Amateur Baseball Report

Hunter Wood
ABR Regional Finalist
Pryor, Oklahoma

Not many freshman players are named "Offensive Player of the Year" for their varsity baseball team. However, the 6 foot tall, 160 lb Hunter Wood, out of Pryor High School in Oklahoma emerged as the main offensive threat for the Tigers.

Hunter led the conference in batting with a .456 batting average with 9 doubles, 1 triple, 4 homeruns. He also led the conference in Slugging Percentage, On Base Percentage, and Runs Batted In. On the mound Hunter was equally impressive as he led the conference in strikeouts, with 73 in 47 innings.

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ABR Featured Player

*Brandon Cichocki

Brandon Cichocki, a Great Lakes All-Star of a year ago, is preparing to reach his goal of making down to Kissimmee, FL for the USSSA All-American Games.

As a member of MSA Black in 2007 and 2008, and as a member of the Great Lakes All Stars in Jupiter, Florida Brandon has pitched against some of the best teams in the US, making him mentally tough and ready to take the ball when the game is on the line. In last year’s 13U Super NIT event in Sterling Heights, MI., Brandon was called into relief in the quarter finals; striking out 9 consecutive batters to keep MSA in the driver’s seat.

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Andrew Sparks, RHP

*Andrew Sparks

Andrew Sparks, who attends Beech Grove Middle School and plays for the Indiana Bandits Traveling Baseball Team 13U Division delivers a pitch during the Greensburg Early Bird Baseball Tournament held this past weekend (April 18 and 19) in Greensburg, Indiana. Andrew pitched 11 scoreless innings with no walks supporting the Bandits second place finish over 2 days of tournament play.

Columbus, GA Regional Tryout - Highlights

Lake Jackson, TX Tryout - Highlights

The Columbus GA, Norman OK, Lake Jackson TX, and Jackson TN regional results and the Camden NJ ID camp results are now available on the player profile pages.

*Don DeDonatis
Executive Director and CEO of the United States Specialty Sports Association (USSSA)

“The 2009 USSSA All-American Games is designed to promote and showcase the finest amateur baseball players in the nation today”, states Don DeDonatis, Executive Director and CEO of the United States Specialty Sports Association. “Our collective goal is to provide much needed exposure and recognition for these outstanding young athletes at both the collegiate and professional levels. Being named a USSSA All-American will be quite an honor” continued DeDonatis. “USSSA is extremely proud of being involved in a program such as this.”

The USSSA All-American Games is attracting the country's finest young ball players (ages 14U-16U). Below are two of the many stand out athletes that have already registered for one of the 2009 USSSA All-American Games Regional Tryouts.

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Nolan Rogers
-14u

Ht: 5'8" Wt: 135

B/T: L/R

Bloomington, IN
Bloomington South HS (2013)

Nolan is a very talented young ball player. He is a very good at all aspects of the game. His fastball is in the low 80s, which is great for his age. He has a very polished swing with great mechanics. Nolan has all the makings of a fantastic middle infielder. He can play either 2B or SS with ease. Plays for the Indiana Prospects traveling team. Last year Nolan made the 14u Team USA ball club that traveled to Guatemala. This year he has his sights set on making it to the USSSA All-American Games and becoming a member of Team USSSA.

Cameron Davis
-14u
Ht: 5'10 Wt: 170

B/T: R/R

Theodore, AL
Graduates: 2013

Cameron is a star CF and P for the Spanish Fort Rams traveling team. Cameron has been waiting for the USSSA All-American Games ever since the unfortunate circumstances of last fall. He made the first cut in the Team USA qualifying process, however could not attend the tryouts due to a hurricane in his hometown. Cameron shows the potential to play D1 ball as well as being drafted by a MLB club.

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*Eric DuCharme

The Junior lefty, out of West Bend, Wisconsin pitched a three hit shutout for the Hitters Spring League Grey Team on Sunday, April 19th. He also added a key RBI in the Grey Team's 2-0 victory over Royal Blue.

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