Tagged With "Bob Williams"
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Re: UMW
UMW is making a rapid rise in its reputation for academics and the caliber of its students. Most people do not realize that its incoming freshman classes have average SAT scores that are the third highest in VA, behind only William & Mary and UVA -- higher than Va. Tech or Madison, and all others too. It is a relatively small school, about 4,000 students I think. It has a very comfortable, small college/college town feel. You will not see the great abundance of frills and facilities that...
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Re: Top 50 Prospect's For The '07 Draft-Baseball America
JW was the #1 HS prospect before last season started and CK was #34. Here's the list from last year about this time: Rank Player Pos. B-T HT WT High School Commitment #Pick in 06 Draft 1. Jordan Walden rhp R-R 6-4 185 Mansfield (Texas) HS Texas 372 2. Chris Marrero 3b R-R 6-3 205 Monsignor Pace HS, Opa Locka, Fla. Miami 15 3. Brett Anderson lhp L-L 6-4 215 Stillwater (Okla.) HS Oklahoma State 55 4. Kyle Drabek rhp/ss R-R 5-11 175 The Woodlands (Texas) HS Undecided 18 5. Matt Latos rhp R-R...
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Re: The Lure of the D-1
266 NCAA/NAIA Institutions were represented in the 2006 MLB Draft. Add all the JUCO's in, and you can conclude many things, one of them being........ If you are a top player, they will find you. And talent is dispersed throughout the USA Abilene Christian Akron Alabama Alcorn State Arizona Arizona State Arkansas Arkansas Little Rock Arkansas State Arkansas Tech Army Auburn Babson Ball State Barry Baylor Biola Birmingham-Southern Boston College Bowling Green State Bradley Brigham Young...
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Re: Saint Johns College High School - Washington DC Has Five D-1 Signees
congrats to all of those boys.....they're great ball players, good kids and definately will be on one of the best baseball teams this coming spring in the Washington DC metropolitan area. St. Johns plays in the WCAC or otherwise known as the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference, simply one of the best baseball conferences historically in the region, but they will definately face some good competition in their own conference. Paul VI High School in Fairfax Va, also plays in the WCAC and...
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Re: Will Being a Walk-On Ever Be the Same Again?
Plus there are lots of other variables. As TPM taught me some time back, 11.7 doesn't always mean 11.7. The NCAA takes an average cost of attending, multiplies that by 11.7 and gives the team a $ budget to work with. If a state university gives an in-state guy 50%, then he's getting money equal to 50% of the in-state cost, but that is less than 50% of the AVERAGE cost of attending. So a team that focuses on in-state guys can milk far more out of its 11.7 allotment. There are sometimes...
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Re: Hampden-Sydney Showcase
This fall i have been to U of Delaware, Virginia Wesleyen, and William and Mary. Virginia Wesleyen was the best imo.
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Re: Hampden-Sydney Showcase
Paul do you recall William and Mary signing anyone directly out of their fall showcase in October?
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Re: pitching schools
We were very impressed with Greg Bauer at Wake Forest. He's just in his second year but that's who we decided to cast our lot with. He is not a cookie cutter guy, but rather someone who looks for a variety of styles to develop guys with roles to use in different situations. Maryland has Jim Farr, who used to be the head at William & Mary, where he put a surprising number of guys into the pros, including O's closer Chris Ray and former first rounder Bill Bray. Farr was a MLB guy himself.
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Re: Off-season movie recommendations
Sahara is a great movie starring Matthew McCaunghey, Steve Zaun, Penelope Cruz and William H. Macy. It's a hilarious action adventure about two guys (MM and SZ) who are trying to find a Civil War ironclad in the Sahara desert that went up the Niger River while a DR is trying to find out why people in Africa are dying of a plague. I know it sounds crazy but it's great and funny. It's based on novels by Clive Cussler and because of this movie I have read almost all of his novels. I know that...
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Re: Holiday Traditions
I had a neighbor who had been stationed in Italy. On Christmas Eve night, she and her children rang our door bell and handed us a beautiful plate of warm pizelles, lightly dusted with powdered sugar. They were set on a simple red glass plate ( which I later found out came from Walmart,...who woulda' thunk? ) and had a single twig of holly berry placed in the middle. The cookies looked lacey and fancy,....and the presentation was simple, yet gorgeous! She later showed me that they are as easy...
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Re: Winter Camps
HYD ... There's a camp in NJ in January that's sponsored by URI and William & Mary. I found out about it from TPX in New Hampshire when I was looking for last minute showcases for my son. There's also TPX in NH and another at Northeastern. Check with All-Star (ASBA) and Arsenal to see if they have anything or can point you towards any situations.
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Re: Selective Colleges
Yes, welcome to the funhouse or Nirvana as the case may be in trying to find all of these characteristics in one school that is a perfect fit. This is one of the big reasons this recruiting process takes so long. Especially the MONEY aspect as you could be paying more for out of state tuition for a warm climate state school (CT wasn't warm when I lived there)or even more expensive private school. A few more schools I would add to the "good" baseball/very good education/warmer climate are...
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Re: Selective Colleges
I take it that you have never been to the "GROVE" @ Ole Miss for a Saturday afternoon football game. I have never seen as many beautiful women (Mamas included) as when my son took his offcial visit to Ole Miss several years ago. Comparing the two is like the professionals playing against amateurs.
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Re: What does an MLB player look like?
The College Of William & Mary. But I'm slightly older and was "slightly" worse then him as a ball player.
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Re: 2011 MSABC pre-season all-state
Maryland and (National) Perfect Game USA 2011 Player Rankings as of 1/5/10 #1 177 Nicholas Howard SS #2 208 AJ Lardo OF #3 252 William Bouey RHP #4 254 Shane Campbell LHP #5 500 Bobby Ruse RHP #6 500 KJ Hockaday RHP #7 500 Ryan Redinger RHP
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Re: 2011 national district predictions?
Area college commitments from Washington Post: Player name High school Year Pos. All-Met Status Colleges Britton, Kory Atholton 2011 P/Util second team, 2010 signed Maryland Clarke, Taylor Broad Run 2011 P signed Towson Gandee, Zach DeMatha 2011 OF verbal Sacred Heart Morris, Zach DeMatha 2011 P signed Cincinnati Vanderplas, Joseph Fairfax 2011 P signed Tennessee Shaklee, Shaun Gar-Field 2011 P signed Virginia Commonwealth Spera, Cory Hayfield 2011 P signed Lafayette Owens, Ryan Lake...
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Re: If my son could play at......
I'll be a bit different here, and I have a bias. If your son becomes interested in D III's, Virginia has a number of excellent schools with very good baseball programs. My bias is where my sons attended, Christopher Newport University. Academically, the incoming freshman class SAT/GPA ranks only below UVA and William and Mary in the state, and we have lots of great schools. Baseball-wise, a very good program, a coach we thought the world of, with facilities very few D III's can match. It's...
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Re: COLLEGE BASEBALL OPENING SEASON!
William & Mary opens up on Friday with a 4 game set against Oklahoma in Norman, OK.
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Re: WOODBRIDGE VIKINGS FINISH 20-0 !!
Great young men! They, along with my son, played for the Prince William Express. Good organization that wanted to make sure their kids were able to play at the next level -- high school -- every player made their high school team the year my son enter high school. They also taught leadership and teamwork. I think Woodbridge has just shown exactly that. CONGRATULATIONS!! Good luck at Regionals and beyond.
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Re: All-Star Weekend
WB, This is just an All Star game that was started by a couple of Northern and SOME of the Northwest region High Schools. Not all of the Northwest region Schools are involved in this, just Prince William County High Schools. This also is only their 2nd year for this All Star game and as Double Works said is sponsored by Gameday not VHSL.
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Re: 2010 AAA All State Team
Someone posted the AA lists on VirginiaPreps.com's message board: Team Name School Pitcher Grade 1st Kyle Crockett Poquoson 12 Reg I POY 1st Erik HeiligenstadtJefferson Forest 12 Reg III POY 2nd Gunnar Carroll Louisa County 12 Reg II POY 2nd Corey Armentrout Broadway 11 HM Kurt Van Ness Powatan 12 HM Shane Vlasik Broad Run 12 HM Adam Crotts Carroll County 12 HM Seth Martin Christiansburg 12 First Base 1st Ryan McBroom Courtland 12 2nd Michael Lascomb Potomac Falls 12 HM Trent Cundiff...
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Re: 2011 commits - start the list
The list continues to grow! Please send us additions/corrections (VaPreps@aol.com) Name / High School / Class / Position / College Nathaniel Abel Battlefield 2011 LHP Virginia Augie Ayers Manchester 2011 SS/2B Liberty Evan Beal South County 2011 RHP South Carolina J T Castner Jamestown 2011 MIF/UT William & Mary Jake Cave Kecoughtan 2011 LHP LSU Patrick Corbett Tabb 2011 RHP/3B/1B Radford TJ Costen First Colonial 2011 INF South Carolina Aaron Hoover Westfield 2011 LHP/1B James Madison...
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Re: 2011 commits - start the list
Pilotonline shows Josh Mason, Bishop Sullivan, as having committed to William and Mary.
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Re: 2011 commits - start the list
Updated Commitment Listing Name / High School / Class / Position / College Nathaniel Abel Battlefield 2011 LHP Virginia Kenny Towns Lake Braddock 2011 INF Virginia Augie Ayers Manchester 2011 SS/2B Liberty J T Castner Jamestown 2011 MIF/UT / William & Mary Josh Mason, Bishop Sullivan 2011 / William & Mary Michael Katz Bishop O'Connell 2011 1b William & Mary Jake Cave Kecoughtan 2011 LHP LSU Patrick Corbett Tabb 2011 RHP/3B/1B Radford Josh Gardiner Eastern View 2011 INF / Radford...
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Re: 17u travel/showcase teams in nova
Redbird: Your right, most out of town college coaches will not just get in their car and go out to see a high school game or a summer league tournament but local D1 schools with ties to the coaches will.....and like I said, you just chose the right showcases to attend. I know ODU, NSU, VWC, CNU are out at HS games in our area along with scouts, etc.....and most show up at a few of the summer league games as well. Really - tell me the benefit of playing a showcase tournament at William and...
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Re: 17u travel/showcase teams in nova
#1 Canes #2 Braves #3 Cardinals (Midlo) #4 The NVTBL Stars teams #5 MidAtlantic Mets/Red Sox (recently merged teams of Dan Gitzen and Alan Haines) #6 DBA Dragons (Mike Gallagher's organization) #7 Barnstormers (if they are still around) #8 MidAtlantic Mustangs #9 Any one of a dozen other teams. There is a great deal of opportunity for quality travel ball in NoVa, and most of it is cheap. None of the above teams will bilk your for more than they are worth. And a good player can do well...
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Re: 17u travel/showcase teams in nova
Traveling to look at colleges can be expensive even for students who are not athletes. Why not kill two birds with one stone and look at colleges while playing baseball? Some of the showcase teams mentioned (Canes, Braves) will play at 20+ colleges during the course of one year. The baseball player is given the opportunity to not only look at the baseball facilities during a showcase weekend but also the opportunity to look at the college in general, and a wide variety of colleges at that.
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Re: William and Mary
dad43--if youd like shoot me a PM. William and Mary was one of sons final choices, can give you his opinion. Obviously a top shelf academic institution.
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Re: William and Mary
dad43, William and Mary was our sons final choice and he will be playing for Coach Leoni starting in 2011. Feel free to PM me as well if you like. I obviously feel they are a program on the rise.
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Re: Baseball snow removal 101
They're not calling this the 100yr storm for nothing. I know that Prince William County Park-n-Rec does not touch their fields as well, even the ALL Turf Waters Field in Vienna beside the fire house. They informed me that they let everyone melt naturally. Everyone is in the same boat up north. I do not see any local fields being ready until mid-late March if that and that depends upon decent weather with good drying out days. It'll take several days if not a week to dry out and we must have...
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Re: Beach District - Week 2 - March 21-27
I believe Landstown won 12-2. Colton Langejans pitched a nice game, and Jeremy Sandifer weht deep. William Hinton also went 3 for 4 with a triple.
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Re: 2012 Commitments
Yeah, guess I should've just kept paging backwards a bit more! But maybe this can be more concise. In addition to those above, the former thread also had: JJ Sarty, Woodgrove IF, William & Mary Jordan Taylor Fauquier 2012 C/OF Radford
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Re: HSBBWEB Players in the 2011 Draft
Well hope I'm not breaking the rules here because he's not my son but one of the players on the team I'm asst. coach for was drafted by the Yankees in the 14th round. William "Rookie" Davis was drafted as a pitcher although some scouts said he has one of the strongest bats as a high school player. Maybe if pitching won't work out he can hopefully pull an Ankiel and make it as a position player. As good as a baseball player he is he's an even better person from a great family. I'm sorry if...
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Re: 2012 Commitments
There are a few more: Stephen Brooks Deep Run 2012 RHP/3B Army Garrett Brooks Western Branch 2012 OF East Carolina Luke Lowery Cosby 2012 C/1B East Carolina Kyle Majette Jamestown 2012 P East Carolina Hayden White Steward School 2012 SS/RHP East Carolina Matt Campbell Hickory 2012 MIF North Carolina Jordan Taylor Fauquier 2012 C/OF Radford Zak Wasilewski Tazewell 2012 LHP/OF South Carolina Jack Wynkoop Cape Henry Collegiate 2012 LHP/IF South Carolina Michael Thomas Lee-Davis 2012 LHP/1B...
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Re: Temple
From collegebaseballinsider.com today: According to several sources, the Owls have interviewed three candidates and could make a decision by the end of this week. Among the candidates are Manhattan coach Kevin Leighton, Richmond assistant Ryan Wheeler and La Salle assistant Bob File. Leighton also is in the mix at Fordham, which is looking for a replacement for Nick Restaino. In six years with the Jaspers, Leighton has registered six 30-win seasons. Manhattan went 34-19 and reached the NCAA...
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Re: 2012 Commitments
Brian Lee, MIF, formerly of Cox HS and now at Cape Henry Collegiate, also of the Va. Cardinals, has committed to William & Mary!
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Re: 2012 Commitments
Another Canes North kid commits... Connor Henderson (Bethel INF) committed to William & Mary. Connor will have an opportunity to step in right away and contribute. I've had the privilege of coaching Connor for the last 5 years. It couldn't happen to a better kid. Connor is an extremely hard worker and comes from a great family. Congrats!
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Re: 2012 Commitments
Presumably the other 2012 infielders with W&M commitments listed here have the same opportunity? Seriously, though, W&M seems to be doing very well.
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Re: Updated Class of 2011 Commitment Listings
Here is the listing! Augie Ayers Manchester 2011 SS/2B Liberty J T Castner Jamestown 2011 MIF/UT William & Mary Jake Cave Kecoughtan 2011 LHP LSU Patrick Corbett Tabb 2011 RHP/3B/1B Radford TJ Costen First Colonial 2011 INF South Carolina Scott Hurrell Landstown 2011 3b/SS/OF/P UNC-Charlotte Taylor Lambke Stone Bridge 2011 RHP/Util George Washington Tee McConnell Poquoson 2011 MIF/3B Arizona State Shawn Morimando Ocean Lakes 2011 LHP/1b East Carolina Nick Thompson Western Branch 2011...
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Re: Will an e-mail and/or video/video link get you noticed?
PIS, I think we have a common baseball friend that has the last name of McGuire who played at Bill & Mary, I mean William & Mary. He's currently in the Roanoke/Rocky Mount area.
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Re: Division 3 time frame?
I'm not too sure what all of the NCAA rules are but they recruit all year round. The big thing would be to make sure you got your application in before the deadline. Colleges in the northeast normally start their practices in mid Jan so they are much busier once that starts. But what a lot of coaches will do is send out one of the assistance to watch you play. Have you looked at NJAC schools by any chance? Kean, TCNJ, Rowan, Montclair, William Paterson? These are historically some of the top...
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Re: 2011 commits - start the list
NVTBL Stars web site reports Josh Smith, 2011 C/OF from St. Stephens/St. Agnes, has committed to William & Mary. Josh totally wrecked at the Commonwealth Games this summer, hitting 5 HR that weekend. I think that brings the Stars up to a dozen D1 commits among its 2011 grads. Congrats to Josh and his family!
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Re: 2011 commits - start the list
Tee McConnell Poquoson 2011 MIF/3B Arizona State Dakari Cooke Bethel 2011 LHP/OF Army Robbie Kidd Paul VI Catholic 2011 RHP/3B Cal State Fullerton Patrick Corbett Tabb 2011 RHP/3B/1B Coastal Carolina Luke Willis Oakton 2011 MIF/OF Coastal Carolina Kevin Tatum Woodbridge 2011 MIF Cornell Shawn Morimando Ocean Lakes 2011 LHP/1b East Carolina Nick Thompson Western Branch 2011 RHP/SS East Carolina Garrett Brooks Western Branch 2012 OF East Carolina Hayden White Steward School 2012 SS/RHP East...
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Re: 2011 commits - start the list
Correction: Chad Carroll HAS committed to JMU...Tyler Carroll has NOT committed anywhere just yet. Confirmed this with his father.
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Re: 2011 commits - start the list
Posted on 1/8 7:08 PM on www.virginiapreps.com Dakari Cooke Bethel 2011 LHP/OF Army Andrew Flaherty Great Bridge 2011 RHP/1B Army Robbie Kidd Paul VI Catholic 2011 RHP/3B Cal State Fullerton Patrick Corbett Tabb 2011 RHP/3B/1B Coastal Carolina Luke Willis Oakton 2011 MIF/OF Coastal Carolina Taylor Carter Alleghany 2011 RHP Concord Kevin Tatum Woodbridge 2011 MIF Cornell Garrett Brooks Western Branch 2012 OF East Carolina Luke Lowery Cosby 2012 C/1B East Carolina Shawn Morimando Ocean Lakes...
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Re: 2011 commits - start the list
Here is our most recent commitment listing (includes 2011 and 2012 prospects) Name Last Name High School Class Position College Dakari Cooke Bethel 2011 LHP/OF Army Andrew Flaherty Great Bridge 2011 RHP/1B Army Cody Queen Atlantic Shores 2011 MIF/RHP/3B Brevard Bryson Hough W T Woodson 2011 P/1B Bucknell Robbie Kidd Paul VI Catholic 2011 RHP/3B Cal State Fullerton Patrick Corbett Tabb 2011 RHP/3B/1B Coastal Carolina Luke Willis Oakton 2011 MIF/OF Coastal Carolina Taylor Carter Alleghany 2011...
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Re: Battlefield District Standings (Week 2) Games W/E 3/28
Massaponax(H) 1 vs Chancellor 4 Chancellor's Chris Barlow had a three-run homer to left field in the seventh inning to give Chancellor's baseball team a 4-1 nondistrict win at Massaponax yesterday. Philip Sauter went 3-3 and Steven Barlow 1-2 with a run. R-H--E 4-12-2 Chancellor 1-3--0 Massaponax (P)JASON MORGAN and Mike Selbe. (P)Brandon Imler, (P)Mike Gallagher(5),(P)ANTHONY MARTIN(6) and Ben White. Riverbend(H) 5 vs Courtland 12 Jonathan Haught drilled a grand-slam in the seventh inning...
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Re: Battlefield District Standings (Week 2) Games W/E 3/28
Wednesday's Games: Courtland(H) 4 vs Massaponax 2 Nick Vogrock went the distance for Courtland, picking up the victory in a nondistrict game. James Fitzgerald and Jesse Belcastro each had a double and an RBI for the Cougars. R H E 4 8 2 Courtland 2 6 4 Massaponax (P)NICK VAGROCKI,(P)Nick Zaluzney(7) and Eddie Rossell. (P)VINNIE CUNNINGHAM,(P)Jon Daniel(4),(P)Anthony Martin(6) and Ben White. Chancellor(H) 12 vs Freedom 0 Brent Gromer tossed a one-hitter with seven strikeouts and the Chargers...
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Re: Beach District Games: March 22-27 (Week 2)
Thanks 3up, I am sooooo glad that I am not the only one with inaccurate information. Though we always want to "hate" William and Mary, it would be great to have a Bud with you! Just don't bring the brooms! Lynn Metheny