Baseball Recruiting

Yes, a bit of baseball makes it’s way into GGH.  Per the official press release, Head Coach John Musachio announced the three recruits for next season –  Kyle Bolbots, Todd Dunham and Jacob Richardson.

Coach Musachio indicated that all three should see significant playing time immediately.  This is because all three can play and because OU will lose a number of seniors this summer.

Combine these three with this year’s freshmen class, one I still have expectations for, and, perhaps, we’ll see the program start to make some larger strides forward in the next few seasons.

I’m sure those visiting GGH for basketball-related information will be happy to learn that this baseball post does have a potential hoops tangent.  It was pointed out that Mr. Richardson was named all-league and all-region in basketball as well as baseball.  Hmmm.

Congratulations to Coach Musachio on this year’s class.

A Little Recruiting News

I want to take a moment to catch myself up on some of the names that have been floated out as potential Oakland recruits for 2010.  Feel free to tag along.

However, remember, boys and girls, “recruiting information” is what we call an oxymoron.  It’s a good two steps below speculation, but it does make for entertaining reading and good filler for spring-time basketball posts.  (I can feel the hits going up just typing in the word “recruiting”.)

Deferring to the Scouts.com list, Alex Gauna out of Eaton Rapids has OU on his list of possible schools.  The 6′9″, 200 lb. power forward also has both in-state Big Ten institutions (that would be Michigan and Michigan State) on his list as well as Butler, LSU, Northwestern and Xavier.  A varied list it is.

(Update 5/1: Gauna verbally committed to Michigan State.)

Next up is Bryan Coleman, a 6′5″ shooting guard out of Southfield-Lathrup HS.  Amongst other programs on his list are Central Michigan, Dayton, Providence and that school in Ann Arbor.

6′7″ Cole Darling, a power forward, from Holt lists the Grizzlies, CMU and Butler as his current desired locations.

Finally, 6′9″ Utica Eisenhower center Corey Petros has included Oakland as a possible university destination.  CMU (yes, again), Western Michigan and Detroit-Mercy round out his top four.

For all I know one or all of these young men have already committed to another program, but I am pleased to see Oakland getting some more interest.

Hamilton Arrives

The rumored arrival of Reggie Hamilton is now official.  The Oakland Press’ Dave Pemberton has the story.  The transfer from UMKC will have to sit out the upcoming season, but will have two years of eligibility remaining.

Welcome, Reggie.

Update: I should point out that Matt Samuels has left the Grizzlies program.  One does wonder if Williams arrival played a role in Samuels decision?  Nonetheless, I wish Samuels well wherever he lands.