2011 Class Rated No. 16 Nationally By Baseball America
October 15, 2010 | Baseball
Oct. 15, 2010
LOS ANGELES -- The 2011 recruiting class for the USC baseball team has been ranked No. 16 in the nation by Baseball America. A total of six Pac-10 Conference teams were rated in the top 25 including Stanford (No. 1), UCLA (No. 3), Oregon (No. 5), California (No. 11) and Oregon State (No. 14).
The incoming class includes: outfielder Omar Cotto-Lozada (Guaynabo, Puerto Rico/Bonneville HS); right-handed pitcher James Guillen (Covina/Damien HS); catcher Jake Hernandez (Rancho Cucamonga/Los Osos HS); left-handed pitcher Kyle Richter (Santa Margarita/Santa Margarita HS); shortstop/right-handed pitcher James Roberts (Cupertino/Archbishop Mitty HS); left-handed pitcher Bobby Wheatley (Villa Park/Orange Lutheran HS) and right-handed pitcher Austin Wood (Niceville, Fla./St. Petersburg College).
Wood was the highest draft pick (4th round, Tampa Bay) in the 2010 draft among Pac-10 Conference players after going 3-0 this summer in the famed Cape Cod Baseball League with a 0.74 ERA.
USC opens the 2011 season with a tournament, Feb. 18-20, that features Cal Poly, North Carolina and Missouri.
