June 17, 2004
Twenty members of the Texas A&M baseball team will head to destinations across the country to play in collegiate summer leagues, including sophomore catcher Craig Stinson, who will compete for a spot on the 2004 USA Baseball National Team.
"I am excited to have a chance to represent our country on the baseball diamond," commented Stinson. "It will be a great experience playing with and against some of the best amateur players in the world."
The 2004 USA Baseball National Team Trials will be held June 20-26 in the Durham, North Carolina. The USA Baseball National Team will be selected from a pool of up to 36 players. The official 20-man team roster will be selected following the trials and announced on June 27.
Fifteen Texas A&M baseball players will play in the inaugural season of the . The league is comprised of eight teams in the Dallas/Fort Worth area.
The , the premier summer collegiate league, will have four A&M players on its rosters.
"The summer collegiate leagues are a great opportunity for our younger players to get better," said A&M assistant head coach and pitching coach Jim Lawler. "They will meet a lot of other college players from across the country, and we have seen many guys enhance their baseball careers in these leagues."
Player Pos League Team Andrew Baldwin OF Northwoods Wisconsin Woodchucks William Blackmon LHP Texas Collegiate Weatherford Wranglers B.J. Boenning RHP Texas Collegiate Colleyville Lone Stars Austin Boggs 3B Texas Collegiate McKinney Marshalls Jon Michael Cline LHP Texas Collegiate Mineral Wells Steam Austin Creps RHP Texas Collegiate McKinney Marshalls Parker Dalton 2B/SS Texas Collegiate Mineral Wells Steam Dan Donaldson LHP Cape Cod Bourne Braves Doug Frame LHP Texas Collegiate Graham Roughnecks Lee Harughty C Texas Collegiate Mineral Wells Steam John Infante OF Texas Collegiate Coppell Copperheads Jason Meyer LHP Texas Collegiate Mineral Wells Steam Kyle Nicholson RHP Texas Collegiate McKinney Marshalls Cliff Pennington SS/RHP Cape Cod Falmouth Commodores Blake Rampy RHP Texas Collegiate Colleyville Lone Stars Robert Ray RHP Cape Cod Wareham Gatemen Craig Stinson C NONE Team USA Trials Todd Stroud OF Texas Collegiate Weatherford Wranglers Jerrett Turner INF Texas Collegiate McKinney Marshalls Kevin Whelan RHP Cape Cod Wareham Gatemen