Four Tech Players Selected to USA Baseball National Team
Yellow Jackets place four on the 20-man roster.
Shortstop Tyler Greene is one of four Tech players selected to the USA Baseball National Team.

Shortstop Tyler Greene is one of four Tech players selected to the 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


Coaching Staff
11 Tanner, Ray 	Head Coach 	South Carolina
20 Cooke, Dick 	Asst. Coach 	Davidson
6 Scalf, Mark 	Asst. Coach 	UNC Wilmington
26 Weathers, Mike 	Asst. Coach 	Long Beach State