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Commodore Baseball Recruiting Class Ranked in Top 25 9/29/2003
Commodore Baseball Recruiting Class Ranked in Top 25 9-29-03 The Vanderbilt baseball recruiting class has been ranked #24 by Collegiate Baseball. The Commodores welcome 12 freshmen, three junior college players and one transfer to the team. The Commodores are under the direction of second-year head coach Tim Corbin who led the team to the SEC Tournament last season for the first time in seven years. “I can see why we would be ranked because our class is larger than most and we have some high profile players in that group,” Corbin said. “Greg Moviel is a projected high-round draft pick and Ryan Rote and Antoan Richardson were previous draft picks (2002).” Vanderbilt is one of six Southeastern Conference teams that is ranked in the Top 25. “Our recruiting coordinator Eric Bakich (in his first year as recruiting coordinator) did an outstanding job in filling our needs. A true measure of a recruiting class is three-to-four years down the road and what ultimately becomes of your team,” Corbin added. Vanderbilt is in the middle of fall practice which concludes with the Black and Gold Games Oct. 10, 12, 13 at Hawkins Field. The following is the top 25 rankings of NCAA Division I recruiting classes for 2003 as determined by the staff of Collegiate Baseball newspaper. Collegiate Baseball’s 2003 Recruiting Top 25 Rank Team Recruits Freshman JC Tranfer 1. North Carolina 10 8 1 1 South Carolina 19 12 7 0 3. Florida 15 12 3 0 4. Arizona 11 7 3 1 5. Texas 17 8 8 1 6. LSU 8 5 2 1 7. Oklahoma State 17 5 9 3 8. Stanford 9 9 0 0 9. Oklahoma 19 9 9 1 10. Mississippi 18 11 5 2 11. Georgia Tech 10 10 0 0 12. Arizona State 22 15 6 1 13. Southern Cal 12 9 3 0 14. Florida State 13 11 2 0 15. Miami 8 7 1 0 16. Fresno State 23 10 7 6 17. Rice 14 9 4 1 18. Cal State Fullerton 15 11 3 1 19. Baylor 10 8 2 0 20. Stetson 16 14 1 1 21. Alabama 12 6 6 0 22. U.C. Irvine 12 10 2 0 23. Clemson 13 9 3 1 24. Vanderbilt 16 12 3 1 25. Santa Clara 9 7 0 2 |
