2007 USA
National Team Roster Announced
USA Baseball has announced the
22-man roster of players that will represent the USA on the USA
National Team for international competition during the summer of
2007. The official press release follows the roster below...
|
FIRST |
LAST |
POS |
CL |
COLLEGE |
HOMETOWN |
ST |
|
Pedro |
Alvarez |
IF |
So. |
Vanderbilt |
New York |
NY |
|
Ryan |
Berry |
RHP |
Fr. |
Rice |
Humble |
TX |
|
Jordan |
Danks |
OF |
So. |
Texas |
Round Rock |
TX |
|
Danny |
Espinosa |
IF |
So. |
Long Beach State |
Santa Ana |
CA |
|
Ryan |
Flaherty |
IF/OF |
So. |
Vanderbilt |
Portland |
ME |
|
Logan |
Forsythe |
IF/OF |
So. |
Arkansas |
Memphis |
TN |
|
Brett |
Hunter |
RHP |
So. |
Pepperdine |
Moorpark |
CA |
|
Roger |
Kieschnick |
OF |
So. |
Texas Tech |
Rockwall |
TX |
|
Lance |
Lynn |
RHP |
So. |
Ole Miss |
Brownsburg |
IN |
|
Brian |
Matusz |
LHP |
So. |
University of San Diego |
Cave Creek |
AZ |
|
Tommy |
Medica |
C |
Fr. |
Santa Clara |
San Jose |
CA |
|
Jordy |
Mercer |
RHP/IF |
So. |
Oklahoma State |
Taloga |
OK |
|
Preston |
Paramore |
C |
So. |
Arizona State |
Allen |
TX |
|
Josh |
Romanski |
LHP/OF |
So. |
University of San Diego |
Corona |
CA |
|
Tyson |
Ross |
RHP |
So. |
California |
Oakland |
CA |
|
Cody |
Satterwhite |
RHP |
So. |
Ole Miss |
Jackson |
MS |
|
Justin |
Smoak |
IF |
So. |
South Carolina |
Goose Creek |
SC |
|
Jacob |
Thompson |
RHP |
So. |
Virgina |
Danville |
VA |
|
Brett |
Wallace |
IF/OF |
So. |
Arizona State |
Sonoma |
CA |
|
Jemile |
Weeks |
IF |
So. |
Miami FL |
Altamonte Springs |
FL |
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2007 USA
BASEBALL NATIONAL TEAM ROSTER ANNOUNCED
Selection of 9 more players fills out the 20-man roster for the Pan
Am Games
DURHAM,
NC
– USA Baseball announced today the names of the final 9 members of
the 2007 USA Baseball National Team. The players announced today,
along with the 11 players previously announced, will form the 2007
USA Baseball National Team. Two of the players just completed their
freshman season while the remaining 18 wrapped-up their sophomore
campaign.
"It
has been a challenging and exciting past 9 months as we identified
and evaluated the top non-draft eligible collegiate players in the
country for this program,” said Eric
Campbell, USA Baseball General Manager, National
Teams. “We are very pleased with how the final roster has come
together over the past couple of weeks, and it is always rewarding
for our staff to see the strong mix of USA Baseball alumni who were
selected.”
Six
of the players who have accepted invitations to join the 2007 USA
Baseball National Team have previous international experience with
the organization. Three of those players were members of the 2006
USA Baseball National Team including, Roger Kieshnick (OF, Texas
Tech), whose selection was announced today, and Pedro Alvarez (IF,
Vanderbilt) and Jemile Weeks (IF,
Miami
FL) who were announced in May.
Other alumni joining Kieschnick, Alvarez and Weeks on the roster
will be Danny Espinosa (2003 USA Baseball Youth National Team),
Tommy Medica (2006 USA Baseball Junior National Team), and Tyson
Ross (2004 and 2005 USA Baseball Junior National Teams).
"I'm
really excited to get out there again. It's a great honor to play
for USA Baseball, and I am looking forward to playing with a lot of
other good players,” said Danny Espinosa. “It feels great to put on
the USA
jersey. Nothing can explain playing for your country. Until you put
on that jersey, you don't realize how much of an honor it is and how
much pride you have behind you."
The
2007 USA Baseball National Team will open its season in the New
England Collegiate Baseball League (NECBL) in preparation for four
international series and two international events this summer. Team
USA will play in the Pan Am Games in
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
and the World Port Tournament in The Netherlands. The USA Baseball
National Team will also host the 36th Annual USA vs.
Japan Collegiate Championship Series and an Inaugural Friendship
Series versus the Chinese National Team.
Listed below is the 2007 USA Baseball National Team Roster:
|
First Name |
Last Name |
Position |
Year |
School |
Hometown |
|
Pedro |
Alvarez |
IF |
So. |
Vanderbilt |
New York,
NY |
|
Ryan |
Berry |
RHP |
Fr. |
Rice |
Humble, TX |
|
Jordan |
Danks |
OF |
So. |
Texas |
Round Rock, TX |
|
Danny |
Espinosa |
IF |
So. |
Long Beach
State |
Santa Ana,
CA |
|
Ryan |
Flaherty |
IF/OF |
So. |
Vanderbilt |
Portland,
ME |
|
Logan |
Forsythe |
IF/OF |
So. |
Arkansas |
Memphis,
TN |
|
Brett |
Hunter |
RHP |
So. |
Pepperdine |
Moorpark,
CA |
|
Roger |
Kieschnick |
OF |
So. |
Texas
Tech |
Rockwall,
TX |
|
Lance |
Lynn |
RHP |
So. |
Ole Miss |
Brownsburg,
IN |
|
Brian |
Matusz |
LHP |
So. |
University
of San Diego |
Cave Creek,
AZ |
|
Tommy |
Medica |
C |
Fr. |
Santa Clara |
San Jose,
CA |
|
Jordy |
Mercer |
RHP/IF |
So. |
Oklahoma
State |
Taloga,
OK |
|
Preston |
Paramore |
C |
So. |
Arizona
State |
Allen,
TX |
|
Josh |
Romanski |
LHP/OF |
So. |
University
of San Diego |
Corona,
CA |
|
Tyson |
Ross |
RHP |
So. |
California |
Oakland,
CA |
|
Cody |
Satterwhite |
RHP |
So. |
Ole Miss |
Jackson,
MS |
|
Justin |
Smoak |
IF |
So. |
South Carolina |
|
