Any info about UW or UC Irvine? I would appreciate any information you might be able to share.
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Irvine coach is new this year as Savage moved over to UCLA. New coach is former pitching coach from CSF. Not bad.Facilities are top notch....beautiful BB complex.
UW has nice facilities, alot of nepotism in that program IMHO, and they're fairly deep at many positions. That's about all I know.
Good luck
UW has nice facilities, alot of nepotism in that program IMHO, and they're fairly deep at many positions. That's about all I know.
Good luck
Thanks so much for your info. Every little bit helps. He is also thinking about University of New Orleans, TCU and U of Portland. So many things to think about and research. You are great to help out.
Thank you again
Thank you again
The New coach at UC Irivine also happens to be the American Baseball Coaches Association/Baseball America Assistant Coach of the Year for his work at Cal State Fullerton during the 2004 season.
PREVIOUS WINNERS
1999--Dean Stotz, Stanford
2000--Tim Corbin, Clemson
2001--Brian O'Connor, Notre Dame
2002--Jim Toman, South Carolina
2003--Jim Lawler, Texas A&M
Collegiate Baseball ranked UC Irvine 36th in the publication’s Fabulous 40 pre-season poll. It is the first time the Anteaters have been ranked in a pre-season poll since UCI joined the Division I ranks in 1977-78.
The Eater's have a great baseball facility and are in the Big West Conferance. The playing schedule is first rate, playing one of the hardest schedule in the nation.
See: http://www.baseball.uci.edu/Schedule.html
The Campus is a 10 minute drive to Newport Beach....Freshman live in dorms on campus and upperclassmen live in apartments on or near the beach. Coach Serrano is daily in the players face about grades....from 3 hour daily, 5 times a week study halls, to weekly grade verification. Smitheran is always in his office helping student-athletes. The Assitance coaches are (the3bees) Sergio Brown, Chad Baum, and Greg Bergeron....See coaches here: http://www.baseball.uci.edu/Coaches.html
Photos of the ballpark are here: http://www.athletics.uci.edu/FAC/baseball.html
If you would like more information....just PM me!
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PREVIOUS WINNERS
1999--Dean Stotz, Stanford
2000--Tim Corbin, Clemson
2001--Brian O'Connor, Notre Dame
2002--Jim Toman, South Carolina
2003--Jim Lawler, Texas A&M
Collegiate Baseball ranked UC Irvine 36th in the publication’s Fabulous 40 pre-season poll. It is the first time the Anteaters have been ranked in a pre-season poll since UCI joined the Division I ranks in 1977-78.
The Eater's have a great baseball facility and are in the Big West Conferance. The playing schedule is first rate, playing one of the hardest schedule in the nation.
See: http://www.baseball.uci.edu/Schedule.html
The Campus is a 10 minute drive to Newport Beach....Freshman live in dorms on campus and upperclassmen live in apartments on or near the beach. Coach Serrano is daily in the players face about grades....from 3 hour daily, 5 times a week study halls, to weekly grade verification. Smitheran is always in his office helping student-athletes. The Assitance coaches are (the3bees) Sergio Brown, Chad Baum, and Greg Bergeron....See coaches here: http://www.baseball.uci.edu/Coaches.html
Photos of the ballpark are here: http://www.athletics.uci.edu/FAC/baseball.html
If you would like more information....just PM me!
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Do you want warm weather or cold weather?
Very few UW players have ever made it to the show.
They build their teams around power and not pitching because of the cold weather. Although they got lucky with Tim Linicum, however the cold and overuse may burn his arm out.
Very few UW players have ever made it to the show.
They build their teams around power and not pitching because of the cold weather. Although they got lucky with Tim Linicum, however the cold and overuse may burn his arm out.
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They build their teams around power and not pitching because of the cold weather. Although they got lucky with Tim Linicum, however the cold and overuse may burn his arm out.
Interesting. Baseball America has them ranked 8th in the nation preseason with a comment they have the best pitching staff in the Pac 10.
How many players from UW have made it to the show?
Not many!
Not many!
Not sure I agree that is the measurement of the quality of a college program. I don't know much about UW other than from watching them when they have played at Stanford and watching them improve in the Pac10 and nationally each of the last 3-4 years. From the outside they appear to have a very solid program that is getting better yearly. My son played summer ball with 2 two of their players. Thought they were very high quality players and people. One was a walk on who ended up starting for 3 years and then getting drafted last year. From my son's comments about the quality of those guys as teammates and watching how they improved to get to the national recogntion they are getting now, they must be doing something right I would think.
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Hi Bullwinkle,
I've enjoyed reading all of your posts the past few years. We attended the UCI Junior Day last weekend. We were also at the UCI/USC game at the USC tournament which UCI won. I was wondering which parent you were when I looked at the crowd. How is your son enjoying his first season as an anteater? If I recall he is a freshman, isn't he?
My son is an "06 player and UCI is high on his list.
I've enjoyed reading all of your posts the past few years. We attended the UCI Junior Day last weekend. We were also at the UCI/USC game at the USC tournament which UCI won. I was wondering which parent you were when I looked at the crowd. How is your son enjoying his first season as an anteater? If I recall he is a freshman, isn't he?
My son is an "06 player and UCI is high on his list.
