Aug. 27, 2008

Baseball Meets as Full Squad for First Time, Introduces Full Group of Newcomers

    Youngstown -- The 2009 Youngstown State baseball team met as a full group for the first time and discussed goals and procedures for the upcoming season prior to the start of the academic year.
    The impressive group of 14 newcomers, which includes seven freshmen and seven transfers, were also introduced as a whole for the first time at the meeting in Beeghly Center.
    The 14 players come from a diverse geographic background with four from Ohio, four from Pennsylvania and one each from Arizona, Maryland, Louisiana, New Jersey, Virginia and Wisconsin.
    New assistant coach Tom Lipari also met the majority of the players for the first time. Lipari was hired at the beginning of the month as the recruiting coordinator and pitching coach.
    Players began workouts on Tuesday and will begin fall practice in preparation for the Red-White World series in October.

2009 Newcomers

Pitchers:
Jimmy Kinnick (Austintown, Ohio)
Ryan Messmer (Parsippany, N.J.)
Alex Oles (Austintown, Ohio)
Trent Wood (Cassville, Wis.)

Catchers:
Jonathan Crist (Scottsdale, Ariz.)
Casey Holland (Earleville, Md.)

Infielders:
Jeremy Banks (Steubenville, Ohio)
Greg Dissinger (Lancaster, Pa.)
Jacke Healey (Tunkhannock, Pa.)
Brian Solitario (Wadsworth, Ohio)
Dylan Szalankiewicz (Louisa County, Va.)

Outfielders:
Derek Carr (Titusvills, Pa.)
Eric Hymel (Madisonville, La.)
Rob Wratcher (Monroeville, Pa.)