Baseball's Bengochea Ready To Begin USA Team Trials
June 14, 2000
Coral Gables, FL (www.hurricanesports.com) – USA Baseball has extended invitations to six more players to participate in the 2000 U S WEST USA Baseball National Team Trials – to be held at the U S WEST Sports Complex at Hi Corbett Field in Tucson beginning Thursday.
The trials will be held from June 15-21 and the National Team will be selected from a pool of 35 players – 29 of which have already been announced by USA Baseball in earlier press releases. Seven of the players invited to participate in the trials will remain in Omaha, Nebraska at the 2000 College World Series until their season is finished. In addition, threecoaches will remain in Omaha as well, including Southern California’s Mike Gillespie – who will serve as the head coach for the National Team.
The National Team will play approximately 30 games on the U S WEST Red, White and Blue Summer Tour. The list of the final six invites is shown below, plus a list of the previous 29 players invited to camp. Two players who had already been invited are now unable to attend: Ozzie Lugo of Florida International and Darrell Rasner of Nevada.
Player Pos Ht Wt B/T DOB Yr School HometownBrazelton, Dewon RHP 6-4 205 R/R 6-16-80 So Middle Tenn. State Tullahoma, TNCarson, Matt OF 6-2 185 S/R 7-1-81 Fr BYU Yucaipa, CAKent, Mailon OF 6-1 180 R/R 9-2-78 Jr Auburn Birmingham, ALMyers, Casey C 5-11 190 R/R 10-23-78 Sr Arizona State Casa Grande, AZRabelo, Mike C 6-1 195 R/R 1-17-80 So Tampa New Port Richey, FLSaarloos, Kirk RHP 6-0 180 R/R 5-23-79 Jr Cal St. Fullerton Long Beach, CA*Baker, Jeff IF 6-1 195 R/R 6-21-81 Fr Clemson Woodbridge, VABengochea, Kiki RHP 6-2 195 R/R 12-4-80 Fr Miami Miami, FLBudde, Ryan C 5-10 182 R/R 8-15-79 So Oklahoma State Midwest City, OKBurke, Chris IF 5-11 180 R/R 3-11-80 So Tennessee Louisville, KYButler, Keith OF 5-11 180 R/R 8-11-80 Fr Liberty Marietta, GACarlson, Zane RHP 5-10 160 R/R 8-11-80 Fr Baylor Dallas, TXCrosby, Bobby IF 6-3 190 R/R 1-12-80 So Long Beach State Cypress, CADinardo, Len LHP 6-4 190 L/L 9-19-79 So Stetson High Springs, FLGarcia, Danny OF 6-1 180 R/R 4-12-80 So Pepperdine San Bernardino, CAGautreau, Jake IF 6-0 180 L/R 11-14-79 So Tulane McAllen, TX*Gosling, Mike LHP 6-2 210 L/L 9-23-80 So Stanford Salt Lake City, UTGreenberg, Adam OF 5-9 165 L/R 2-21-81 Fr North Carolina Guilford, CTGross, Gabe OF 6-3 205 L/R 10-21-79 So Auburn Dothan, ALHoward, Ryan IF 6-4 215 L/L 11-19-79 So SW Missouri State St. Louis, MOKarp, Josh RHP 6-5 195 R/R 9-21-79 So UCLA Bothell, WAKeppinger, Jeff IF 6-0 170 R/R 4-21-80 So Georgia Auburn, GALewis, Richard IF 6-1 180 R/R 6-29-80 So Georgia Tech Marietta, GALowry, Noah LHP 6-2 190 L/L 10-10-80 So Pepperdine Ojai, CA*Lynch, Matt LHP 6-1 190 L/L 1-14-81 Fr Florida State Ft. Pierce, FLMerritt, Tim IF/OF 6-0 180 R/R 2-7-80 So South Alabama Cantonment, FLParrott, Rhett RHP 6-2 185 R/R 11-12-79 So Georgia Tech Dalton, GA*Prior, Mark RHP 6-5 220 R/R 9-7-80 So USC Bonita, CA*Reyes, Anthony RHP 6-1 200 R/R 10-16-81 Fr USC Whittier, CARouse, Mike IF 6-0 170 L/R 4-25-80 So Cal State Fullerton San Jose, CA*Sager, Brian RHP 6-5 230 R/R 10-30-79 So Stanford Branford, CT*Schmidt, Jarrod RHP 6-1 215 R/R 10-2-80 Fr Clemson Marietta, GAShoppach, Kelly C 5-11 210 R/R 4-29-80 So Baylor Fort Worth, TXSwitzer, Jon LHP 6-2 180 L/L 8-13-79 So Arizona State Houston, TXTeixeira, Mark IF 6-2 215 R/R 4-11-80 So Georgia Tech Severna Park, MD
* Players will remain in Omaha at the College World Series until theircollege season ends.
NOTE: This is NOT the team nor the players that will represent the UnitedStates in the 2000 Summer Olympics.
