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Position: |
LHP |
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Height: |
5'11" |
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Weight: |
171 |
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School: |
Oklahoma State |
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STEVEN TUCKER
Left-handed player had just six errors while producing 485 putouts
and
a .988 fielding percentage. His .358 batting average led Lamar. He
had
81 hits, 47 runs, six homers, 44 RBIs and a .513 slugging
percentage.
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NA |
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Batting: |
Left |
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Throwing: |
Right |
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Year: |
Junior |
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Position: |
Outfield / First Base |
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Height: |
6'3" |
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Weight: |
220 |
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School: |
Lamar University |
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JEREMIAH SAMMY
Yet another Lamar player who hit .280 in a situational role for his
team. The Canadian scored 13 runs and slapped 23 hits. He had just
six
errors with a .938 fielding percentage.
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Number: |
31 |
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Batting: |
Left |
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Throwing: |
Right |
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Year: |
Junior |
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Position: |
NA |
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Height: |
6'2" |
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Weight: |
200 |
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School: |
Lamar University |
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NICK
GUMESON
Third baseman batted .286 with 16 runs, 34 hits, five homers and 23
RBIs for Lamar. He also provided a .462 slugging percentage and had
just seven errors in the field. Also played at College of Southern
Idaho.
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Number: |
7 |
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Batting: |
Right |
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Throwing: |
Right |
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Year: |
Junior |
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Position: |
Center
/ Third Base |
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Height: |
6'1" |
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Weight: |
195 |
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School: |
Lamar University |
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CLINT STUBBS
There are three Louisiana Tech players on the Bee Jays, and this is
one
of them. Stubbs hit .204 in a limited role to go with 12 runs, 19
hits
and 11 RBIs. He had four errors and a .917 fielding percentage.
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Number: |
5 |
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Batting: |
Left |
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Throwing: |
Right |
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Year: |
Sophomore |
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Position: |
Right /
Center |
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Height: |
6'2" |
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Weight: |
175 |
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School: |
Louisiana Tech |
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CLINT EWING
Louisiana Tech standout was a three-year letter winner at Cajun
State
powerhouse Captain Shreve High School, leading his squad to the
Class
4A state championship — hitting .371 with three homers as a
first-team
all-star. This past season, he had 27 at-bats with two homers and
eight
RBIs.
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Number: |
34 |
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Batting: |
Right |
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Throwing: |
Right |
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Year: |
Freshman |
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Position: |
Catcher |
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Height: |
6'2" |
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Weight: |
220 |
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School: |
Louisiana Tech |
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CHRIS KERSTEN
A Kansas product from Kiowa who played his high school ball at
Medicine
Lodge. The third baseman had a .395 batting average in 40 games for
Louisiana Tech in 2007. He was a former Hutchinson News pitcher of
the year. This season, he hit .295 with 37 runs, 54 hits, 13 homers, 51
RBIs and a garish .551 slugging percentage. He also doubled nine
times
for the Bulldogs, who finished the season with a 23-31 overall mark
and
7-23 in the Western Athletic Conference.
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Number: |
27 |
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Batting: |
Right |
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Throwing: |
Right |
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Year: |
Junior |
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Position: |
Infield |
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Height: |
6'4" |
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Weight: |
220 |
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School: |
Louisiana Tech |
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JAKE RIFE
University of Washington standout started in 30 games as a freshman
and
27 more as a sophomore. He hit .267 with 12 runs, 20 hits, five
doubles, one triple, one homer, 12 RBIs and a slugging percentage of
.400. He also swiped six bases and had a fielding percentage of
.947.
He was a four-time letter winner at Arlington Lakewood, guiding them
to
state runner-up status in Class 2A twice in his scholastic career.
He
hit .312 with 34 hits in 2007 for the Huskies.
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Number: |
2 |
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Batting: |
Left |
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Throwing: |
Left |
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Year: |
Junior |
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Position: |
Center / Left |
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Height: |
5'11" |
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Weight: |
206 |
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School: |
University of Washington |
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JULIEN
POLLARD
Washington second baseman finished the season with a batting average
of .257 with nine hits, two doubles, one triple, one homer and five
RBIs.
He also had a .960 fielding percentage. The Tacoma Washington High
product was a three-time letter winner there and the Minnesota Twins
selected him in the 37th round of the Major League Baseball entry
draft. The Huskies were 33-22 overall, but 11-13 in the tough
Pacific-10 Conference.
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Number: |
NA |
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Batting: |
Switch |
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Throwing: |
Right |
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Year: |
Freshman |
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Position: |
Second
Base |
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Height: |
5'11" |
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Weight: |
185 |
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School: |
University of Washington |
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JONATHAN BIRDS
Nevada-Las Vegas pitcher struggled somewhat during the course of the
season, with a 11.66 earned-run average. The Rebels lost to Utah 7-4
during the Mountain West Conference tournament. Appeared in 10 games
for the team.
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Number: |
20 |
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Batting: |
Right |
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Throwing: |
Right |
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Year: |
Freshman |
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Position: |
Pitcher |
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Height: |
6'5" |
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Weight: |
205 |
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School: |
UNLV |
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JARED WAGNER
Pitcher also played football for legendary program De La Salle out
of
Concord, Calif. He was a three-year letter winner in baseball and
two-year letter winner in football for De La Salle. He transferred
to
UNLV from California-Santa Barbara. High school baseball team was
46-10 during a two-year stretch.
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Number: |
26 |
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Batting: |
Right |
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Throwing: |
Right |
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Year: |
Freshman |
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Position: |
Pitcher |
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Height: |
6'3" |
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Weight: |
210 |
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School: |
UNLV |
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