Aug. 2, 2002

ABILENE, Texas - Hardin-Simmons head baseball coach Steve Coleman ahs announced the committment of 22 baseball players for the 2002-03 school season.

This year's class consists of four junior college transfers, a four-year transfer and 17 high school seniors.

"We have met some needs with this class," said Coleman. "There are some guys that will step in and probably start immediately and there are some others that are a year or two away. You need both kinds to develop a strong program."

"I think we have added some power eespecially with (Andy) Harrington, a kid that comes from Texas A&M and Howard JC. He can give us the power bat we need in the middle of the lineup. We also added some pitching depth and some quality outfielders. We lost two starters in the outfield so we need to find some guys that can help us there."

The Cowboys are coming off an 18-22 season and return five position starters and three pitchers from last year's team.

Pitchers

Patrick Bailey, LHP, Grandview HS
Josh Bishop, RHP, Northlake JC
Craig Foreman, RHP, McMurry
Cash Fortune, LHP, Anson HS
Chris Johnson, RHP/OF, Stamford HS
Josh Cosby, LHP/OF, Falfurrias HS
Infielders
Lance Loza, 1B/DH, Abilene Wylie HS
Andy Harrington, 1B, Howard JC
Bo Vaculik, INF, Sulpher Springs HS
Tim Donnelly, INF, Northeast JC
Ryan Rogers, INF, Wichita Falls Rider HS
August Dobraski, INF, Willis HS
Outfielders
Josh Anderlohr, OF, Stoney Point HS
Blake Huber, OF/RHP, Stoney Point HS
Kyle Michaels, OF, Haskell HS
|Allen McGee, OF, Sweetwater HS
Utility
Ryan Reneau, UTL, San Jacinto Christian Academy
Bryan Simpson, UTL, Stephenville HS
Brian Whitworth, UTL, Trinidad JC
Scott Henvey, UTL,W.T. White HS

Catchers
Roland Robles, C, San Antonio Madison HS
Keith Skates, C, Austin - St. Andrews