Tuesday, July 15, 2008

Keystoners blanked again

The final national high school baseball rankings were released in the most recent edition of Collegiate Baseball Newspaper and, once again, a Pennsylvania team failed to crack the top 30.

What's more, the ABCA High School All-Americans were also without a Pennsylvania standout. ABCA named first, second and third-team All-Americans yet none were from the Keystone State.

Despite the absence of players recognized at the high school level, Shippensburg University left-handed pitcher Matt Wright, a graduate of Mid-West High School, made the NCAA Division II All-American list as a third-team pitcher. Wright, now in the Blue Jays organization, led Shippensburg to the Division II College World Series where the Red Raiders went 1-2.

Wright pitched Shippensburg to a 9-2, loser's bracket win over Franklin Pierce on May 26.

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