USA Today has put out an interesting article about High School players leaving school at the end of the fall semester for the start of the college semester in the spring. The reason why we are seeing this is the fact that the player will be eligible to play in the 2009 season. The biggest recent name to do this was Robert Stock out of Southern California. He was projected to be picked in the Top 5 in that years draft but decided to go to college at the age of 17. He has had a mediocre two years with the Trojans without making a major impact. The latest move is by Levi Mitchell out of North Davidson (Lexington, NC) High School who will be joining the North Carolina team in the coming spring. A full article from the USA Today is available here.
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Brian Foley
Brian Foley is the founder and Lead Editor of College Baseball Daily since its inception in 2005. He has covered two CWS, multiple NCAA Baseball Regionals, and other special events across the country. In addition to his duties with College Baseball Daily, he has covered games for Inside Lacrosse and been featured in USA Today, Wall Street Journal among other publications. He can be contacted by email at editor at collegebaseballdaily.com and followed on Twitter @BFoley82.
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