MOUNTAINEER BASEBALL

Eastern Ranked 13th Pre-Season by Collegiate Baseball
15th by Perfect Game and 27th by the NJCAA
Three Mountaineers Named in Perfect Game’s Top 250 Players
Story by Staff – 01/30/09

The Eastern Oklahoma State College baseball team has received a great deal of national attention preceding the 2009 season.  Collegiate Baseball has ranked the Mountaineers 13th in their pre-season poll.  This poll ranks all NJCAA affiliated teams.  PG Crosschecker (Perfect Game), which ranks every junior college in the country regardless of affiliation, has placed Eastern 15th in their pre-season poll.  And the NJCAA’s initial 2009 poll has placed Eastern 27th.

TO SEE THE FULL POLLS

• Collegiate Baseball
• PG Crosschecker
• NJCAA

Three Mountaineer players have also received national recognition.  PG Crosschecker compiles a list of their Top 250 Junior College Prospects in the country that was released on January 15th, and Stephen Hagen, Justin Klusak and Tommie Johnson were named on the list.  Hagen was listed as the 56th best prospect in the country.  He is a red shirt freshman from Lakebay, WA that transferred to Eastern from Oregon State University.  He will play third and first base.  Klusak, a freshman, was listed as the 151st best prospect.  He attended McAlester High School and will play outfield for the Mountaineers.  Tommie Johnson (pictured) is a sophomore that will also play outfield for Eastern and he was tabbed as the 249th best prospect in the country.  Johnson attended U.S. Grant High School in Oklahoma City.

The 13th ranked Mountaineers open up the season this Wednesday February 4th against 1st ranked Grayson County College.  The two teams will play a double header at 12:00 pm in Denison, TX.