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Baseball Announces 2008 Fall Signees |
Wednesday, November 12, 2008 2:04pm
Baseball |
WACO, Texas -- Baylor baseball head coach Steve Smith announced the signing of eight student-athletes to National Letters of Intent Wednesday. The class is comprised entirely of current high school athletes, seven of whom are from Texas. The Bears signed four infielders, one outfielder and three left-handed pitchers.
"We are really pleased to be able to announce this class," Smith said. "This is a very good group of players, and we feel like this group will go a long way toward meeting our needs in the next year. The position players - particularly the infielders - are all athletic and versatile enough to play anywhere on the field. Obviously, we focused on left-handed pitching, and we're very pleased with what we were able to get in that area."
The following will join Baylor's baseball program in the fall of 2009: OF Tyler Collins (Trophy Club, Texas; Justin Northwest HS), LHP Zackry Dodson (LaCoste, Texas; Medina Valley HS), LHP Taylor Eikenberry (Rock Falls, Ill.; Rock Falls HS), IF Lawton Langford (Uvalde, Texas; Uvalde HS), IF Jake Miller (Houston, Texas; Stratford HS), IF Max Muncy (Keller, Texas; Keller HS), LHP Josh Turley (Texarkana, Texas; Texas HS) and IF Logan
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Five Bears on Baseball America Top Prospects List |
Tuesday, November 4, 2008 8:55pm
Baseball |
WACO, Texas — Five Baylor baseball student-athletes were listed on Baseball America’s Top 100 Prospects ranking for the 2009 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft. The list is specific to college players and focuses only on players who will be eligible to be drafted next June. Baylor had more players on the list than any other school.
Junior right-handed pitcher Kendal Volz was ranked as the nation’s sixth-best prospect, while redshirt sophomore right-handers Shawn Tolleson and Craig Fritsch were 22nd and 37th, respectively. Junior right fielder Aaron Miller was the 62nd-rated prospect, and junior first
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Baseball to Work Hurricane Relief |
Tuesday, November 4, 2008 8:50pm
Baseball |
WACO, Texas — Baylor baseball student-athletes, coaches and support staff members will spend the weekend of Nov. 7-9 working with the Christians Organized for Relief Efforts (C.O.R.E.) Alliance in League City, Texas, doing relief work in areas devastated by Hurricane Ike in early September.
Baylor baseball will be involved in various outreach and relief efforts, including house cleaning, tree/debris removal, sheetrock and flooring removal and
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Baseball Announces 2009 Schedule |
Wednesday, October 22, 2008 5:44pm
Baseball |
WACO, Texas -- Baylor baseball head coach Steve Smith announced the program's 2009 schedule Tuesday. The 52-game slate features 32 home games, including 15 Big 12 Conference games. The Bears also host South Alabama, UAB and UC Irvine for the fourth-annual QTI Classic at Baylor Ballpark. Baylor leaves the state of Texas only three times and does not play any non-conference games outside the Lone Star State.
The 2009 season begins for all Division I teams the weekend of Feb. 20-22. Baylor opens at home, hosting Pacific for a three-game series. Following midweek games against BYU (Feb. 23) and Houston Baptist (Feb. 25), the Bears travel to Houston for the 2009 Houston College Classic, hosted by the Houston Astros at Minute Maid Park. Baylor faces Houston, UCLA and Rice in the ninth-annual event that is one of the nation's premiere in-season tournaments.
Baylor and Texas again will play a non-conference midweek game this season; the Bears travel to Disch-Falk Field in Austin March 11. The following weekend (March 13-15), Baylor begins Big 12 play with the annual split-series against Texas A&M. The Bears host the Aggies for the Friday
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Baseball, Caritas Coordinate Food Drive |
Thursday, October 9, 2008 6:53pm
Baseball |
WACO, Texas — Baylor baseball and Caritas-Waco will join forces for a food dive in conjunction with Sunday’s fall scrimmage against Texas at Baylor Ballpark. First pitch is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. CDT. Admission is free.
Fans attending the game are asked to bring non-perishable food donations, which will go directly to the Caritas-Waco food bank. Specific foods Caritas-Waco especially request are canned meats (tuna, salmon, chicken, etc.), cereal and pasta. For more information on Caritas-
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