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DURHAM, N.C. – USA Baseball announced on Tuesday the 2017 Collegiate National Team Training Camp roster. Twenty training camp players will join 14 previously identified athletes in a five-game series with teams in the Coastal Plain League and the Carolina-Virginia Collegiate League before the 24-man roster is announced on Monday, June 26.
The Collegiate National Team is made up of non-draft eligible athletes currently playing baseball at the collegiate level. USA Baseball will also name a 28-man roster to compete in a series against Chinese Taipei before its final 24-man roster will compete in international friendship series against Cuba and Japan.
USA Baseball has selected 10 members of its final roster, including Seth Beer (Clemson University), who was a member of the 2016 Collegiate National Team, and Nick Madrigal (Oregon State), who won a gold medal in 2011 with the 14U National Team, played on the inaugural 15U National Team in 2012 and was a member of the 2014 18U National Team.
Training camp invitees Tim Cate (UCONN), Johnny Aiello (Wake Forest) and Andrew Vaughn (California) are also USA Baseball alumni. Cate was on the 2016 Collegiate Team with Beer and Aiello was teammates with Madrigal in 2011 and 2012. Vaughn won a gold medal at the COPABE Pan Am “AA” Championships in Barranquilla, Colombia, with the 15U team in 2013.
USA Baseball will stream all five games of the Chinese Taipei and Cuba series in North Carolina on USABaseball.com. For more information on the Collegiate National Team, follow on Twitter at @USABaseballCNT.
The rosters are as follows. Please note that all roster spots are subject to change.
24-man roster
(Name, Position, Hometown, School, Year)
Seth Beer, IF/OF, Suwanne, Ga., Clemson, Sophomore
Steven Gingery, LHP, Huntington Beach, Calif., Texas Tech, Sophomore
Nick Madrigal, IF, Elk Grove, Calif., Oregon State, Sophomore
Jake McCarthy, OF, Scranton, Pa., Virginia, Sophomore
Nick Meyer, C, Mission Viejo, Calif., Cal Poly, Sophomore
Casey Mize, RHP, Springville, Ala., Auburn, Sophomore
Konnor Pilkington, LHP, Hurley, Miss., Mississippi State, Sophomore
Patrick Raby, RHP, Knoxville, Tenn., Vanderbilt, Sophomore
Brady Singer, RHP, Eustis, Fla., Florida, Sophomore
Dallas Woolfolk, RHP, Southaven, Miss., Ole Miss, Sophomore
28-man roster
(Name, Position, Hometown, School, Year)
Gianluca Dalatri, RHP, Wall Township N.J., North Carolina, Freshman
Sean Mooney, RHP, Marmora, NJ, St. John’s, Freshman
Matt Wallner, OF/RHP, Forest Lake, Minn., Southern Mississippi, Freshman
Kenyon Yovan, RHP, Beaverton, OR, Oregon, Freshman
Training Camp roster
(Name, Position, Hometown, School, Year)
Johnny Aiello, IF, Landsdale, Pa., Wake Forest, Sophomore
Joey Bart, C, Buford, Ga., Georgia Tech, Sophomore
Tim Cate, LHP, Manchester, Conn., Connecticut, Sophomore
Jeremy Eierman, IF/OF, Warsaw, Mo., Missouri State, Sophomore
Tyler Frank, IF, Loxahatchee, Fla., Florida Atlantic, Sophomore
Hunter Gaddis, RHP, Canton, Ga., Georgia State, Freshman
Ryley Gilliam, RHP, Kennesaw, Ga., Clemson, Sophomore
Cadyn Grenier, IF, Henderson, Nev., Oregon State, Sophomore
Jake Irvin, RHP, Bloomington, Minn., Oklahoma, Sophomore
Grant Koch, C, Fayetteville, Ark., Arkansas, Sophomore
Jackson Lueck, OF, Orlando, Fla., Florida State, Sophomore
Jon Olsen, RHP, Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., UCLA, Sophomore
Cam Shepherd, IF, Duluth, Ga., Georgia, Freshman
Braden Shewmake, IF, Wylie, Texas, Texas A&M, Freshman
Nick Sprengel, LHP, Placentia, Calif., San Diego, Sophomore
Travis Swaggerty, OF, Mandeville, La., South Alabama, Sophomore
Bryce Tucker, LHP, Apopka, Fla., Central Florida, Sophomore
Andrew Vaughn, IF, Santa Rosa, Calif., California, Freshman
Steele Walker, OF, Prosper, Texas, Oklahoma, Sophomore
Will Wilson, IF, Kings Mountain, N.C., North Carolina State, Freshman
About USA Baseball
USA Baseball is the national governing body for the sport of baseball in the United States and is a member of the United States Olympic Committee and the World Baseball Softball Confederation. The organization selects and trains the World Baseball Classic, Olympic, Premier12 and Pan Am teams (and all other USA Baseball Professional Teams); the USA Baseball Collegiate National Team; the USA Baseball 18U, 15U and 12U National Teams; and the USA Baseball Women’s National Team, all of which participate in various international competitions each year. The organization is responsible for the continued proliferation and health of the sport, and leads a number of amateur initiatives including PLAYBALL and Pitch Smart. USA Baseball also presents the Golden Spikes Award annually to the top amateur baseball player in the country. For more information, please visit the organization’s official websites: USABaseball.com, USABaseball.Education, PLAYBALL.org, PitchSmart.org, GoldenSpikesAward.com and USABaseballShop.com.
