University of Southern Mississippi Athletics
2010 Baseball Signing Class Ranked No. 21 Nationally
9/17/2009 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
Sept. 17, 2009
HATTIESBURG, Miss. - For the second consecutive season the Southern Miss baseball program reeled in a top 25 recruiting class with a No. 21 ranking for the 2010 signing class announced today by Collegiate Baseball Magazine.
"I think this is a real credit to where our program is," head coach Scott Berry said. "We have been able to get a lot more interest out of different kids from all over the country with the consistency our program has had over the past seven seasons and especially with the exposure we gained from going to Omaha last year."
The No. 21 ranking this season is the second time in school history that the Golden Eagles have received recognition for their signing class.
The 2009 class was ranked 23rd by Collegiate Baseball Magazine and included several players that were key cogs in the teams amazing run to Omaha such as Joey Archer, Kameron Brunty, Travis Graves, Tyler Koelling, Cody Schlagel, B A Vollmuth and Taylor Walker among others.
In only his second year with the Golden Eagles assistant coach Chad Caillet has led the Golden Eagles efforts in back-to-back top 25 recruiting classes.
"I think it is also a credit to Coach Caillet, who is our recruiting coordinator, and all his hard work that he puts into our program," Berry added.
The 2010 class features 16 new faces, nine of which are true freshman. Six of the junior college players will transfer in as a junior while one will be only a sophomore.
The Golden Eagles were able to fight off the Major League draft to keep freshmen Geoffrey Thomas and Chase Fowler along with junior college transfer Marc Bourgeois who were all selected in June's draft but chose to enroll at Southern Miss rather than turn professional.
Thomas, a RHP from Stone Mountain, Georgia was selected in the 12th round by the Houston Astros and Fowler, a catcher from out of Cumming, Ga. was taken in the 16th round by the Cincinnati Reds.
Bourgeois, an outfielder from Chipola Junior College was drafted in the 42nd round by the Minnesota Twins.
2009 NCAA Div. I Recruiting Results. 1. Florida 2. Arizona St. 3. Louisiana St. 4. Central Florida 5. Cal. St. Fullerton 6. Kentucky 7. Texas Christian 8. Vanderbilt 9. Miami, Fla. 10. Virginia Stanford 12. Texas 13. Nebraska 14. North Carolina 15. Mississippi St. 16. Rice 17. Oklahoma St. 18. Mississippi 19. Wichita St. 20. Georgia 21. Southern Mississippi 22. Florida St. 23. Oklahoma 24. California 25. Oregon St. 26. Oregon 27. Clemson 28. Louisville 29. San Diego 30. South Carolina 31. U.C. Irvine 32. Missouri 33. UCLA 34. Tennessee 35. Georgia Tech. 36. Texas A&M 37. Georgia Southern 38. Texas Tech. 39. Arkansas 40. Cal. St. Northridge Long Beach St.
Other Top Recruiting Classes: San Jose St., Fresno St., Arizona, Southern Califor¬nia, Notre Dame, Hawaii, Bradley, South Florida, Tulane, Alabama, N.C. State, San Diego St., College of Charleston, Florida International, Santa Clara, Lamar, Middle Tennessee St., Oral Roberts, St. John's, U.C. Riverside, Dallas Baptist, Jacksonville, Washington, Pepperdine, Houston, Virginia Commonwealth, Michigan, Ohio St., Min¬nesota, Georgia St., Central Michigan, West Virginia, Kent St., Louisiana-Monroe, South Alabama, VMI, N.C. Charlotte, LeMoyne, Stetson, Wake Forest, Gonzaga, Creighton, Troy, Auburn, East Carolina, Baylor, Cal. Poly SLO, Connecticut, Maine, Nevada-Las Vegas, Florida Atlantic, New Mexico, Illinois St., Liberty, U.C. Santa Bar¬bara, Arkansas St., Arkansas-Little Rock, Samford, Butler.
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