MLB Draft Day 3

Rd 14
Thoele, Sam  - University of Arkansas - Little Rock (AR) to Colorado

Rd 15
Sprinkle, Daniel  - White Hall HS (AR) to Cleveland

Rd 19
Owen, Charles  - Arkansas State (AR) to San Francisco

Rd 20
Boushelle, John  - Fayetteville Sr HS (AR) to the LA Dodgers

Rd 21
Walsh, Kevin  - U Arkansas Pine Bluff (AR) to Philadelphia

Rd 27
Levy, Stuart  - Arkansas State (AR) to Baltimore

Rd 30
Wernes, Bobby  - U Arkansas Fayetteville (AR) to Houston

Rd 33
Hawkins, Chandler  - Arkansas St U (AR) to St. Louis

Rd 35
Spoon, Tyler  - Arkansas (AR) to Boston
George, Jordan  - Arkansas St U (AR) to Pittsburgh

Rd 36
Pagnozzi, Andy  - Fayetteville Sr HS (AR) to Colorado

MLB Draft - Day 2

Rd 7Fenter, Gray - West Memphis HS (AR) to Baltimore


Rd 8Davis, Bryon - University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (AR) to Kansas City


Rd 9Killian, Trey - Arkansas (AR) to Colorado

SWAC Announces 2015 Baseball Postseason Honors

First Team
Andre Davis, UAPB
Blake Estep, UAPB
Kevin Walsh, UAPB


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Three from UAPB named First Team All SWAC

Andre Davis, Blake Estep and Kevin Walsh all earned first team all-conference honors.

Davis, a 6-6, 225 senior infielder/pitcher from Castro Valley, Calif., earned first team all-conference honors this season as a first baseman.   Davis saw action in 38 games as he finished the season with 51 hits in 140 at-bats for a .364 batting average, while scoring 34 runs and driving in 39 on the season.    He recorded 19 hits for extra bases in 12 doubles, one triple and six homers.

On the mound, he finished the season with a 2.28 ERA in 27.2 innings pitched for a 2-2 record and five saves.  Also on the season, he struck 35 batters and allowed just 19 hits and seven earned runs.  Davis struck out a season high five batters against Louisiana Tech (2-20-15).

Estep, a 6-3, 175 junior pitcher from Choctaw, Okla., earned all-conference honors as a starting pitcher.  This past season, he made 16 appearances on the mound, while starting in 12 of them.  He finished the season with a 6-3 record and a 5.09 ERA, allowing 86 hits, 40 earned runs and striking out 52.

Rounding out the cast of first teamers is Walsh, a 6-3, 220 senior relief pitcher from Magnolia, Ark.   He finished the season with a 4-2 record and a 1.70 ERA.  In 23 appearances on the mound, Walsh gave up 29 hits, eight earned runs and struck out 54 batters on the season.   He struck out a season high six batters against Prairie View A&M (3-7-15) and struck out five against Ole Miss. (3-18-15) and Southern University (4-19-15).

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UAPB wins SWAC Western Division

UAPB (23-16, 16-6 SWAC) has captured their second consecutive Western Division Championship and adding to the history with the Golden Lions baseball program by winning back to back division titles, finishing over 500 and over 20 plus wins.  The Golden Lions will finish the 2015 as solo champions, even though TSU closes out the series, by winning two games to one over Prairie View Sunday, which will still keep Golden Lions ahead by a game over TSU.

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SWAC Preseason Baseball Team and Polls

All SWAC First Team
RP Kevin Walsh (Arkansas-Pine Bluff)

All SWAC Second Team
3B Josh Cassidy (Arkansas-Pine Bluff)


West Predicted Order of Finish
Texas Southern 59 (8)
Prairie View A&M 58 (3)
Arkansas-Pine Bluff* 54 (2) Southern 38 (2)
Grambling State 31 (1)

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MLB Draft Rounds 11-40

Round 12

Jalen Beeks (Arkansas) – Boston

Round 13

Ryan Taylor (Arkansas Tech) – Los Angeles (NL)

Round 16

Michael Gunn (Arkansas) – Boston

Round 17

Eric Fisher (Arkansas) – Miami

Round 20

Collin Radack (Hendrix) – St. Louis

Round 22

Mark Reyes (Crowder Col. / Jessieville, AR) – San Francisco

Round 27

Austin Pfeiffer (UALR) – Baltimore

Round 32

Eric White (Parkers Chapel HS, AR) – Milwaukee

Round 36

Blake Wiggins (Pulaski Academy, AR) – Philadelphia

Isias Alcantar (UAPB) – Tampa Bay

Tyler Spoon (Arkansas) – Oakland

Round 38

Keegan Ghidotti (OBU) – Baltimore

Round 39

David Petrino (Central Arizona Col / Lowell, AR-Shiloh Christian) - Chicago (NL)

Round 40

Davis Ward (OBU) – St. Louis*

*Final pick of the draft

All SWAC Teams Announced

ALL SWAC BASEBALL - FIRST TEAM
KEVIN WALSH - ARKANSAS-PINE BLUFF

ALL SWAC BASEBALL - SECOND TEAM
ISIAS ALCANTAR - ARKANSAS-PINE BLUFF


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UAPB wins SWAC West with sweep of Texas Southern

The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff Baseball Team won the Southwestern Athletic Conference Western Division Title with a pair of wins over Texas Southern, here Saturday afternoon at MacGregor Park.
Since rejoining the SWAC in 1998 this is the first time in school history, that UAPB has won the conference western division.

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SWAC Baseball Awards

The University of Arkansas Pine Bluff Head Coach Carlos James was tagged Coach of the Year after leading UAPB to 21-30 record including a 13-11 mark in conference play. The Golden Lions finished home play at the Torii Hunter Baseball Complex with a 12-9 record. The Golden Lions pitching staff combined for an earned run average of 4.20 which ranks first in the conference. Three were named to a conference leading SWAC Pitchers of the Week this year.

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To cap the 2013 baseball regular season, Arkansas-Pine Bluff junior shortstop Isias Alcantar headlines this year's post season honors as the Southwestern Athletic Conference Player of the Year.

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MLB Draft - Day 3

Rd 33, 1020th

RHP Daniel Bream, SAU to Tampa Bay

Rd 38, 1170
C Brandon Choate, SAU to Tampa Bay

Rd 42, 1275

3B Jason Nappi, Harding to LA Angels

Rd 43, 1298

LHP Geoffrey Davenport, UA to Cleveland

Rd 44, 1337
RF Chretien Matz, UAPB to Detroit

Rd 46, 1385
LHP Mark Reyes, Jessieville to Baltimore

Rd 49, 1572

3B Austin White, Texarkana to Pittsburgh

Chretien Matz named to All-SWAC 2nd Team

Outfield - Chretien Matz, Arkansas-Pine Bluff

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Carlos James Named UAPB Head Baseball Coach

The University of Arkansas-Pine Bluff Department of Athletics has announced the hiring of Carlos James to the position of head baseball coach.

James arrives to UAPB after spending the previous two seasons at the University of Arkansas-Monticello where he served in the same capacity. The Pine Bluff native took over the struggling UAM Baseball team and turned them into a legitimate conference contender during his two years at the helm of program.

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Michael Bumpers out at UAPB

Bumpers was let go following a disappointing 2010 season in which the Lions went 9-16 in the SWAC. Athletic Director Skip Perkins said the won-loss record wasn't the sole factor, and that fund raising was also an issue.

2010 SWAC Honors Announced

Second –Team All-Conference

Barry McDonley Arkansas-Pine Bluff C 6-0 190 Jr. Pine Bluff, AR

Sean Prater Arkansas-Pine Bluff 2B 5-7 150 Jr. Pine Buff, AR

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SWAC Pre-Season All Conference

2010 SWAC Baseball Preseason Second Team All‐Conference
Lloyd Burchett Univ. Ark.‐Pine Bluff IF 5‐9 180 So. Frankfort, IL
Gvona Turner Univ. Ark. Pine Bluff OF 6‐1 195 Jr. Crossett, AR

2010 Predicted Order of Finish (first‐place votes in parenthesis)
Eastern Division
Jackson State (8) 71 pts
Mississippi Valley State (5)
Alcorn State (3) 63
Alabama A&M (0) 38
Alabama State (2) 30

Western Division
Southern (12) 85
Texas Southern (1) 58
Univ. Arkansas‐Pine Bluff (2) 50
Prairie View A&M (1) 40
Grambling State (1) 37

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UAPB player killed in car accident

Kevin Edwards, 19, a University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff baseball player, was killed in a vehicle accident Sunday on Interstate 57 at Calumet Park, Ill., according to a report in the Chicago Sun-Times. According to an Illinois State Police District Chicago trooper, Edwards, a sophomore from Matteson, Ill., was driving a 2004 Nissan south on Interstate 57 when he attempted to change lanes and crashed. The Nissan spun out, hit a guardrail on the left side of the interstate then rolled in the right lane, partially ejecting Edwards, according to the Sun-Times.

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Our thoughts are with his family and the UAPB family.

Hunter Complex a step closer

Hunter donated $500,000 for the estimated $9-million complex which will house UAPB’s baseball team.

The first phase including playing fields, scoreboards and dugouts could be completed by Spring 2010.

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Trio of Elks commit to play college baseball

Elkins' Steven Whitney, Drew Clark and Buddy Diaville, fresh off a Class 3A state championship in May, took part in a signing ceremony with fellow American Legion teammates watching on. Whitney and Diaville will play for the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, and Clark will attend the University of the Ozarks.

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$1.34 million generated for Pine Bluff Ballpark

PINE BLUFF, Ark., (AP) — The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff has raised $1.34 million so far in the first phase of its effort to build a $9 million baseball complex.

The donations include $500,000 from Pine Bluff native and Los Angeles Angels outfield Torii Hunter.

The complex will be named for Hunter.

Construction on the first phase includes a baseball field that's to be ready in time for the spring baseball season.

The overall project includes an indoor training facility, a baseball field and stadium and a softball field that can also be used for Little League baseball tournaments.

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