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College Baseball
Recruiting -
Collegiate Baseball Newspaper
PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release:
Tuesday (Sept. 25, 2012)
VANDERBILT WINS NCAA
DIVISION I RECRUITING TITLE
TUCSON,
Ariz. — Vanderbilt landed the No. 1 recruiting class in the nation, according to
Collegiate Baseball newspaper’s annual evaluation of NCAA Division I
baseball classes.
It marks the
Commodores’ first national recruiting title in the 30-year history of the
rankings by Collegiate Baseball. Vanderbilt secured the No. 2 class last
year.
In nine of the
last 10 years, a team from the Southeastern Conference has been the outright
recruiting champion or tied for first.
The rankings are
based on players who enroll at school each fall. Athletes who initially signed
with a school and then signed a pro contract after being drafted do not count in
the overall evaluation.
Of the 11-man
recruiting haul by Vanderbilt, six were drafted last June and features 11
freshmen. The class would have been even stronger, but star pitching recruit
Stephen Gant of Riverside H.S. (Decaturville, Tenn.) was found dead of an
apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head on a county road April 3. He
was a top prospect, and many believed that he could have been a high draft pick.
Without further
adieu, here is a rundown on Vanderbilt’s No. 1 recruiting class which barely
nipped UCLA’s for the top spot.
"We are very
excited about this class as a whole," said Vanderbilt Head Coach Tim Corbin.
"The 11 guys we brought in will help us immediately on the field as well as from
a depth standpoint. All six pitchers in this class are righthanded which will
give us plenty of options to mix and match with a predominantly left-handed
staff returning."
The class, which
features six drafted players from last June’s draft, includes:
 | RHP Walker Buehler (Henry
Clay H.S., Lexington, KY), 14th round pick by Pittsburgh. |
| RHP Carson Fulmer (All
Saints’ Academy, Lakeland, FL), 15th round choice by Boston. |
| OF Rhett Wiseman (Buckingham
Browne & Nichols H.S., Mansfield, MA), 25th round pick by Chicago
Cubs. |
| OF Xavier Turner (Sandusky
H.S., Ohio), 34th round by Boston. |
| RHP Patrick Delano
(Braintree H.S., MA), 35th round by Boston. |
| INF Dansby Swanson (Marietta
H.S., Kennesaw, GA), 38th round Colorado. |
Other members of
this star-studded class include:
| RHP Tyler Ferguson (Clovis
West H.S., Fresno, CA), All-State. |
| INF Tyler Campbell (Lake
Oswego H.S., Portland, OR), All-State. |
| RHP Luke Stephenson (Triton
Central H.S., Fairland, IN), All-State. |
| INF Kyle Smith (Mt. Juliet,
Old Hickory, TN), All-State. |
| RHP Chris Raasch (Norcross
H.S., GA), All-Region. |
The rest of the top 10 includes:
2. UCLA, 3. Arizona St., 4. Louisiana St., 5. Clemson, 6. Stanford, 7. Florida,
8. North Carolina, 9. Miami (Fla.), 10. South Carolina.
The top 40 is in the attached PDF
file along with other recruiting classes that received votes. In addition,
previous recruiting national champions are also listed.
A comprehensive look at the top
16 recruiting classes is in the Oct. 5 edition of Collegiate Baseball
newspaper.
|
Collegiate
Baseball’s 2012 Recruiting Results |
|
(As of Sept. 25, 2012) |
|
Rank Team |
Recruits |
Frosh |
JC |
Other Tran. |
|
1. Vanderbilt |
11 |
11 |
0 |
0 |
|
2. UCLA |
12 |
12 |
0 |
0 |
|
3. Arizona St. |
15 |
15 |
0 |
0 |
|
4. Louisiana St. |
15 |
11 |
4 |
0 |
|
5. Clemson |
17 |
15 |
2 |
0 |
|
6. Stanford |
10 |
10 |
0 |
0 |
| 7.
Florida |
11 |
10 |
0 |
1 |
| 8. North
Carolina |
17 |
15 |
1 |
1 |
| 9. Miami,
Fla. |
13 |
12 |
1 |
0 |
| 10. South
Carolina |
15 |
11 |
4 |
0 |
| 11.
Kentucky |
10 |
10 |
0 |
0 |
| 12. Texas
Christian |
16 |
10 |
6 |
0 |
| 13. Texas
A&M |
17 |
16 |
1 |
0 |
| 14.
Georgia |
15 |
13 |
2 |
0 |
| 15. Texas |
14 |
9 |
5 |
0 |
| 16.
Alabama |
12 |
11 |
1 |
0 |
| 17. Cal.
St. Fullerton |
13 |
13 |
0 |
0 |
| 18. U.C.
Santa Barbara |
25 |
19 |
6 |
0 |
| 19.
Florida St. |
15 |
9 |
6 |
0 |
| 20.
Fresno St. |
13 |
11 |
2 |
0 |
| 21.
Arizona |
14 |
13 |
1 |
0 |
| 22.
Auburn |
15 |
9 |
6 |
0 |
| 23.
Oregon |
10 |
5 |
5 |
0 |
| 24.
Southern California |
19 |
17 |
1 |
1 |
| 25.
California |
14 |
13 |
1 |
0 |
| 26.
Arkansas |
16 |
11 |
5 |
0 |
| 27. Rice |
9 |
7 |
2 |
0 |
| 28.
Georgia Tech. |
7 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
| 29.
Stetson |
16 |
12 |
4 |
0 |
| 30.
Missouri St. |
11 |
10 |
1 |
0 |
| 31.
Oklahoma |
17 |
10 |
7 |
0 |
| 32.
Virginia |
15 |
15 |
0 |
0 |
| 33. East
Carolina |
13 |
10 |
3 |
0 |
| 34.
Oregon St. |
12 |
8 |
4 |
0 |
| 35.
Louisville |
10 |
9 |
1 |
0 |
| 36.
Houston |
17 |
10 |
7 |
0 |
| 37.
Mississippi St. |
15 |
8 |
7 |
0 |
| 38.
Kennesaw St. |
12 |
9 |
3 |
0 |
| 39.
Mississippi |
14 |
9 |
5 |
0 |
| 40.
Central Florida |
10 |
7 |
3 |
0 |
|
Other Top
Recruiting Classes: Coastal Carolina, Maryland, Tulane,
College of Charleston, Wichita St., San Diego, South Florida,
Baylor, Creighton, Oklahoma St., Nebraska, Cal. St. Bakersfield,
Minnesota, Connecticut, Jacksonville, U.C. Irvine, South Alabama,
Dallas Baptist, Washington, Texas Tech., Kent St., Western Michigan,
Southern Mississippi, Florida Atlantic, Stony Brook, Michigan, Ohio
St., Purdue, Cal Poly, Winthrop, N.C. State, Wake Forest, Troy,
Austin Peay St., Bowling Green, Central Michigan, Nevada-Las Vegas,
Arkansas-Little Rock, Indiana, James Madison, Washington St.,
Kansas, Iowa, San Francisco, Florida International, Pepperdine, Oral
Roberts, Western Kentucky, San Diego St., Louisiana-Lafayette,
Western Carolina, Missouri, New Mexico, Hawaii, Long Beach St., St.
John's, Seton Hall, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, Georgia Southern,
Appalachian St., Bradley, N.C. Wilmington. |
|
Source: Collegiate
Baseball |
|
Previous Division I Recruiting Champs |
|
2011: South Carolina |
|
2010: Louisiana St. |
|
2009: Florida |
|
2008: Arizona St. |
|
2007: Louisiana St. |
|
2006: South Carolina |
|
2005: South Carolina |
|
2004: Louisiana St. |
|
2003: North Carolina |
|
South Carolina |
|
2002: Georgia Tech. |
|
2001: Southern
California |
|
2000: Cal. St. Fullerton |
|
1999: Southern
California |
|
1998: Georgia Tech. |
|
1997: UCLA |
|
1996: Texas A&M |
|
1995: Arizona St. |
|
1994: Mississippi St. |
|
1993: Miami (Fla.) |
|
1992: Florida St. |
|
1991: Miami (Fla.) |
|
1990: Arizona |
|
1989: Florida St. |
|
1988: Miami (Fla.) |
|
1987: Stanford |
|
1986: Stanford |
|
1985: Hawaii |
|
1984: Florida St. |
|
1983: Arizona St. |
|
Source:
Collegiate Baseball |
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