DANS RELEASE 2010 PRE-SEASON ROSTER

The Danville Dans have released their 2010 Pre-Season Roster representing 15 different colleges throughout the country. Among those colleges are four ranked in the top 25 in pre-season polls; LSU, Ole Miss, San Diego, and Pepperdine.

Austin Green*, RHP, So, San Diego
Jason Hamm*, C, Jr, St. Leo
Mason Katz, IF/C, Fr, Louisiana State
Alex Edward, IF/OF, Fr, Louisiana State
Jake Huxtable, IF, So, University of Central Florida
Miles Silverstein, SS, So, Pepperdine
Bryan Haar, IF, So, San Diego
Tyler Brubaker, OF, So, Pepperdine
Floyd Given, OF, SO, Pepperdine
Sam Frost, if/of, Fr, Mississippi State
Cole Bieser, cf/util, Fr, SE Missouri
Harry Clark, if/dh/c, Fr, UAB
Aaron Lambrix*, rhp, so, Abilene Christian
Ryan Livingston*, rhp, so, Chapman
JD Learnard, rhp, fr, Il State
Wil Browning, rhp, jr, Louisiana-Monroe
Chad Girodo, lhp, fr, Mississippi State
Donavan Drake*, rhp, so, University of Indianapolis
Taylor Dennis, rhp, jr, Southern IN
Brooks Oursler, rhp, fr, Mississippi
Keven Inman, rhp, jr, Pepperdine
Chris Stratton, rhp fr, Mississippi State
Aaron Brandt, rhp so, St. Leo

*indicates returner

Awaiting two letters of committment, the Dans will roster a total of 26 players. The Dans open at home on Thursday, June 3.

MEADOR NAMED WCC PLAYER OF THE WEEK

Senior outfielder James Meador of the University of San Diego baseball team (Dans 2007) was been named the West Coast Conference Player of the Week.


Meador, a 6-1 senior from Ramona, Calif., helped lead USD to a 3-1 record last weekend to open up the 2010 season. Meador led the USD offense as he went 8-for-14 (.571) with two doubles, one home run and a team-leading six RBI. In Saturday's game two of the double-header against Indiana University, Meador went 4-for-5 with one double, one home run, two singles and fell just a triple short of hitting for the cycle. Meador is also boasting a .600 on base percentage, and slugging at a .929 clip.

DANS HONORS ROLL ON

MONROE, La.-University of Louisiana Monroe junior right-hander Wil Browning (Dans 2010) added two more honors to his resume Wednesday when he was tabbed Louisiana Pitcher of the Week for his performance at No. 17 Ole Miss last Friday and named to the CollegeBaseball360.com Primetimer Performer Weekly Honor Roll. Browning was named Sun Belt Conference Pitcher of the Week on Monday.

Bywater Earns Pitching Accolade From NCBWA

MALIBU, Calif. - Pepperdine (Dans 2008) junior left-hander Matt Bywater (Thousand Oaks, Calif./Thousand Oaks HS) Tuesday was named Pro-Line Athletic National Pitcher of the Week by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) for the period ending February 21.

BYWATER NAMED WCC PITCHER OF THE WEEK

MALIBU, Calif. - Junior Matt Bywater (Dans 2008) has been selected as the West Coast Conference's Pitcher of the Week. Bywater was recognized for his complete game shutout of No. 4 Cal State Fullerton last Saturday night at Goodwin Field.

Bywater (Thousand Oaks, Calif./Thousand Oaks HS) scattered four hits and struck out 10 Titans in the Waves' 6-0 victory, marking his fourth career double-digit strikeout game. Twice he left runners stranded at third base following the seventh-inning stretch, and earlier, he induced two double plays to escape jams in the second and fourth innings.

Matt's Player of the Week citation is the first of his career although the conference has previously honored him with three annual awards, including spots on the 2009 All-WCC first team and 2008 All-WCC freshman team.

Bywater currently owns a career win-loss record of 13-4 along with 107 strikeouts and an earned-run average of 4.67. He has also been the recipient of extraordinary run support over his last 11 starts, in which the Waves have posted a 10-1 record while averaging 9.5 runs per game.