College: On Campus

Life Experiences Lend San Diego Aces Perspective
Apr. 13, 2010
When you've sprinted through a raging fire at 13,000 feet en route to the summit of Kilimanjaro, or worked at an orphanage in South Africa for children of AIDS victims, or built houses for the poor with Habitat for Humanity in Honduras, giving up a game-winning home run doesn't seem like such a big deal. San Diego co-aces Kyle Blair and Sammy Solis have had those experiences, and then some. [...] Continue Reading »

Midseason Player Of The Year: Drew Pomeranz
Apr. 8, 2010
Our College Midseason Player of the Year Drew Pomeranz loves the craft of pitching. Hitters don't love facing him. [...] Continue Reading »

Midseason College All-Americans
Apr. 8, 2010
Our picks for the top college players through the midpoint of the 2010 season. [...] Continue Reading »

College Midseason Report
Apr. 8, 2010
At the midpoint of college baseball's 14-week regular season, let's take a one-week hiatus from the standard Weekend Preview format. Instead, we present our Midseason Report, a look at the top performers and biggest stories of the first half of the season, plus a peek ahead to the second half. [...] Continue Reading »

Midseason College Grades
Apr. 8, 2010
Here's a look at how the teams in Baseball America's preseason Top 25 have fared in the first half of the season. [...] Continue Reading »

Another Elite ACC Backstop
Apr. 6, 2010
In the past three years, the Atlantic Coast Conference has produced three catchers drafted among baseball's top five picks: Tony Sanchez in 2009, Buster Posey in 2008 and Matt Wieters in '07. This year, the ACC assembly line has cranked out another standout catcher (though not a projected top-five pick): Miami junior Yasmani Grandal, a 6-foot-2, 210-pound switch-hitter with a power stroke. [...] Continue Reading »

Flame-Throwing Bettis Still Growing Into Role Of Ace
Mar. 24, 2010
Texas Tech coach Dan Spencer has no doubt that Red Raiders junior righthander Chad Bettis will pitch in the major leagues. For him, it's a question of when, not if. Tulane coach Rick Jones, who coached Bettis last summer with Team USA, thinks he has a pretty good idea when. [...] Continue Reading »

Wunderlich Passes Test After Test For Louisville
Mar. 16, 2010
Phil Wunderlich provides a fearsome lefthanded power presence in the middle of Louisville's lineup. Through 15 games in 2010, Wunderlich is hitting .371/.420/.758 with a team-leading six homers and 21 RBIs. Just moments after he smacked a walk-off homer against Minnesota in the Big Ten/Big East Challenge, McDonnell said Wunderlich still wasn't quite 100 percent recovered from his offseason shoulder injury and still had not found his stride offensively. Wunderlich credited trainer Pat Hassell with getting him healthy enough to play. [...] Continue Reading »

Underdog Bibona Is Getting Better All The Time
Mar. 10, 2010
By now, Daniel Bibona has been amazingly consistent for UC Irvine, but even after turning in an All-America junior season last year, Bibona is finding ways to improve his game. [...] Continue Reading »

Gallaudet's Newfound Pride
Mar. 3, 2010
Curtis Pride, the hero of every deaf baseball player, has been a perfect fit as the new coach at Division III Gallaudet. [...] Continue Reading »

On Campus: Jarrett Parker
Mar. 2, 2010
Junior outfielder Jarrett Parker of top-ranked Virginia has parlayed his physical maturity into a blossoming college career and is poised to be a first-round pick in the 2010 draft. [...] Continue Reading »

NCAA Questionaire Signals A New Crackdown
Oct. 2, 2009
ut as the money increases and the draft becomes a prime financial battleground, the signs are pointing toward an attempted NCAA crackdown on agents. [...] Continue Reading »

NCAA Proposes Ban On Composite Barrels
Jul. 23, 2009
Two years of increased offense and radar-gun readings of increased bat performance have prompted the NCAA to propose banning composite-barreled bats, which can be tampered with by a process called "bat rolling." [...] Continue Reading »

Growing Up
May. 22, 2009
The Jorge Reyes who takes the mound for Oregon State every Sunday this year looks pretty much like the same guy who rode the magic carpet all around Rosenblatt Stadium two years ago. But this is not the same bony, innocent kid who jumped off the potato truck in rural Warden, Wash., and charmed College World Series fans on his way to winning the 2007 CWS Most Outstanding Player award.
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Conference Tournament Capsules
May. 20, 2009
Previewing all of the Division I college conference tournaments that begin Tuesday. [...] Continue Reading »

Projected Field of 64
May. 13, 2009
Aaron Fitt's latest projection of the NCAA tournament field. [...] Continue Reading »

Stay Close
May. 12, 2009
Tony Sanchez was ignored as a prospect coming out of high school, but he's getting plenty of attention now. [...] Continue Reading »

Mr. Clutch
May. 5, 2009
When White, a first-team preseason All-American, got off to a slow start as a junior this spring, there was no cause for alarm. After all, he started slow in 2008, too, and by the end of the season he was the nation's most dominant pitcher. [...] Continue Reading »

Bulking Up
Apr. 29, 2009
For Kyle Gibson, facing a bases-loaded jam isn't as tough a challenge as getting enough to eat. [...] Continue Reading »

Projecting The Field
Apr. 28, 2009
Aaron Fitt predicts how the NCAA tournament field will shape up when it's announced. [...] Continue Reading »

A Whole New Level
Apr. 21, 2009
Arizona State's Mike Leake has proven to be one of the most dominant pitchers in the country. [...] Continue Reading »

What An Athlete
Apr. 15, 2009
Jared Mitchell, a third-team preseason All-America outfielder, keeps the Tigers on their toes during games, too. They never know when Mitchell will do something to electrify the dugout and make everyone in purple and gold leap to their feet.
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Projected Field Of 64
Apr. 14, 2009
Our first prediction of how the NCAA field will shape up. [...] Continue Reading »

Making An Impact
Apr. 10, 2009
Stephen Strasburg, our midseason player of the year, has been piling up strikeouts this year, but he also hopes to leave a lasting legacy at San Diego State. [...] Continue Reading »

Midseason All-America Team
Apr. 10, 2009
Our selections for College All-Americans at the midpoint of the 2009 season. [...] Continue Reading »

College Midseason Update
Apr. 10, 2009
Eight weeks into the college baseball season, here's a look at the top players, pitchers and coaches of the first half of the season. [...] Continue Reading »

Miami Star Gets Defensive
Mar. 31, 2009
Miami shortstop Ryan Jackson does his best to work on the weakness he knows (and scouts know) he has. [...] Continue Reading »

Smart Switch
Mar. 24, 2009
In his three-year football career at Patrick Henry High in Hamler, Ohio, Marc Krauss collected 46 receiving touchdowns and 3,460 career receiving yards, totals that place him among the top five in each category today. He even got it done with the leg, converting 171 extra points, a total that still ranks among the top 10. But amidst being courted by college football recruiters, Krauss was toying with the idea of leaving the gridiron altogether. [...] Continue Reading »

The Finisher
Mar. 17, 2009
When Jason Stoffel takes the mound in a close game, with AC/DC's "Hell's Bells" blaring in the background, his face is the picture of intensity, framed by a thick, red goatee. No closer in the nation is more feared than Arizona's flamethrowing junior righthander, the school's all-time saves leader with 23. [...] Continue Reading »

Strong Start
Mar. 10, 2009
Pitching prospect Kendal Volz is on a roll for Baylor. [...] Continue Reading »