2002 Recruits

• Nathan Fouts, RHP (Henderson, Nev.Southern Nevada Community College)
  -Read a little about Nate here
  -5-2, 3.82 ERA in 2001 regular season giving up 49 hits in 61 1/3 innings w/ 78 strikeouts, 27 walks

• John DiBetta, INF (Las Vegas, Nev./Southern Nevada Community College) 
  ******* John signed a professional contract with the Padres*******
  -15th round pick of the Padres in the 2000 draft
  -Read an article about John here from spring, 2000. 
  -His 2001 regular season stats in juco were .409, 6, 69 with the team lead in RBI, doubles, slugging %, total bases and walks.

• John Slack, OF (Las Vegas, Nev./Southern Nevada Community College)
  -Read a little about John here - (scroll down to the bottom)  
  -.451 BA in 2001 regular season - Led the team in on-base percentage, hits, runs scored and stolen bases.

• Joe Wagner, INF (Henderson, Nev./Southern Nevada Community College)  
  -Led team in HRs in 2001 regular season with 7
  -John was the leading hitter at the NBC national tourney last summer ('2000). Read about it here

• Ryan Meaux, LHP (Denver, Colo./Lamar Community College)  
  ******* Ryan signed a professional contract with the Giants*******
  -Ryan was drafted by the Giants with the 766th pick (25th round) in the 2001 MLB draft
  
  

• Bobby Livingston, LHP (Lubbock, Texas/Trinity Christian High School)  
  ******* Bobby signed a professional contract with the Mariners*******
  -Bobby was drafted by the Mariners with the 129th pick (4th round) in the 2001 MLB draft
  
  

• Casey Andrews, INF (Farmington, N.M./Farmington High School)  
  -Casey hit 3 homeruns in a game on March 13. Read about it here.
  -Casey was named to the Collegiate Baseball 2001 TPX Louisville Slugger High School All-America team. Read about it here.

• Kevin Jordan, OF (Rowlett, Texas/Navarro College)  
  

• Matt Lair, RHP (Canyon, Texas/Vernon Regional Junior College)  
  -Matt was a member of NBC all-american team last summer ('2000) along with Cory Metzler. Read about it here (scroll to the bottom).
  
  

• Julio Guerrero, OF (San Angelo, Texas/El Paso Community College)  
  -44th round pick of the White Sox in the '98 draft
  -. 419 BA in 2001 regular season (2nd on team), led team in hits, runs, total bases, triples, slugging %; 2nd on team in SBs, RBI, doubles
  




• Madison Edwards, C/OF (Midland, Texas/Midland High School)  
  -Madison was drafted by the Yankees with the 755th pick (25th round) in the 2001 MLB draft
  
  

• Brandon Shaw, LHP (Cooper, Texas/Grayson County Community College)

• Joel Buchenauer, IF (Mesa, AZ/Yavapai CC)

• Steve Gooch, RHP (Waco, TX/Howard County Community College)
  
  
• Jake Brown, IF (Iowa State/Yavapai CC)
  -Jake made the 2001 All-Big XII tournament team in OKC
  
  
• Eric Kitchen, IF (Las Vegas, Nev./Southern Nevada Community College)
  -44th round pick of the A's in the '99 draft
  -Eric hit .372 in 2001 with 8 triples, 19 SBs, and 53 RBI
  
  
• Adrian Soto, LHP (El Paso/El Paso Community College)

• Matt Whitaker, RHP, (Midland, TX/Odessa JC)
  -Matt the nation in strikeouts among juco pitchers in 2000 and was a juco All-American in 2000.
  -Did not play in the 2001 season.
  -Chose Tech over Alabama and Tulane, among others.

• Willie Durazo, C (Northern Iowa - transfer)