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The boys of summer
Tigers stay busy with action in summer leagues
MARSHALL, Texas (9/3/08) -- The summer was anything but time off for several members of ETBU’s baseball team.
Several Tigers competed in various collegiate summer leagues this season, with two – sophomores Matt Schimpf and Ryan Yezak – participating in Athletes In Action baseball leagues in the Northeast.
Three ETBU returners played in the Louisiana Collegiate League for the Gametime Academy Rockies. Those three – senior first baseman/outfielder Cody Jones, sophomore outfielder Kyle Pope and sophomore pitcher Chase Willard – helped lead Gametime Academy to the NBC World Series in Wichita, Kan.
Pope, who was named the ASC East Newcomer of the Year last spring for ETBU, was named to the NBC All-Regional Tournament Team. Overall, the Rockies finished 17th out of 42 of the top collegiate teams in the nation.
Right-handed pitcher Trey Pipes was named to the All-Star Game in the Boise Collegiate League, a league which also included junior first baseman Morgan Sloan.
Other Tigers participating in the Louisiana Collegiate League were junior second baseman Matt Hale; junior right-hander Jacob Magee; junior catcher Johnny Cole; sophomore right-hander Jake Atchley; junior left-hander Trevor Stagner.
Tiger newcomers for next spring who also played in the LCL were Bobby Mitchell, Ricky Brooks, Austin Evans, Jeremy Phillips and Luke Leftwich.
The Tigers will be in their third season under head coach Sam Blackmon next spring.
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