{"id":15204,"date":"2010-08-23T12:05:41","date_gmt":"2010-08-23T16:05:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/?p=15204"},"modified":"2024-02-09T11:54:08","modified_gmt":"2024-02-09T16:54:08","slug":"mlb-caliber-knights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/mlb-caliber-knights\/","title":{"rendered":"MLB Caliber Knights"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_9818\" style=\"max-width: 150px;\" class=\"figure\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2010\/01\/baseball.jpg\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"figure-img size-thumbnail img-fluid w-100 wp-image-9818\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2010\/01\/baseball-150x150.jpg\" alt><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"figure-img size-thumbnail img-fluid w-100 wp-image-9818 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20150%20150%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2010\/01\/baseball-150x150.jpg\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">Head coach Terry Rooney<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A total of six Major League Baseball Draft Picks highlight the 2010-11 UCF baseball recruiting class which was released Monday by head coach Terry Rooney. Of the 11 players slated to join the Knights, eight are pitchers including four southpaws.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am extremely pleased with this recruiting class,&#8221; said Rooney, who is entering his third year with the Knights. &#8220;Our recruiting coordinator Cliff Godwin, along with assistant coach Jeff Palumbo and our entire support staff did a tremendous job in landing one of the top classes in the nation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think the level of talent in this class is clearly demonstrated by having six of the 11 players chosen in the MLB Draft. The main emphasis of this class was to create additional pitching depth on the mound, along with securing multi-skilled position players. This class will enable us to continue moving back to the upper echelon of college baseball.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This year&#8217;s class consists of seven players from the state of Florida and two who call the Central Florida-area home in freshman left-handed pitcher Trevor Berry (Oviedo High School) and junior right-hander Matt Collins (DeLand High School). The Knights also welcome two student-athletes from California and one each from Illinois and Washington.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, freshman right-hander Ben Lively (Gulf Breeze, Fla.), freshman infielder Spencer Haynes (Valrico, Fla.), junior right-hander Danny Winkler (Effingham, Ill.) and junior right-hander Ray Hanson (Long Beach, Calif.) were all selected in the 2010 MLB Draft. Junior southpaw Chris Matulis (Lake Worth, Fla.) was taken in the MLB Draft in 2008 and fellow junior lefty Mark Peterson (Fort Pierce, Fla.) was selected in 2007.<\/p>\n<p>Name\t\t\tPos.\tHt.\tWt.\tClass\tB\/T\tHometown (High School\/College)<\/p>\n<li>Trevor Berry\t\tLHP\t6-3\t190\tFr.\tL\/L\tOviedo, Fla. (Oviedo)<\/li>\n<li>Matt Collins\t\tRHP\t6-5\t210\tJr.\tR\/R\tDeLand, Fla. (DeLand\/Daytona State College)<\/li>\n<li>Jeff Dally\t\tLHP\t6-6\t210\tFr.\tL\/L\tHernando, Fla. (Citrus)<\/li>\n<li>Ray Hanson\t\tRHP\t6-7\t230\tJr.\tR\/R\tLong Beach, Calif. (Wilson\/ASU\/Cypress College)<\/li>\n<li>Spencer Haynes\t\tIF\t6-0\t165\tFr.\tR\/R\tValrico, Fla. (Brandon)<\/li>\n<li>Erik Hempe\t\tUTIL\t6-2\t185\tJr.\tR\/R\tAnaheim, Calif. (Katella\/Cypress College)<\/li>\n<li>Ben Lively\t\tRHP\t6-4\t195\tFr.\tR\/R\tGulf Breeze, Fla. (Gulf Breeze)<\/li>\n<li>Chris Matulis\t\tLHP\t6-6\t215\tJr.\tL\/L\tBoynton Beach, Fla. 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