Out of State Signings

Marshall
Erin McGee – RHP – 6’0/180lbs – Bella Vista, Ark./Maple Woods C.C. (Mo.)

McGee pitched for Bentonville HS before enrolling at Maple Woods C.C. in Missouri. The righty earned 7A Pitcher of the Year, All-Conference and All-Playoff team honors at Bentonville.

In 2009 at Maple Woods C.C., McGee compiled a 3-2 record and two saves. He recorded 11 strikeouts in 17 innings of work. Entering this year, Cole has maintained a 3.0 GPA.

“McGee is a strike thrower with great stuff,” Waggoner said. “He should make an immediate impact at the back end of the bullpen.”

Texarkana College
Tanner Bailey - RHP
Little Rock, Ark.

MLB Draft Rounds 1-30

Rd 5
Ashur Tolliver (Oklahoma City U/Sherwood, AR) to Baltimore

Rd 7
Dallas Keuchel (Arkansas) to Houston

Rd 8
Stephen Richards (Arkansas) to Florida

Rd 15
Scott Lyons (Arkansas) to KC
Ryan Humphrey (St Louis CC Meramec/Blytheville) to Houston

Rd 17
Ben Tschepikow (Arkansas) to KC

Rd 22
Jake Sullivan (UALR) to Tampa Bay

Rd 23
Adam Champion (UALR) to San Francisco

Baseball America's 2009 Draft Prospects

101-200

102. Ashur Tolliver, Oklahoma City, (Sherwood, AR)

186. Dallas Keuchel, Arkansas

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NCBWA Stopper of the Year Award Midseason Watch List

Derek Ward (Lewisville, Ark)
Louisiana-Monroe

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Ashur Tolliver named top prospect in NAIA

Tolliver, a native of Sherwood, Arkansas and a transfer from UALR to Oklahoma City, was named the top prospect in NAIA by Baseball America and Perfect Game.

from Baseball America:

All-American SP
Pitcher of the Year: Ashur Tolliver, lhp, Oklahoma City
TOP 10 PROSPECTS, 2009 DRAFT: #1
Oklahoma City, with three all-Americans, added hard-throwing LHP Ashur Tolliver, who transferred from Arkansas-Little Rock after going 3-0, 2.17 in relief in the Cape Cod League last summer.

from Perfect Game:

This year, the best prospect at the NAIA level, according to PG Crosschecker, is Oklahoma City pitcher Ashur Tolliver, an Arkansas-Little Rock transfer. The 6-foot, 170-pound lefthander struggled in Division I a year ago, going just 2-5, 7.94, but he showed flashes of brilliance last summer in the Cape Cod League with three plus pitches, including a fastball that topped out at 94 mph and a slider at 84. If Tolliver can establish any sense of consistency in a new environment this spring, he could emerge as a third- or-fourth rounder.