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OMAHA, Neb. – Head Creighton baseball coach Ed Servais announced today the official hiring of Craig Moore as the newest Bluejay baseball assistant coach, taking over for Brent Alwine, who accepted a similar position at Western Michigan. A native of Fremont, Neb., Moore comes to Creighton following a four-year stint as head coach at Western Texas College in Snyder, Texas. Moore will work primarily with the outfielders and hitters.
All-American Alex Dickerson recently sat down with the Indiana Media Relations staff to discuss his Team USA experience this summer, his teammates and the upcoming fall. Dickerson was named an All-American in several publications in 2010 after hitting .419 with 24 homers and 75 RBI. You can check out the full interview with Alex below.
The New York Times recently took a look at all the top athletic programs in the country looking in depth at the athletic program at the University of Florida. They have seen a major boost to athletic funding over the last couple of years including building a 15 million dollar women’s lacrosse facility that hadn’t played a game yet. Foley is the same guy that fired current Arizona head coach Andy who averaged 40 victories a season over seven seasons, winning two Southeastern Conference championships and appearing in five N.C.A.A. tournaments and two College World Series. He also fired Pat McMahon after going 202-113-1 in six seasons including an appearance in the 2005 CWS Championship Series.
Tampa Bay Rays manager Joe Maddon was honored by Lafayette with an Honorary Doctorate degree on Thursday night. Maddon dropped out of Lafayette 35 years ago and ended up working his way up to being the manager of the Tampa Bay Rays. He was originally recruited as a football player but ended up being a two sport athlete as he starred on the baseball diamond at second base.
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Greg Sullivan, who spent four seasons as the head coach at Newbury College, has been named an assistant coach for the Boston College baseball team.
Sullivan comes from Wofford College where he was recently named an assistant coach in June.
Royals top prospect Mike Moustakas hit the last homer in Rosenblatt Stadium’s baseball history on Thursday night as the Omaha Royals defeated the Round Rock Express 6-in the last home game for the Omaha Royals. (Full Article)
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WICHITA, Kan. - Jeff Christy has been named the new volunteer assistant baseball coach, head coach Gene Stephenson announced on Sept. 2.
Christy, a native of Lincoln, Neb., spent the 2010 season as a catcher for the Wichita Wingnuts.
As a broadcaster for ESPN, College Baseball Hall of Famer and former MLB third baseman Robin Ventura understands the importance of down-to-the-wire endings.
In his new role as an advisor for the Capital One Cup, a newly created award to honor school’s cumulative excellence in a number of college sports each year, Ventura couldn’t hide his excitement about the dramatic endings the award could add to the College World Series.
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The defending Southeastern Conference Western Division champion Auburn baseball team will play 26 games against teams that made the 2010 NCAA Tournament as the team released the 2011 schedule on Thursday. Auburn will play a total of 33 games at home, beginning with the season-opener against Arkansas State on Friday, Feb. 18 at 6pm.
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STOCKTON, Calif. – University of the Pacific baseball head coach Ed Sprague announced changes to his staff Wednesday, naming Chris McCormack Director of Baseball Operations and Keith Komeiji as volunteer assistant.
"We’re excited to be able to add someone to our staff with the experience that Keith has," Sprague said. "He’s a tremendous addition which should really help the development of our catching corps."
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LOS ANGELES – Jake Silverman has been named assistant baseball coach at UCLA, as announced by seventh-year head coach John Savage. Silverman arrives at UCLA after having spent the last two seasons as an undergraduate assistant coach at Cal State Fullerton.
According to multiple sources, former Bates College head baseball coach Edwin Thompson will be named an Assistant Coach at Duke. In two years at Bates, Thompson compiled a 37-33 record. The Bobcats finished 12-22 in 2009, then set a school record for victories by going 25-11 (6-6 in conference) last spring.
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