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June 3, 2003
Penguins Announce Addition of Five Signees
Youngstown -- Youngstown State Head Baseball Coach
Mike Florak announced on Tuesday
that five in-state standouts have
signed national letters of intent to
play baseball for the Penguins.
Signing with YSU are outfielder Brent Parks (Canfield, Ohio),
pitcher/infielder Julian Perler
(Reynoldsburg, Ohio), shortstop Josh
Page (Plain City, Ohio),
catcher/outfielder Erich Diedrich
(Bay Village, Ohio) and
pitcher/infielder Tom Zetts
(Boardman, Ohio).
Page was named the
Division III Central District Player
of the Year. The shortstop hit .490
on the year and led Alder to the
district championship. He was also
named the Buckeye Athletic
Conference Player of the Year. Alder
finished the season with a 22-8 mark
losing to top-ranked St. Henry 4-3
in the Division III regional
semifinals. It was the deepest run
into the postseason by the Pioneers
since 1998. As a defensive back on
the Alder football team, Page was a
second-team Division IV All-Ohio
selection.
Perler was a first-team Division I All-Central District
selection leading Reynoldsburg
during the 2003 campaign.
Parks entered his senior season was tabbed as the 90th best
senior in the state playing for
Coach Tony Ross at Canfield.
Diedrich is a left-handed hitting, right-handed throwing
catcher/outfielder who helped Bay
High advance to the state regionals
for the first time since 1991. Bay
won the District II Championship
beating Firelands last week.
Zetts will be a two-sport athlete for the Penguins playing
both baseball and football. As a
quarterback, Zetts finished as the
fifth all-time leading passer in
school history throwing for 2,802
yards in his career. As a senior,
passed for 1,468 yards and 13
touchdowns and was a second-team
All-Ohio Division I pick. On the
diamond, he was named the 94th best
senior in the state prior to his
senior campaign.
In the fall, outfielder Jeff Solt of Reynoldsburg and
outfielder/first baseman Mike
Tarjanica from Canfield along with
right-handed pitcher Andy Svitak
from Cleveland each signed with YSU. |
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