Feb.
2,
2012
Lineup Card
Lineup Card is a current feature on CollegeBaseballInsider.com, highlighting news and notes from around
college baseball.
Feb. 1-5, 2012
Saint Joseph’s will play on campus this season
for the first time in more than 50 years.
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Jan. 23-31, 2012:
The Big 12 will have six games televised on Fox
Sports Net.
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Jan. 16-22, 2012:
Junior catcher Mike Zunino was named a recipient
of the 2011 Ben Hill Griffin Award, to recognize the top male
student-athlete at Florida.
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Jan. 9-15, 2012:
Former Indiana governor Joe Kernan will receive
the 2012 Moose Krause Distinguished Service Award.
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Jan. 1-8, 2012:
Brandon Harris will be one of eight former
William and Mary standouts to be inducted into the 2012 Tribe
Athletics Hall of Fame.
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Dec. 12-31, 2011: Jay Sullenger, associate head coach at James
Madison, has resigned to pursue new opportunities.
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Dec. 1-11, 2011:
Georgia Tech sophomore Colby Wren was recently
featured on CNN’s The Human Factor, speaking about a
genetic mitochondrial disease.
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Nov. 14-30, 2011: BYU
defeated the Ranger club team 8-2 Tuesday in its second game in
the Dominican Republic.
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Nov. 7-13, 2011:
Ed Sprague has received a contract extension
through June of 2017 at Pacific.
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Nov. 1-6, 2011:
Jack Giese has been named pitching coach at
Oklahoma.
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Oct. 24-31, 2011:
Stony Brook had a ribbon-cutting ceremony
Saturday morning at Joe Nathan Field.
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Oct. 17-23, 2011:
Cal State Fullerton completed a two-game fall
scrimmage sweep at Vanderbilt.
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Oct. 10-16, 2011:
Wally Ritchie has been hired as pitching coach at
BYU.
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Oct. 1-9, 2011:
Houston will host Rice for a 14-inning fall
scrimmage on Sunday, Oct. 9, at 1 p.m. at Cougar Field.
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Sept. 26-30, 2011:
Cal State Fullerton will host a free youth clinic
for children 13 and younger prior to its Family Fun Day
scrimmage at Goodwin Field on Nov. 19.
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Sept. 19-25, 2011:
Rick Oliveri has been added to the staff at
Monmouth.
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Sept. 12-18, 2011:
Team USA U18 defeated UNC Wilmington 9-2 Saturday
in exhibition action at Brooks Field.
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Sept. 1-11, 2011:
John Duffy and Brian Meagher have returned to La
Salle as members of Mike Lake’s staff.
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August 22-31, 2011:
Former Nebraska assistant Eric Newman has been
named head coach at UC San Diego.
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August 15-21, 2011:
Travis Beazley has been named pitching coach at
VMI.
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August 8-14, 2011:
Tag Montague has been hired as an assistant coach
at Richmond.
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August 1-7, 2011:
David Esquer has agreed to a new five-year
contract as head coach at California.
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July 25-31, 2011:
Clemson head coach Jack Leggett has signed a new
five-year contract through the 2016 season.
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July 18-24, 2011:
The Cape Cod League All-Stars were announced on
Friday, July 22. Stony Brook leads the way with three players.
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July 11-17, 2011:
San Francisco head coach Nino Giarrantano
recently donated a kidney to his father.
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July 1-10, 2011:
Temple appears to be closing in on its choice to
replace Rob Valli as baseball coach.
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June 1-30, 2011:
The Colonial Athletic Association has increased
its tournament field from four to six, beginning with the 2012
championship.
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May 23-31, 2011:
Associate head coach David Grewe has resigned at
LSU.
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May 16-22, 2011:
Arkansas freshman infielder Dominic Ficociello
has been named to the USA Baseball Collegiate National Team.
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May 9-15, 2011:
Belmont will join the Ohio Valley Conference for the 2012-13
academic year.
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May 1-8, 2011:
VCU head coach Paul Keyes has received a
three-game suspension per NCAA rules for physical abuse of an
umpire.
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April 18-30, 2011:
Richmond freshman shortstop Mike Small suffered a
leg injury on Wednesday at Virginia and will require
season-ending surgery.
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April 11-17, 2011:
Johnathan Taylor of Georgia continues his
rehabilitation at the Shepherd Center in Atlanta.
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April 1-10, 2011:
Baseball will remain at the University of
California, Berkeley.
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March 28-31, 2011:
Prior to its Big East series at Georgetown, the
Cincinnati Bearcats visited Walter Reed Army
Medical Center in Washington, D.C.
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March 21-27, 2011:
Ken Henderson, interim head coach at SIU, has been suspended for three games by the
MVC for bumping an umpire, per NCAA rules.
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March 14-20, 2011:
UNC will partner
with the UNC Lineberger Cancer Center for the second annual UNC
BaseBald for the Cure on April 2.
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March 1-13, 2011: Portland will continue its series at Hawaii after being evacuated from its hotel due
to a tsunami warning following the earthquake in Japan.
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Feb. 21-28, 2011: Garrett Bayliff, Wichita State sophomore
outfielder, dislocated his right ankle causing a fracture in his
right fibula on a steal attempt on Saturday.
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Feb. 14-20, 2011:
Because of forecasted inclement weather in
Southern California, several games have changed start times for
Friday.
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Feb. 7-13, 2011:
Nearly 250 people participated in the “Do It For
Duffy” 5K Run/Walk on Saturday morning at Mississippi State.
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Feb. 1-6, 2011:
Despite snow over most of the outfield and foul
territory, Kansas held a scrimmage on Saturday afternoon at
Hoglund Ballpark.
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Jan. 24-31, 2011:
Texas topped the UT Alumni 6-3 at UFCU
Disch-Falk Field. Cal State Fullerton defeated the Titan Alumni
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Jan. 17-23, 2011:
Kansas State has named former Kansas assistant
John Szefc as Associate Head Coach and he will be the team’s
hitting coach.
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Jan. 10-16, 2011:
Rob Childress, entering his sixth season as head
coach at Texas A&M, received a contract extension through the
2015 season.
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Jan. 1-9, 2011:
The Metrodome will not be available to Minnesota
during February and March.
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Dec. 20-31, 2010:
Former Towson standout Casper Wells will be
recognized on Feb. 5 at halftime of the Tigers men’s basketball
game with Georgia State.
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Dec. 13-19, 2010:
Mark Kingston of Illinois State will
receive the college Coach of the Year award at the 2011 Pitch &
Hit Club of Chicago awards evening.
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Dec. 6-12, 2010:
During the fall, Fresno State has been involved
in community service.
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Dec. 1-5, 2010:
San Francisco coach Nino Giarratano has been
named the four-year college Coach of the Year by the Northern
California Scouts Association.
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Nov. 22-30, 2010:
Marc MacMillan has been hired as an assistant
coach at Arkansas-Pine Bluff.
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Nov. 15-21, 2010:
Former Texas A&M All-American hurler Barret Loux
has signed a professional contract with the Texas Rangers.
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Nov. 8-14, 2010:
Garrett Wittels will carry his 56-game hit streak
into the 2011 season and ESPN will televise FIU’s first weekend
series.
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Nov. 1-7, 2010:
Former UCLA star Ron Roenicke was hired as
manager of the Milwaukee Brewers, the first former Bruin to
manage a big league club.
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Oct. 25-31, 2010:
Former VCU standout Brandon Inge was named Marvin Miller Man of the Year in
the Major League Baseball Players Choice Awards.
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Oct. 18-24, 2010:
Kirk McConnell has been named volunteer assistant
at Ole Miss.
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Oct. 11-17, 2010:
Texas fell behind 5-0 after four innings before
rallying for a 7-5 exhibition win over Vanderbilt in 12 innings
at UFCU Disch-Falk Field.
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Oct. 1-10, 2010:
Tony Gwynn, head coach at San Diego State and a
member of the MLB Hall of Fame, has been
diagnosed with cancer of a salivary gland.
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Sept. 20-30, 2010:
Curtis Brown has been promoted to associate head
coach at Georgetown.
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Sept. 13-19, 2010:
Rick Rembielak will be the volunteer assistant at
Georgia Tech.
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Sept. 6-12, 2010:
Cal State Fullerton announced staff changes.
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Sept. 1-5, 2010:
Chris Pollard has received a three-year contract
extension as head coach at Appalachian State.
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August 23-31, 2010:
P.J. Finigan has been hired as pitching coach at
his alma mater, Southern Illinois.
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August 16-22, 2010:
Chuck Ristano has been hired as the volunteer
assistant at Notre Dame.
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August 9-15, 2010:
Ash Lawson has been hired as an assistant coach
and recruiting coordinator at Tennessee.
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August 1-8, 2010:
Former Kentucky outfielder Keenan Wiley has
signed a free agent contract with the Atlanta Braves.
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July 26-31, 2010:
Infielder Jimmy Roesinger of Dayton became just
the second player in Coastal Plain League history to play all
nine positions in one game.
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July 19-25, 2010:
Terry Sisisky, the former radio voice of the
Virginia Commonwealth University Rams, passed away on July 22
from cancer at the age of 58.
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July 12-18, 2010: George Springer of Connecticut had three hits,
including two doubles, as Team USA completed a five-game sweep of Korea.
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July 1-11, 2010: Former Major League All-Star Darin Erstad has
returned to his alma mater, Nebraska, as an assistant coach.
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June 21-30, 2010: Derek Dietrich of Georgia Tech has been named the
2010 ACC Baseball Scholar-Athlete of the Year.
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June 7-20, 2010:
CBI’s Sean Ryan recently appeared twice on Tim
Brando’s radio show on Sporting News Radio.
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June 1-6, 2010:
Louisville head coach Dan McDonnell has been
suspended for three games for his confrontation with an umpire
on
May 29.
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May 17-30, 2010:
Cal State Fullerton junior outfielder Gary Brown
has been sidelined by a broken finger on his left hand.
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May 10-16, 2010:
The 2010 Academic All-District Baseball Teams
have been released through the College Sports Information
Directors of America.
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May 1-9, 2010:
The College World Series Legends Team has been
announced.
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April 19-30, 2010:
Sean Ryan, co-founder of
CollegeBaseballInsider.com, was featured recently in an AP
story.
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April 12-18, 2010: Air Force head coach Mike Hutcheon has resigned
effective at the end of this season.
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April 1-11, 2010:
Mike Leake, former All-American hurler at Arizona
State, made his Major League and professional debut on
April 11 for the Cincinnati Reds.
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March 22-31, 2010: Nebraska pitcher Mike Nesseth will miss the rest
of the 2010 season with an elbow injury.
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March 15-21, 2010:
LSU will wear green on St. Patrick’s Day for its 6:30 p.m. home
game against Nicholls State at Alex Box Stadium.
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March 8-14, 2010:
There are 95 nominees for the College World
Series Legends Team, to be honored this year at the
final CWS at Rosenblatt Stadium.
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March 1-7, 2010:
The Greater Wichita Area Sports Commission
announced the official watch list for the 2010 Johnny Bench
Award.
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Feb. 22-28, 2010:
Florida and Florida State were both postponed on
Friday due to snow.
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Feb. 15-21, 2010:
Bradley’s two-game series this weekend at
Illinois has been cancelled due to snow and below-average
temperatures.
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Feb. 8-14, 2010:
James Madison has cancelled its season-opening
home series with Marist on Feb. 19-21 due to recent heavy
snowfalls.
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Feb. 1-7, 2010:
South Carolina sophomore outfielder Jackie
Bradley Jr. will miss four to eight weeks with a broken right
hand.
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Jan. 25-31, 2010:
Cal State Fullerton and Texas each defeated its
alumni team on Saturday.
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Jan. 18-24, 2010:
The Texas A&M-Corpus Christi baseball program
will join the Corpus Christi PAL on the
rebuilding and clean up of a youth baseball field.
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Jan. 11-17, 2010:
Texas will hold its annual Fan Appreciation Day
and Alumni Game at Disch-Falk Field on Jan. 30.
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Jan. 1-10, 2010:
Head coach Dave Serrano recently talked about the
outlook for the 2010 Cal State Fullerton Titans.
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Dec. 16-31, 2009:
Former LSU third baseman Derek Helenihi has
signed a free-agent contract with the Chicago Cubs and will join
the team for spring training.
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Dec. 1-15, 2009:
LSU
head coach Paul Mainieri participated in the annual Tree of Life
ceremony at Ochsner Medical Center in Baton Rouge on Dec. 10.
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Nov. 16-30, 2009:
The Georgia Tech baseball team will help raise
money for injured Georgia freshman Chance Veazey.
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Nov. 1-15, 2009:
Full-tournament passes are now on sale for the
2010 ACC Baseball Championships, May 26-30 at
Greensboro’s NewBridge Bank Park.
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Oct. 26-31, 2009: A jury in Lewis and Clark County, Montana, ruled
against aluminum bat maker Hillerich & Bradsby Co. in a civil
suit over the death of Miles City American Legion pitcher
Brandon Patch in a 2003 game in Helena.
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Oct. 19-25, 2009:
Steven Sultzbaugh and Diego Seastrunk combined
for seven RBI as host Rice defeated Texas State 14-6 in
exhibition action at Reckling Park.
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Oct. 12-18, 2009:
Troy swept a doubleheader from the Ontario Blue
Jays on Sunday, Oct. 18, winning 6-3 and 20-2.
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Oct. 5-11, 2009:
Cleveland State
announced its new home will be at All Pro Freight Stadium in
Avon, Ohio, for the next two years.
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Oct. 1-4, 2009:
National champion LSU went to Washington, D.C.,
on Sept. 30.
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Sept. 21-30, 2009:
Hartford will name its baseball facility
Fiondella Field after Robert Fiondella and his family.
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Sept. 14-20, 2009:
Ascension
Parish President Tommy Martinez has declared Thursday, Sept. 17
will be Paul Mainieri Day in the Louisiana Parish.
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Sept. 7-13, 2009:
Jedd Soto has received a three-year contract
extension as head coach at Saint Mary’s through the 2012 season.
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Sept. 1-6, 2009:
Kansas State has given head coach Brad Hill a new four-year
contract through the 2013 season.
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August
24-31, 2009: Marty Lees has been promoted to associate head
coach at Oregon State.
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August
17-23, 2009: Kentucky left-hander James Paxton will
return for his senior season.
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August
10-16, 2009: Former Auburn pitcher Brent Schoening passed away
on August 16 after a lengthy battle with leukemia.
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August
1-9, 2009: Duke senior Nate Freiman was named
ACC Baseball Scholar-Athlete of the Year and headlined the
All-ACC Academic Baseball Team.
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July
27-31, 2009:
Former Charlotte catcher Kris Rochelle has
been hired at his alma mater as an assistant coach.
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July
20-26, 2009:
Former UAB pitcher James Oliver has received an
NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship.
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July
13-19, 2009:
Virginia Tech head coach Pete Hughes has agreed
to a contract extension through the 2014 season.
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July 6-12, 2009:
LSU outfielder/DH Blake Dean will return for his
senior season.
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July 1-5, 2009:
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee head coach
Scott Doffek has signed a new three-year contract.
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