I'm not saying it is or isn't true but with your history of just saying stuff I have to question everything. Regardless baseball recruiting (with partial scholarships) is different than recruiting for football/basketball.

Go ahead and hang your hat on hearsay that you beat USA on three recruits. We will hang our hat on having a ranked recruiting class.

(11-15-2013 01:08 PM)SkullyMaroo Wrote:  I'm not saying it is or isn't true but with your history of just saying stuff I have to question everything. Regardless baseball recruiting (with partial scholarships) is different than recruiting for football/basketball.

Go ahead and hang your hat on hearsay that you beat USA on three recruits. We will hang our hat on having a ranked recruiting class.

Wouldn't be the first time we have beaten USA when USA had a better recruiting class, better facilities, better area.

And I cannot post Names of the recruits unless they publicly announced these three players were also recruited by USA too.

And I also believe the Director of football ops. I'm very good friends with the guy. He's not one to make up stuff... And you saw the screen shot of our convo.

(11-15-2013 01:26 PM)Atlanta Trojan Wrote:  

(11-15-2013 01:08 PM)SkullyMaroo Wrote:  I'm not saying it is or isn't true but with your history of just saying stuff I have to question everything. Regardless baseball recruiting (with partial scholarships) is different than recruiting for football/basketball.

Go ahead and hang your hat on hearsay that you beat USA on three recruits. We will hang our hat on having a ranked recruiting class.

Wouldn't be the first time we have beaten USA when USA had a better recruiting class, better facilities, better area.

Thanks for acknowledging that our facilities, location, and recruiting are all better. You left off history too.

Cajuns finally posted their 2014 signing class of 14 players.

LAFAYETTE – The Ragin' Cajuns baseball team signed 14 players to a national letter of intent for the 2015 season, head coach Tony Robichaux announced on Friday.

Louisiana signed Nolan Brown (Colleyville, Texas), Ty Ewart (Porter, Texas), Harrison Fife (Austin, Texas), Evan Guillory (Jennings, La.), Cole Jackson (Katy, Texas), Trey Jeans (Texarkana, Texas), Gunner Leger (Lake Charles, La.), Wyatt Marks (Lafayette, La.), Alex Shelton (Austin, Texas), Logan Stoelke (Fayetteville, Texas), Blaine Suehs (Caldwell, Texas), Joe Trahan (Rayne, La.), Stefan Trosclair (Sulphur, La.) and Orynn Veillon (Lafayette, La.).

"This is an important class," Robichaux said. "Our biggest goal was to find some guys that can replace the eight seniors and the players that we could possibly lose to the draft this year. I think with the potential draft picks we have on this team along with the seniors we realized that we needed to go out and try to fill these voids.

"The big thing is that you're looking at a big void to fill with a lot of starters gone after this year. Hopefully these guys can come in and get weathered early, and make a contribution to the team right away."

Ten of the 14 players who signed with the Ragin' Cajuns have the ability to toe the rubber for the Cajuns in the 2015 season.

"Our biggest concern is always pitching," Robichaux added. "It's like the quarterback on the football team. You have to have good pitching. That's where we started. After you take care of pitching then you come in and get a two-way guy like (Ryan) Wilson who can be versatile for you. We also got a couple good hitters that we feel can come in and perform right away, because we are going to be losing some good hitters."

(11-15-2013 03:08 PM)SkullyMaroo Wrote:  

(11-15-2013 01:26 PM)Atlanta Trojan Wrote:  

(11-15-2013 01:08 PM)SkullyMaroo Wrote:  I'm not saying it is or isn't true but with your history of just saying stuff I have to question everything. Regardless baseball recruiting (with partial scholarships) is different than recruiting for football/basketball.

Go ahead and hang your hat on hearsay that you beat USA on three recruits. We will hang our hat on having a ranked recruiting class.

Wouldn't be the first time we have beaten USA when USA had a better recruiting class, better facilities, better area.

Thanks for acknowledging that our facilities, location, and recruiting are all better. You left off history too.

And? It's no secret... But we still beat you.

You facilities are the best in the conference (Troys are one of the better in the conference too) we do have plans to upgrade after football so, that won't be an issue in coming years...

It's no secret mobile is a better living area than Troy Alabama

And you might recruit better but your still not beating us (We do very well in recruiting seeing how we won the head to head in recruiting against USA)

Your history is better, but Troy also has a VERY strong history, USA has been D1 longer too. So you have to factor that in.

http://txstatebobcats.com/news/2013/11/1...33753.aspx

Full List with video by the asst coaches and Ty. I'm liking that we are getting guys that B12 schools went after also.

(11-15-2013 06:07 PM)Atlanta Trojan Wrote:  

(11-15-2013 03:08 PM)SkullyMaroo Wrote:  

(11-15-2013 01:26 PM)Atlanta Trojan Wrote:  

(11-15-2013 01:08 PM)SkullyMaroo Wrote:  I'm not saying it is or isn't true but with your history of just saying stuff I have to question everything. Regardless baseball recruiting (with partial scholarships) is different than recruiting for football/basketball.

Go ahead and hang your hat on hearsay that you beat USA on three recruits. We will hang our hat on having a ranked recruiting class.

Wouldn't be the first time we have beaten USA when USA had a better recruiting class, better facilities, better area.

Thanks for acknowledging that our facilities, location, and recruiting are all better. You left off history too.

And? It's no secret... But we still beat you.

You facilities are the best in the conference (Troys are one of the better in the conference too) we do have plans to upgrade after football so, that won't be an issue in coming years...

It's no secret mobile is a better living area than Troy Alabama

And you might recruit better but your still not beating us (We do very well in recruiting seeing how we won the head to head in recruiting against USA)

Your history is better, but Troy also has a VERY strong history, USA has been D1 longer too. So you have to factor that in.

You split with USA this past year. USA owns the head to head record.

I doubt Troy's baseball facilities ever surpass USA's, so your "won't be an issue in coming years" argument is bogus. Baseball has been USA's pride and joy and we are a top 15 all-time winning program. We won't lag in facilities.

Yes Mobile is better.

We split with Troy this past year. USA owns the head to head record.

USA has been in Division I longer than Troy. That's why I gave the analysis through text to you of percentage of time each program went to the NCAA Tournament as a Division I member. USA has gone to the tournament 52.08% of the time while Troy has gone 31.57% of the time. And quite frankly I'm unfamiliar of when USA "transitioned" to Division I back in the 1960's because I don't know the NCAA policy back then. But we only played 13 games our first year and played 30 or less game for several years after that so I doubt we were eligible right out the gate. Our percentage of making the tournament when we were actually eligible for the tournament is likely even higher., I just can't give you that number offhand.

(11-15-2013 04:11 PM)CajunAmos Wrote:  Cajuns finally posted their 2014 signing class of 14 players.

LAFAYETTE – The Ragin' Cajuns baseball team signed 14 players to a national letter of intent for the 2015 season, head coach Tony Robichaux announced on Friday.

Louisiana signed Nolan Brown (Colleyville, Texas), Ty Ewart (Porter, Texas), Harrison Fife (Austin, Texas), Evan Guillory (Jennings, La.), Cole Jackson (Katy, Texas), Trey Jeans (Texarkana, Texas), Gunner Leger (Lake Charles, La.), Wyatt Marks (Lafayette, La.), Alex Shelton (Austin, Texas), Logan Stoelke (Fayetteville, Texas), Blaine Suehs (Caldwell, Texas), Joe Trahan (Rayne, La.), Stefan Trosclair (Sulphur, La.) and Orynn Veillon (Lafayette, La.).

"This is an important class," Robichaux said. "Our biggest goal was to find some guys that can replace the eight seniors and the players that we could possibly lose to the draft this year. I think with the potential draft picks we have on this team along with the seniors we realized that we needed to go out and try to fill these voids.

"The big thing is that you're looking at a big void to fill with a lot of starters gone after this year. Hopefully these guys can come in and get weathered early, and make a contribution to the team right away."

Ten of the 14 players who signed with the Ragin' Cajuns have the ability to toe the rubber for the Cajuns in the 2015 season.

"Our biggest concern is always pitching," Robichaux added. "It's like the quarterback on the football team. You have to have good pitching. That's where we started. After you take care of pitching then you come in and get a two-way guy like (Ryan) Wilson who can be versatile for you. We also got a couple good hitters that we feel can come in and perform right away, because we are going to be losing some good hitters."

The Cajuns have 8 nationally ranked signees in this class on Perfect Game. This is a very good recruiting class.

(11-16-2013 12:51 AM)CrazyCajun Wrote:  

(11-15-2013 04:11 PM)CajunAmos Wrote:  Cajuns finally posted their 2014 signing class of 14 players.

LAFAYETTE – The Ragin' Cajuns baseball team signed 14 players to a national letter of intent for the 2015 season, head coach Tony Robichaux announced on Friday.

Louisiana signed Nolan Brown (Colleyville, Texas), Ty Ewart (Porter, Texas), Harrison Fife (Austin, Texas), Evan Guillory (Jennings, La.), Cole Jackson (Katy, Texas), Trey Jeans (Texarkana, Texas), Gunner Leger (Lake Charles, La.), Wyatt Marks (Lafayette, La.), Alex Shelton (Austin, Texas), Logan Stoelke (Fayetteville, Texas), Blaine Suehs (Caldwell, Texas), Joe Trahan (Rayne, La.), Stefan Trosclair (Sulphur, La.) and Orynn Veillon (Lafayette, La.).

"This is an important class," Robichaux said. "Our biggest goal was to find some guys that can replace the eight seniors and the players that we could possibly lose to the draft this year. I think with the potential draft picks we have on this team along with the seniors we realized that we needed to go out and try to fill these voids.

"The big thing is that you're looking at a big void to fill with a lot of starters gone after this year. Hopefully these guys can come in and get weathered early, and make a contribution to the team right away."

Ten of the 14 players who signed with the Ragin' Cajuns have the ability to toe the rubber for the Cajuns in the 2015 season.

"Our biggest concern is always pitching," Robichaux added. "It's like the quarterback on the football team. You have to have good pitching. That's where we started. After you take care of pitching then you come in and get a two-way guy like (Ryan) Wilson who can be versatile for you. We also got a couple good hitters that we feel can come in and perform right away, because we are going to be losing some good hitters."

The Cajuns have 8 nationally ranked signees in this class on Perfect Game. This is a very good recruiting class.

there was a list of signees in the dallas morning news but nothing on the uta website yet about any of them. guess our sid is off for the holidays.

(11-16-2013 12:51 AM)CrazyCajun Wrote:  

(11-15-2013 04:11 PM)CajunAmos Wrote:  Cajuns finally posted their 2014 signing class of 14 players.

LAFAYETTE – The Ragin' Cajuns baseball team signed 14 players to a national letter of intent for the 2015 season, head coach Tony Robichaux announced on Friday.

Louisiana signed Nolan Brown (Colleyville, Texas), Ty Ewart (Porter, Texas), Harrison Fife (Spicewood, Texas), Evan Guillory (Jennings, La.), Cole Jackson (Katy, Texas), Trey Jeans (Texarkana, Texas), Gunner Leger (Lake Charles, La.), Wyatt Marks (Lafayette, La.), Alex Shelton (Lakeway, Texas), Logan Stoelke (Fayetteville, Texas), Blaine Suehs (Caldwell, Texas), Joe Trahan (Rayne, La.), Stefan Trosclair (Sulphur, La.) and Orynn Veillon (Lafayette, La.).

"This is an important class," Robichaux said. "Our biggest goal was to find some guys that can replace the eight seniors and the players that we could possibly lose to the draft this year. I think with the potential draft picks we have on this team along with the seniors we realized that we needed to go out and try to fill these voids.

"The big thing is that you're looking at a big void to fill with a lot of starters gone after this year. Hopefully these guys can come in and get weathered early, and make a contribution to the team right away."

Ten of the 14 players who signed with the Ragin' Cajuns have the ability to toe the rubber for the Cajuns in the 2015 season.

"Our biggest concern is always pitching," Robichaux added. "It's like the quarterback on the football team. You have to have good pitching. That's where we started. After you take care of pitching then you come in and get a two-way guy like (Ryan) Wilson who can be versatile for you. We also got a couple good hitters that we feel can come in and perform right away, because we are going to be losing some good hitters."

The Cajuns have 8 nationally ranked signees in this class on Perfect Game. This is a very good recruiting class.

Alex Shelton and Harrison Fife are two right-handed pitchers (Shelton ranked #255 nationally by PG) from the local high school here (Lake Travis) ... just west of Austin. Shelton and I share the same chiropractor in Lakeway (the chiro played WR at Purdue when Jeff George was there). Shelton is a lanky right-hander (6'4" -> 6'5" and under 200 lbs.) with plenty of upside in his frame. He has said he can run it into the low 90's, but has arm side run at about 88mph now. I plan on catching a few of the Cavalier baseball games this spring.

Brian

One of our JUCO pitching signees (Robert Dickey) was just named the top JUCO Prospect in the country by Perfect Game

http://www.txstatebobcats.com/news/2013/...h=baseball

Looks like we may only have this kid for 1 season

(11-14-2013 04:41 PM)Atlanta Trojan Wrote:  Signed 7 so far... More to come but arnt official. We started signing yesterday

@TROY_Baseball1: Congratulations & welcome to Matt Sanders, 5'9 170 infielder from Bob Jones High School, who signed with the Trojans today.

@TROY_Baseball1: Congratulations & welcome to Reid Long, 5'11 165 LHP from Mariana High School, who signed with the Trojans today.

@TROY_Baseball1: Congratulations & welcome to Perez Knowles P/OF from Rabun Gap Nacoochee School, who signed with the Trojans today.

@TROY_Baseball1: Congratulations & welcome to Lucas Brown, 6' 170 RHP from Northwest Florida State, who signed with the Trojans today.

@TROY_Baseball1: Congratulations & welcome to John Michael Knighton, 6'2 185 RHP from CACC (2013 NJCAA National Champions) who signed with Troy today.

@TROY_Baseball1: Congratulations & welcome to Corey Childress, 6' 175 RHP from Fairhope High School, who signed with the Trojans today

.@TROY_Baseball1: Congratulations & welcome to Austin Crook, 6'3 185 LHP from Faulkner State C.C., who signed with the Trojans today.

Are they good?

Do they do the same star rating system for recruits in baseball?

USA signed 10 for 2014-15.

http://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2013/...l#comments

ASU's signees:

Zach Patterson (Cabot, AR HS) RHP 1.83 ERA last season in High School. Played on the Rawlings Prospects team this past summer, and played in the Xtra Innings Classic (Event for in State prospects that ASU hosts)

Timothy Seldomridge (Rogers, AR HS) INF participated in the Xtra Innings Classic. In High school hit .354 as a Junior and was named All Conference

Jeremy Brown (Festus, MO R-6 HS) INF Hit .390 in his Sophomore season in High School and hit .402 in his Junior Season. All District at SS, and made the All District Dream Team. Plays for Festus Post 253 in American Legion and hit .404 last season.

Daniel Jurney (Avarda, CO, Ralston Valley HS) C Hit .405 as a Junior and named All Region by Max Preps.com Slugged .476 this past season and was named All Region by the Colorado Athletic Association.

Brett Anderson (Overland Park, KS Olathe East HS) INF Named to the 2013 Rawlings Perfect Game Underclassmen Squad Hit .434 with 18 doubles as a Junior and played for the Kansas City Royals Elite Scout team this past summer. Took part in the Building Champions Baseball Academy. Posted a .531 OBP his Junior Season

Anderson is by far the star of this class.

ULM signed 7 players; however, some might not get to ULM due to the MLB draft.

Brandon Baeckel, an outfield/utility player, is currently playing at Northeastern Junior College in Sterling, Colo. Baeckel spent the fall of 2012 at Seminole Community College in Sanford, Fla., before transferring to Northeastern JC where he posted a .337 batting average with six homers to go along with 43 runs and 34 RBI. Baeckel, a native of Loveland, Colo., prepped at Mountain View High School.

JJ Bissell, a native of Denver, Colo., led all Division I Junior College programs with 15 home runs in 2013, while ranking 25th-nationally with 56 RBI. The catcher/first baseman will complete his second season at Northeastern Junior College this upcoming spring. Bissell prepped at Fossill Ridge High School and originally began his collegiate career at Texas Tech.

David Burkhalter, a senior at Ruston High School, posted an 11-1 record with a 0.93 ERA a season ago as he helped Ruston post a 30-6 record. He also finished with 117 punchouts and just 14 walks, a ratio of 8.36-to-1. Burkhalter also participated in the Area Code Games in Los Angles as well as the East-West Showcase in Syracuse, N.Y.

Chase Cater, a native of Rayville, La., will join the Warhawks after a two-year stint at Hinds Community College in Jackson, Miss. Last season, Cater posted a 3-4 record in 27 innings of work (one start) with a 5.33 ERA. He also averaged 7.33 strikeouts per contest as a rookie.

Keegan Curtis, a native of Mobile, Ala., will join the Warhawks once he concludes his prep career at Davidson High School. Last season, Curtis posted a .410 batting average as he tallied 83 hits, including 32 for extra-bases (20 doubles, four triples and eight homers). He scored 65 runs and drove in 30 to go along with 15 stolen bases. He also posted a 5-2 record on the hill, finishing with a 2.10 ERA in 70 innings on the hill. Curtis struck out 82, while walking just 22 (3:73:1 ratio).

Will Daniels, a native of Monroe, will join ULM when his prep career at St. Frederick High School comes to a close. Last season, Daniels, who batted .357, tallied eight homers (second most in the state) and finished fifth in the state with a .773 slugging percentage. He is also expected to see time on the mound during his Warhawk career.

The final Warhawk signee is Houston, Miss., native Daniel Springer. The first baseman hit 11 homers as a freshman at Mississippi Delta Community College, the fifth-highest total in the country. He finished with a .343 batting average and more than half of his hits were for extra-bases (24-of-47). He scored 36 runs during his rookie season and finished in the top 20 in slugging percentage. Prior to arriving at Mississippi Delta CC, Springer prepped at Houston High School

That's the double-edge sword that exists in baseball recruiting that doesn't exist in most sports. In football, they have to wait three years after high school, so you are good recruiting there. In basketball, they have to wait a year, but since the NBA only has 12 men on the active roster that really only affects the top of the top. SBC schools will very rarely lose a recruit after the freshman year to the pro's.

In baseball, you could lose a recruit, as the amateur draft is 50 rounds for every MLB team. UTA last year had two players drafted in the top 5 rounds, a junior outfield slugger taken in the second round and a high schooler taken in the fourth. Had he come here, we'd have been more than a 30-win, co-conference championship team last year.

On the other hand, you take a lot of Juco's you will only have them for 1-2 years and have to continually retool your team every year. That isn't a recipe for success. As far as I am concerned, baseball coaches have the toughest recruiting challenge of any NCAA sport.

I think he's a gap filler. We lost a lot of pitchers to MLB the past 2 seasons and I think it showed last season. We have way more pitchers than position players taken. Fikac (a former pro pitcher) and the recently departed coach Matlock (went to WV) are/were excellent in developing pitching talent

Georgia Southern signs 12 - Coach Hennon's staff added Logan Baldwin, Chris Brown, Spencer Duffie, Tyler Graham, Will Hudgins, Jordan Howard, Drew Kelley, Coltan Ramsey, Sid Royal, Josh Slate, Dalton Whitaker, Trevor Wood to their 2015 team.

"We got really good balance out of this class. We had 12 signees during the early period with seven of them being pitchers. Three of those are junior college pitchers and anytime you can get a good player out of the junior college ranks, he has got a little more experience and maturity coming in. All of our signees are very physical guys that have an opportunity to play big roles for us in 2015," Hennon said.

The Eagles added 11 players from Georgia and one from Florida. Five players are junior college signees and the other seven are currently finishing their final season of high school.

Bios of Signees
Logan Baldwin – LHP/OF – 6-0 – 170
Ringgold, Ga./Ringgold

Born Joshua Logan Baldwin on April 9, 1996 in Fort Oglethorpe, Ga... Son of Eddie and Jill Baldwin and Betsy and Jason Brown... Plays for head coach Brent Tucker at Ringgold High School in Ringgold, Ga... Helped the Tigers to a Region 7AAA Championship in 2012 and a AAA State Runner-Up finish that same season... Lettered four times... Also lettered in football and was named the Defensive Player of the Week as a cornerback... Played summer ball for the Southern California National Travel Team in 2013 and the Chattanooga Cyclones from 2010-12... Named Most Improved in 2011 and the Best Pitcher in 2010... Related to former Super Bowl I and II MVP and Green Bay Packers quarterback Bart Starr.

Chris Brown – RHP – 6-0 – 175
Douglasville, Ga./Chattahoochee Valley

Born Christopher Sean Brown on June 16, 1994 in Austell, Ga... Son of Cindy Gatewood and David Brown... Played for head coach Mick Harper at Chapel Hill High School... Lettered four times for the Panthers... Selected All-County as a junior and senior... Named a Superintendent Scholar at Chapel Hill... Graduated in 2012 and enrolled at Chattahoochee Valley Community College... Plays with Eagle fellow signee Coltan Ramsey for head coach Adam Thomas... Posted a 0.66 ERA and a 2-0 record with three saves in 11 games as a freshman... Father David played baseball for USC Aiken and College of Charleston.

Spencer Duffie – IF/OF – 6-1 – 185
Augusta, Ga./Middle Georgia

Born Spencer Allen Duffie on October 7, 1993 in Augusta, Ga... Son of Steven and Sherri Duffie... Played for Greenbrier High School in Evans, Ga... Hit .443 with 26 RBIs as a Sophomore... Hit .411 with 27 RBIs as a Junior and .380 with 24 RBIs as a senior... Currently attends Middle Georgia College in Cochran, Ga... Plays for head coach Paul Knight... Plays with fellow Eagle signees Tyler Graham and Drew Kelley... Played summer ball in 2013 for the Oneonta Outlaws... Team finished with a 25-15 record and a New York Collegiate Baseball League Championship... Uncle Mark Hamlin played baseball at Georgia Southern and was drafted by the Colorado Rockies in 1996.

Tyler Graham – RHP – 6-3 – 215
Powder Springs, Ga./Middle Georgia

Born Tyler Daniel Graham on July 29, 1994 in Austell, Ga... Son of Bill and Lisa Graham... Played for head coach David Richardson at Hillgrove High School in Powder Springs, Ga... Helped his team to a region 4A and 5A Championships... Lettered four times for the Hawks in baseball and also lettered in baseball... Went 4-1 with a 2.28 ERA and 36 strikeouts as a senior... Helped the team to a 29-9 record as a junior and posted a 9-1 record with a 2.51 ERA and 76 strikeouts... Currently plays for Middle Georgia State College in Cochran, Ga... Plays for head coach Paul Knight... Went 3-3 with a 3.08 ERA and 49 strikeouts as a freshman... Helped the team to a 36-12 record and a conference championship.

Will Hudgins – INF – 6-1 – 195
Dunwoody, Ga./Dunwoody

Born William Jeffrey Hudgins on August 4, 1995 in Atlanta, Ga... Son of Jim and Paige Hudgins... Plays for head coach Chan English and former Eagle Carlos Love at Dunwoody High School in Dunwoody, Ga... Selected to the Academic Honor Roll three times... Hit .375 with 27 RBIs and five home runs as a junior... Received the Dunwoody Wildcat Slugger Award... Named First Team All-County, DeKalb County All-Star, Perfect Game Honorable Mention and Georgia High School All-Star... Helped his team to a 21-5 record a birth in the state playoffs... As a freshman, helped the Wildcats to an Elite Eight appearance in the state playoffs after hitting .381 with four doubles and five RBIs... Grandfather Bill Atkins played football for Auburn and was MVP of the 1957 National Championship team... Atkins was drafted in the third round by the San Francisco 49ers and was inducted into the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame... Uncle Ace Atkins played football at Auburn and was featured on Sports Illustrated cover honoring the Tigers' 11-0 season in 1993... Brother Jake Hudgins played football at Davidson.

Jordan Howard – INF – 5-10 – 160
Stockbridge, Ga./Eagles Landing Christian Academy

Born Jordan Benjamin Howard on July 25, 1996 in Atlanta, Ga... Son of Janice and Benjamin Howard... Plays for Doug Campbell at Eagles Landing Christian Academy in McDonough, Ga... Selected to the Academic Honor Roll... The Chargers won the 2012 Regional, 2013 Regional and 2013 State Championships... Named to the Perfect Game's 2014 Rawlings Top Prospect List.

Drew Kelley – C/INF – 6-2 -196
Bainbridge, Ga./Middle Georgia College

Born Andrew Phillip Kelley on June 14, 1993 in Tallahassee, Fla... Son of Tad and Misti Kelley and Leslie Brock... Played for head coach Scott Miller at Bainbridge High School in Bainbridge, Ga. and graduated in 2011... Hit .421 with four home runs as a senior and was named first team All-Region catcher... Lettered four times and served as the team captain twice for the Bearcats... Also lettered in football twice and played tight end... Currently at Middle Georgia College in Cochran, Ga... Hit .301 with three home runs, 14 doubles and 26 RBIs as a freshman... Also led the team in on-base and slugging percentage... Helped team to a 38-13 record and a Region 17 GJCAA Championship in 2013... Uncles Joe Brock (Georgia Southwestern) and Al Kelley (Valdosta State) both pitched in college.

Coltan Ramsey – RHP – 6-3 – 165
Lawrenceville, Ga./Chattahoochee Valley

Born Keelan Coltan Ramsey on October 9, 1993 in Lawrenceville, Ga... Son of Keelan and Sharon Ramsey... Has three siblings Heather, Shaun and Chayton... Played for head coach Ryan Hanick at Peachtree Ridge High School... Named the Gwinnett Dugout Club Player of the Month for April, 2012... Named to the Gwinnett Dugout Club Senior All-Star Team in 2012... Posted a 4-4 record and a 2.72 ERA with three saves and 45 strikeouts as a senior... Graduated in 2012 and enrolled at Chattahoochee Valley Community College... Plays with fellow Eagle signee Chris Brown for head coach Adam Thomas... Posted a 3-0 record with a 2.08 ERA and one save as a freshman... Grandfather played on a state championship high school team, collegiately at Navy and was drafted by the Denver Bears.

Sid Royal – RHP – 6-2 – 185
Screven, Ga./Wayne County

Is a pitcher and third baseman for Wayne County High School... Plays for head coach Justin McDonald... A 2013 Underclass Honorable Mention by Perfect Game.

Josh Slate – P/OF – 6-0 – 160
Toccoa, Ga./Stephens County

Born Joshua Ronald Slate on July 9, 1996 in Toccoa, Ga... Son of Kenny and Selina Slate... Plays for head coach Ronnie Royston at Stephens County High School in Toccoa, Ga... A Beta Club and Honor Roll recipient... Helped the Indians to a 2013 Region 8 AAAA Co-Championship... Went 5-0 as pitcher and tossed a perfect game while averaging two strikeouts an inning as a junior... Also hit .347 that year... Also lettered in basketball as a shooting guard... Played three seasons for SEB Tiger Baseball travel team... Named a WWBA All-Tournament Pitcher and a Perfect Game All-Tournament Pitcher in 2013... Sister Bethany Slate was a four time First Team All-American Volleyball player at Toccoa Falls College in Toccoa, Ga.

Dalton Whitaker – P – 5-11 – 185
Saint Johns, Fla./Bartram Trail

Born Dalton Whitaker on January 3, 1996 in Galax, Va... Son of Steven and Vickie Whitaker... Plays for head coach Tony Sowers at Bartram Trail High School in Saint Johns, Fla... Threw a no-hitter as a freshman... Posted a 0.79 ERA as a junior and was named first team All-Conference and honorable mention All-Region after helping the Bears to a 14-8 record... Lettered three times and served as a team captain for Bartram Trail... Played travel ball for the Jacksonville Warriors (2013), Heat Baseball (2011-12) and the CBC Riverhawks (2011)... A part of the USSSA 16U National Championship team with Heat Baseball.

Trevor Wood – OF – 5-9 – 180
Dexter, Ga./Dublin

Born Trevor Wood on Sept. 18, 1995 in Dublin, Ga... Son of Bruce and Sharon Wood... Plays a mix of outfield and second base for Dublin High School and Chain Baseball... Plays for head coach Jody Pollock at Dublin High School... Bats left handed but throws right... A 2013 Underclass Honorable Mention by Perfect Game... Hit .426 with three home runs and 22 RBIs as a junior... Hit .393 with runners in scoring position... Hit .390 with three home runs as a sophomore and .362 as a freshman... Also lettered in football as a defensive back.

I was listening for Harsin news on the radio today and our baseball coach made a comment in an interview that the SBC was slowly beginning to earn more and more respect from the selection committee in terms of baseball seeding. He cited ULL as a two seed last year as a primary example.

His commentary was that with the new additions for 2014 and 2015 the league will most likely be at the point where the SBC will be considered a power league, and our top teams will have a much greater chance of a favorable NCAA seed, rather than just sweating it out to make the field.

I thought it was an interesting comment about how he sees the league. He cited the SBC's strength as a reason for ASU's different OOC schedule this year, which included respectable mid level programs, but only two games against an SEC /ACC/PAC 12 type team