Chris Harvey has skipped his last year of high school baseball at Germantown Academy in Pennsylvania to join the Vanderbilt Commodore's program.Harvey's move recalls Bryce Harper—the most famous baseball player to skip his final year of high school to expedite his college, and then professional, career.In 2009, at age 16, Harper earned his GED and skipped his last two years at Las Vegas High School to enroll early at the College of Southern Nevada. The ...

Arizona State is ineligible for the NCAA baseball post season in the 2012 season after they recently learning that their appeal had been denied.ASU was originally notified of the infractions in December of 2010 and ultimately cost Coach Pat Murphy his job. The NCAA Division I Infractions Appeals Committee upheld the infractions they received last year., along with the most of the appealed findings. Two of Arizona State's major infractions were upheld, while a third ...

Oral Roberts University plans to leave the Summit League in July 2012 to join the Southland Conference. ORU, a member of the Summit League since 1997, will move from a geographically dispersed league to one with members contained in a three-state area. The Summit League includes Oral Roberts, Nebraska-Omaha, Missouri-Kansas City, North Dakota State, South Dakota, South Dakota State, Western Illinois, Southern Utah, Oakland, Indiana-Purdue Fort Wayne and Indiana-Purdue Indianapolis.It stretches from Utah in the West, Michigan in ...

What started out as some emails back and forth between administrative staff with the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics has turned out some pretty compelling and interesting ventures.  As a former NAIA player with York College in Nebraska, my heart will always be with the school that gave me the opportunity to become a starter during my four years. The NAIA provided me an opportunity to live my dream while becoming ...

Getting into the Majors is very hard to do. Some fans may think that most of their good ole Arizona Wildcat players are just going to go there in a matter of years.  So far there are only five former Wildcats playing in the majors, seven if you want to count the two injured players. Those five players consist of one starter, one reliever, one closer, a reserve outfielder and a second baseman that just ...

The 2011 season was the dawning of a new era of Houston Cougar baseball. Long-time skipper Rayner Noble had been let go after 526 wins and eight regional appearances in his 16 seasons at the helm.In came Todd Whitting. A former assistant under Noble at UH, Whitting had most recently been an assistant under Jim Schlossnagle at TCU.While few doubt that the future is bright for the program, they took their share of lumps in ...

Hello, back-to-back national champions. Wow—I am at a loss for words. The South Carolina Gamecocks have done it again; with a 5-2 win over Florida, the Gamecocks became the 2011 College World Series National Champions. Tanner has been known to whittle down his lineup during the postseason, but using only three different starting pitchers and three relievers? One would assume that the bullpen would be strapped and unable to perform up to par. Not here. Gamecock ace pitcher ...

Often times, the team that wins the national championship is simply the team that boasts the best player from the nearly two weeks of competition in Omaha.A complete team effort is needed to come out victorious, but you almost always need that one transcendent player that will not let his team lose.Jason Windsor was that guy for Cal State Fullerton back in 2004. Same goes for Huston Street for Texas ...

It was only on three days rest, but Gamecocks starting pitcher Michael Roth threw 127 pitches in 7.2 innings of work and helped carried the team to a second straight national championship. Reliever John Taylor came in for South Carolina with one out left in the eighth inning, but never really had great control through the entire finals series. He was taken out after just two pitches and giving up one ...

Have you noticed the recurring theme? Pointing fingers, making excuses, deflecting criticism, it’s all very much en vogue. Call it the “LeBron Generation.” From the basketball player whom Scottie Pippen anointed “better than Jordan,” to Los Angeles Dodgers owner Frank McCourt, to our elected officials in Washington, everyone seems to have mastered the art of blaming their shortcomings on circumstance. Evidently Ray Tanner’s South Carolina Gamecocks didn’t get the memo. USC could have folded when ...