Clemson Announces Baseball Signees

Press Release - Wednesday, August 18 1999

Clemson Head Baseball Coach Jack Leggett released the list of

the 1999-2000 signing class on Wednesday. Leggett also announced the

addition of pitchers Scott Berney, a transfer from University of

Connecticut, and Anthony Urrico, a transfer from Long Island University.

Berney will have one year of eligibility remaining, while Urrico will

have three years remaining.

Among the signees are five players selected in the June '99

Major League Draft, including Jeff Baker, Ryan Childs, Jarrod Schmidt,

Berney, and Alan Lindsey. Baker, a fourth round selection by the

Cleveland Indians, was recently named the United States' Junior National

Team MVP as Team USA won the gold medal in the World Championships in

Taiwan.

"We are very excited about the players we have coming into our

program and think that several will make an impact for us soon," says

Leggett. "They all come from very strong baseball backgrounds and we

are really looking forward to working with all of them. We feel good

about how this class fills our needs."

"Recruiting Coordinator Tim Corbin and the rest of our staff

worked extremely hard during the recruiting process," states Leggett.

"We were rewarded with an outstanding class of incoming players. Each

has a goal of making it to Omaha and we will be working hard from day

one to make that dream come true."

Clemson will begin fall practice on September 14.



Player                 Pos.          B-T   Hgt.  Wgt.  Cl.   High School/Junior College/College    Hometown 


Jeff Baker             INF           R-R   6-2   185   Fr.   Gar-Field Senior HS                   Woodbridge, VA 


Chad Bendinelli        RHP           R-R   5-11  150   Fr.   Lassiter HS                           Marietta, GA 


Scott Berney           RHP           R-R   6-3   175   Sr.   Univ. of Connecticut                  Hamden, CT 


Artie Catoe            LHP           L-L   6-3   190   Fr.   Lexington HS West                     Columbia, SC 


Ryan Childs            RHP           L-R   6-4   195   Fr.   Damascus HS                           Gaithersburg, MD 


J.D. Davis             RHP           R-R   6-3   210   Fr.   Riverdale Baptist HS                  Huntingtown, MD 


James Dawson           RHP           R-R   6-3   205   Fr.   Portland HS                           Portland, ME 


Paul Harrelson         RHP           R-R   6-2   180   Fr.   Spartanburg Day School                Pauline, SC 


Patrick Hogan          RHP           R-R   6-4   220   Fr.   Irmo HS                               Columbia, SC 


Ryan Hub               OF            R-R   6-2   185   Fr.   Sumter HS                             Sumter, SC 


B.J. LaMura            RHP           R-R   6-2   175   Fr.   Connetquot HS                         Ronkonkoma, NY 


Alan Lindsey           OF            R-R   6-2   195   Fr.   Lee-Davis HS                          Mechanicsville, VA 


Kevin Lynn             RHP           R-R   6-0   180   Jr.   Spartanburg Methodist College         North Augusta, SC 


Steve Pyzik            C             R-R   5-11  175   Fr.   Loyola HS                             Mount Airy, MD 


Jarrod Schmidt         INF/OF/RHP    R-R   6-2   210   Fr.   Lassiter HS                           Marietta, GA 


Russell Triplett       INF           R-R   6-0   170   Fr.   Brookland-Cayce HS                    West Columbia, SC 


Anthony Urrico         LHP           R-L   5-10  165   So.   Long Island Univ.                     Staten Island, NY 


Bobby Van Kirk         C             R-R   5-11  200   Fr.   Westminster Academy                   Fort Lauderdale, FL