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College Baseball
Recruiting -
Collegiate Baseball Newspaper
PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release:
Tuesday (Sept. 25, 2007)
LOUISIANA STATE WINS NCAA
DIVISION I RECRUITING TITLE
TUCSON, Ariz. — For the second
time in the last four years, Louisiana State University has been ranked No. 1 in
Collegiate Baseball newspaper’s annual rundown of NCAA Division I
baseball recruiting classes.
This marks the 25th
consecutive year that Collegiate Baseball has evaluated recruiting
classes in this division which were brought in this fall.
LSU’s recruiting haul is
simply amazing when you consider that nine players were drafted and includes
eight high school All-Americans and three first team junior college
All-Americans among the 19 players the Tigers brought in.
"We had the most drafted
players in the nation end up in school, the most prospects from the Top 200 in
the nation end up in school and the most players ranked in the Top 100 end up in
school," said LSU Recruiting Coordinator Terry Rooney.
"We also had seven players
earn All-American honors that were not even drafted (11 in total)."
LSU Head Coach Paul Mainieri
was impressed with the class as well.
"It is very rare for a school
to have as many as nine drafted signees actually enroll at the university,"
Mainieri said.
"It is a very unusual
occurrence, something that I would characterize as remarkable. It is my hope
that history will show that this class had a major effect on re-establishing LSU
as one of the elite college baseball programs in the country."
The star-studded class
includes:
 | RHP Anthony Ranaudo, St. Rose H.S.
(Jackson, N.J.), an 11th round pick by the Texas Rangers. |
| INF Matt Clark, Riverside C.C. (Calif.),
28th round pick by the Pirates. |
| OF Chad Jones, Southern Lab H.S. (Baton
Rouge, LA), 13th round pick by the Astros. |
| INF/OF Rene Escobar, Riverside C.C.
(Calif.), 30th round pick by the Braves. |
| OF Leon Landry, Baker H.S. (Baker, LA),
36th round pick by the Reds. |
| INF D.J. Le Mahieu, Brother Rice H.S.
(Bloomfield Hills, MI), 41st round pick by the Tigers. |
| RHP Jordan Brown, Meridian C.C. (MS), 45th
round pick by the Reds. |
| LHP Ryan Verdugo, Skagit College (WA), 47th
round pick by the Giants. |
| INF Matt Gaudet, Delgado C.C. (LA), 40th
round pick by Tampa Bay in 2005. |
| RHP Ben Alsup, Ruston H.S. (LA), High
School All-American. |
| C Micah Gibbs, Pfugerville H.S. (TX),
High School All-American. |
| SS Derek Helenihi, Ohlone College (CA),
JC All-American. |
| RHP Taylor Martin, St. Michael H.S.
(Baton Rouge, LA), H.S. All-American. |
| OF Cody Reine, Walker H.S. (Walker, LA),
Louisville Slugger H.S. All-American. |
| RHP Austin Ross, Captain Shreve H.S.
(Shreveport, LA), H.S. All-American. |
| RHP Daniel Bradshaw, Ouachita Christian
H.S. (West Monroe, LA), Louisiana Pitcher of Year and All-American. |
| RHP/INF Taylor Davis, Panola College
(TX). |
| OF/C Johnny Dishon, Bridge City H.S.
(Beaumont, TX). |
| RHP Jordan Nicholson, Ruston H.S.
(Ruston, LA). |
The following are the top 40
rankings of NCAA Division I recruiting classes for 2007 as determined by the
staff of Collegiate Baseball newspaper. A complete rundown of the top
10 classes is in the Oct. 1, 2007 edition of Collegiate Baseball.
|
Collegiate
Baseball’s 2007 Recruiting Results |
|
(As of Sept. 25, 2007) |
|
Rank Team |
Recruits |
Frosh |
JC |
Other Tran. |
|
1. Louisiana St. |
19 |
12 |
7 |
0 |
|
2. Florida St. |
20 |
15 |
3 |
2 |
|
3. Oregon St. |
16 |
12 |
2 |
2 |
|
4. Notre Dame |
14 |
13 |
0 |
1 |
|
5. UCLA |
11 |
10 |
1 |
0 |
|
6. Cal. St. Fullerton |
16 |
8 |
7 |
1 |
| 7.
North Carolina |
12 |
12 |
0 |
0 |
| 8.
Arizona St. |
17 |
10 |
5 |
2 |
| 9. San
Diego |
18 |
15 |
1 |
2 |
| 10. Texas |
17 |
11 |
2 |
4 |
| 11.
Washington |
16 |
14 |
2 |
1 |
| 12.
Auburn |
14 |
13 |
0 |
1 |
| 13.
Virginia |
16 |
14 |
1 |
1 |
| 14.
Oklahoma St. |
18 |
7 |
8 |
3 |
| 15.
Vanderbilt |
13 |
12 |
0 |
1 |
| 16.
Georgia |
14 |
8 |
4 |
2 |
| 17. Rice |
12 |
10 |
2 |
0 |
| 18. South
Carolina |
13 |
11 |
2 |
0 |
| 19.
Missouri |
16 |
14 |
2 |
0 |
| 20.
Miami, Fla. |
8 |
5 |
3 |
0 |
| 21.
Clemson |
10 |
8 |
2 |
0 |
| 22.
Stanford |
13 |
13 |
0 |
0 |
| 23.
Georgia Tech. |
11 |
11 |
0 |
0 |
| 24.
Arizona |
9 |
7 |
2 |
0 |
| 25.
Mississippi |
17 |
11 |
6 |
0 |
| 26.
Mississippi St. |
11 |
9 |
2 |
0 |
| 27.
Florida |
9 |
8 |
0 |
1 |
| 28.
Louisville |
20 |
14 |
4 |
2 |
| 29. U.C.
Irvine |
13 |
6 |
5 |
2 |
| 30.
Tulane |
16 |
8 |
5 |
3 |
| 31.
Kentucky |
15 |
9 |
5 |
1 |
| 32.
Southern California |
14 |
11 |
0 |
3 |
| 33.
Arkansas |
20 |
12 |
7 |
1 |
| 34.
Wichita St. |
10 |
8 |
2 |
0 |
| 35.
Oklahoma |
18 |
8 |
7 |
3 |
| 36.
Pepperdine |
20 |
16 |
3 |
1 |
| 37.
Alabama |
14 |
8 |
6 |
0 |
| 38. U.C.
Riverside |
17 |
13 |
2 |
2 |
| 39.
Baylor |
11 |
8 |
3 |
0 |
| 40.
Jacksonville |
15 |
12 |
3 |
0 |
|
Central Florida |
12 |
5 |
3 |
4 |
|
Other Top
Recruiting Classes: Texas Christian, South Florida,
Tennessee, Arkansas St., U.C. Santa Barbara, Texas A&M, San Diego
St., Long Beach St., Florida Atlantic, Southeastern La., Kansas,
North Carolina St., Richmond, James Madison, UNLV, Nebraska, East
Carolina, San Francisco, Michigan, California, Fresno St.,
Minnesota, Connecticut, Maine, Oral Roberts, Iowa, Seton Hall,
Houston, Ohio St., Central Michigan, Cal. St. Northridge, Michigan
St., Marshall, Samford, West Virginia, Western Kentucky, Coll. of
Charleston, Stetson, Villanova, Texas Tech., Wake Forest, Southern
Mississippi, Ohio, Louisiana-Lafayette, San Jose St., Nevada,
Illinois St., Illinois, East Tenn. St., S.E. Missouri St., Middle
Tenn. St., Rutgers, Memphis, Miami (Ohio), N.C. Greensboro, Lamar,
Santa Clara, Southern, W. Illinois. |
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