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Four Tech Players Selected to USA Baseball National Team
June 30, 2003 ATLANTA - Four Georgia Tech players are among the 20 collegians selected to the 2003 USA Baseball National Team. Making the team are sophomore catcher Mike Nickeas (Westlake Village, Calif.), sophomore second baseman Eric Patterson (Kennesaw, Ga.), freshman shortstop Tyler Greene (Plantation, Fla.) and freshman pitcher/first baseman Micah Owings (Gainesville, Ga.). The Yellow Jackets place four players on the team while Arizona State, Mississippi and Stanford each had two players make the national team. No other school had more than one player make the roster. With four players making the USA Baseball National Team in 2003, Georgia Tech has now had a player make the team on 24 occasions since 1985, including six players in the last two years. The USA National Team was selected from a pool of 36 players that just completed a four-day trials process at Hi Corbett Field in Tucson, Arizona. For a full detailed roster and a schedule of all games, log on to www.usabaseball.com. The 2003 USA Baseball National Team will represent the United States this summer in the Pan Am Games, August 2-12 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
2003 USA NATIONAL TEAM - POSITIONAL ROSTER Player Pos School 18 Orenduff, Justin RHP Virginia Comm. 27 Owings, Micah RHP/IF Georgia Tech 9 Register, Steven RHP Auburn 23 Street, Huston RHP Texas 15 Verlander, Justin RHP Old Dominion 25 Weaver, Jered RHP Long Beach State 13 Campbell, Matt LHP South Carolina 19 Head, Stephen LHP/IF Mississippi 21 Romanczuk, Mark LHP Stanford 14 Clement, Jeff C USC 12 Nickeas, Mike C Georgia Tech 5 Greene, Tyler IF Georgia Tech 17 Janish, Paul IF Rice 22 Larish, Jeff IF Arizona State 3 Patterson, Eric IF Georgia Tech 2 Pedroia, Dustin IF Arizona State 1 Griffin, Michael OF Baylor 4 Lillibridge, Brent OF Washington 7 Putnam, Danny OF Stanford 16 Smith, Seth OF Mississippi
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