Hogs land a top baseball prospect

Friday, August 28th, 2009

Arkansas baseball picked up an oral commitment from one of the nation’s best prospects last week. Third baseman/pitcher Justin O’Connor of Muncie, Ind., Cowan said the Hogs worked hard to get him to Fayetteville.

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2-sport Pruitt a rare athlete

Friday, July 10th, 2009

Few athletes can claim having scholarship offers in two sports, but Houston Pruitt of Springdale Har-Ber can do just that.

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Van Horn adds 12 prospects so far

Friday, June 26th, 2009

Arkansas baseball coach Dave Van Horn and staff signed 12 prospects during the early signing period in November and is expected to sign a few more during the regular singing period that runs until August 1.

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Checking out the Charging Wildcats

Friday, May 22nd, 2009

I made a trip over to North Little Rock high school on Wednesday to check out the Charging Wildcats and some of the team's college prospects. 

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Too early for college baseball? Nah

Friday, October 17th, 2008

Arkansas’ 2008 baseball recruiting class continues to receive high marks.  A few weeks ago, Baseball News rated the Hog’s class No.4 in the country.  Last Friday, Baseball America said Arkansas’ class was No. 8 in the nation.

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Baseball America high on the Hogs

Thursday, June 26th, 2008

In today's column, I wrote about Arkansas' highly touted recruiting class in baseball. If the Razorbacks are able to hold on to the remaining signees and not lose any more to major league baseball, the class could be one of the best in the nation according to Jim Callis of ...

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Cox’s draft disappointment may be UA’s gain

Friday, June 13th, 2008

The chance that one of the top athletes in Razorback baseball coach Dave Van Horn's recruiting class will play for the Hogs increased when third baseman/pitcher Zack Cox was selected much lower in the Major League Baseball Draft than expected.

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Youngblood doing well on the baseball diamond

Thursday, April 3rd, 2008

Arkansas football signee Jim Youngblood has helped the Camden Fairview baseball team to a 14-3 record thus far. Youngblood is hitting for a .364 average with 3 home runs, 17 RBIs and 15 stolen bases. He’s been very effective on the pitching mound with a 5- 2 record, 1.14 ERA ...

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