The 2008 list worked out well ... kept everyone up to date! Can we do it again?

Ethan Carter, Menchville RHP, to U. of South Carolina

J.T. Wauford, Steward School RHP, to Clemson


Any others out there?

Chad Morgan, Paul VI C/UT, to Va. Tech

Joe Mantiply, Tunstall, LHP, Virginia Tech

VT, LSU and South Carolina have added other commits from the 09 class, we have reports on those on our site, www.virginiapreps.rivals.com

Patrick Scoggin, Douglas Freeman P, to Va. Tech

Tyler Webb, Northampton P, to South Carolina

Reed Gragnani, Mills Godwin SS, to UVA. (Prior reports of his committing to another school were apparently in error.)

Through the grapevine

Whit Mayberry P St. Stephens/St. Agnes to UVA

Per Virginiapreps.com:

Mike Kent, West Springfield RHP, to Clemson

Most of those kids play for the Hurrcanes travel team with the exception of Wauford,Gragnani and Mayberry.That Hurricane team must be loaded-anybody know anything about that organization?

Their website definitely shows a who's who of baseball around the area.

http://www.canesbaseball.net/index.html

Jeff Petty started Hurricanes North as an outgrowth of the Hurricanes program that has rivaled the Dirtbags in NC for some time. His team has been around for maybe 3-4 years now.

At this point, there are not that many options for high level travel play. You either link up with the Braves, the Hurricanes, or perhaps one of the few scout teams. Others crop up from time to time, but so far these are the ones that are showing staying power from year to year.

The Hurricanes did combine squads to head to Jupiter last fall, getting in for the first time. That makes them, like the Braves and the scout teams, one of the top squads a player should look into before choosing one. Jupiter is far and away the most important travel tournament for a HS player, but you have to be on a team that gets in -- the field is limited.

There's more talent around here than there are vehicles to get them all out there. Most of the squads just mentioned are pretty well stocked as a result.

We have all sorts of travel teams at the youth level -- probably too many in some ways -- but we could probably use a few more high level travel teams for high school players.

Many 2009 prospects are now considering college offers, while many others are waiting for their first or additional offers. If you know of a 2009 prospect that might benefit from some additional publicity, shoot as an email (VaPreps@aol.com). We are looking for baseball prospects to feature on our site, which is read by college coaches from programs up and down the East Coast!
Additionally we have just updated our 'prospect listings' for the classes of 2009, 2010 and 2011...

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Thanks!

I certainly appreciate the exposure you're trying to give the players in the state, but I'm a little curious how these lists are put together. It just strikes me as a bit odd that you can have TEN "top prospects" in the class of 2009 from a single school and then have TEN MORE "top prospects" in the class of 2010 from the SAME SCHOOL. I mean many of these "top prospects" won't even be playing for the varsity team at their school. Aren't you worried that your listing will lose a lot of its credibility with 20 kids listed from the same school?

I was wondering the same thing. There is a kid listed for 2011 that hasn't even stepped on a varsity field yet. I think what Virginia Preps does for high school sports is awesome, but some of the picks for prospects make me wonder how they got on there.....

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Originally posted by Midlo Dad:
We have all sorts of travel teams at the youth level -- probably too many in some ways -- but we could probably use a few more high level travel teams for high school players.

The Va Wildcats will be extending our teams to include 15U, 16U and 17U next year. With the success of our lower age groups, we feel we have the coaching staff that has the knowledge and connections to properly showcase VA's talent.

Back on subject:

VaPreps reports that Jacob Mayers, Hanover's RHP/3B/1B, has committed to University of Richmond.

And though we don't have a 2010 thread yet, so has his younger brother, C/OF Eric Mayers.

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Originally posted by Midlo Dad:
Back on subject:

VaPreps reports that Jacob Mayers, Hanover's RHP/3B/1B, has committed to University of Richmond.

And though we don't have a 2010 thread yet, so has his younger brother, C/OF Eric Mayers.

That's interesting....good for both guys.

I was checking out that Hurricanes site and found the following additions not previously noted:

Ryan Burgess, Steward School OF/LHP, to Radford

Chad Morgan, Paul VI C/Ut., to Va. Tech

Bryn Renner, West Springfield UT, to North Carolina

People from the canes have told me Renner is playing quarterback for UNC and will try to walk on for baseball

That could make him the only "full ride" guy at Boshamer!

Maybe if he wants to be a back up quarterback, but if he intends to be a starting qb, I would think he would have to attend spring football practice.

Is there a precedent (in the last 5 years or so) for any high level Div 1 football qb (ACC, SEC, Big 10, Pac 10, Southwest) playing baseball for his college?