June 30, 2003
ATLANTA – Four Georgia Tech players are among the 20 collegians selected to the 2003 USA Baseball National Team. Making the team are sophomore catcher Mike Nickeas (Westlake Village, Calif.), sophomore second baseman Eric Patterson (Kennesaw, Ga.), freshman shortstop Tyler Greene (Plantation, Fla.) and freshman pitcher/first baseman Micah Owings (Gainesville, Ga.).
The Yellow Jackets place four players on the team while Arizona State, Mississippi and Stanford each had two players make the national team. No other school had more than one player make the roster.
With four players making the USA Baseball National Team in 2003, Georgia Tech has now had a player make the team on 24 occasions since 1985, including six players in the last two years.
The USA National Team was selected from a pool of 36 players that just completed a four-day trials process at Hi Corbett Field in Tucson, Arizona. For a full detailed roster and a schedule of all games, log on to www.usabaseball.com.
The 2003 USA Baseball National Team will represent the United States this summer in the Pan Am Games, August 2-12 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
2003 USA NATIONAL TEAM - POSITIONAL ROSTERPlayer Pos School18 Orenduff, Justin RHP Virginia Comm.27 Owings, Micah RHP/IF Georgia Tech9 Register, Steven RHP Auburn23 Street, Huston RHP Texas15 Verlander, Justin RHP Old Dominion25 Weaver, Jered RHP Long Beach State13 Campbell, Matt LHP South Carolina19 Head, Stephen LHP/IF Mississippi21 Romanczuk, Mark LHP Stanford14 Clement, Jeff C USC12 Nickeas, Mike C Georgia Tech5 Greene, Tyler IF Georgia Tech17 Janish, Paul IF Rice22 Larish, Jeff IF Arizona State3 Patterson, Eric IF Georgia Tech2 Pedroia, Dustin IF Arizona State1 Griffin, Michael OF Baylor4 Lillibridge, Brent OF Washington7 Putnam, Danny OF Stanford16 Smith, Seth OF Mississippi
Coaching Staff 11 Tanner, Ray Head Coach South Carolina 20 Cooke, Dick Asst. Coach Davidson 6 Scalf, Mark Asst. Coach UNC Wilmington 26 Weathers, Mike Asst. Coach Long Beach State
