LOUISIANA STATE WINS NCAA DIVISION I RECRUITING TITLE

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LOUISIANA STATE WINS NCAA DIVISION I RECRUITING TITLE
TUCSON, Ariz. — For the second time in the last four years, Louisiana State University has been ranked No. 1 in Collegiate Baseball newspaper’s annual rundown of NCAA Division I baseball recruiting classes.
This marks the 25th consecutive year that Collegiate Baseball has evaluated recruiting classes in this division which were brought in this fall.
LSU’s recruiting haul is simply amazing when you consider that nine players were drafted and includes eight high school All-Americans and three first team junior college All-Americans among the 19 players the Tigers brought in.
"We had the most drafted players in the nation end up in school, the most prospects from the Top 200 in the nation end up in school and the most players ranked in the Top 100 end up in school," said LSU Recruiting Coordinator Terry Rooney.
"We also had seven players earn All-American honors that were not even drafted (11 in total)."
LSU Head Coach Paul Mainieri was impressed with the class as well.
"It is very rare for a school to have as many as nine drafted signees actually enroll at the university," Mainieri said.
"It is a very unusual occurrence, something that I would characterize as remarkable. It is my hope that history will show that this class had a major effect on re-establishing LSU as one of the elite college baseball programs in the country."
The star-studded class includes:
RHP Anthony Ranaudo, St. Rose H.S. (Jackson, N.J.), an 11th round pick by the Texas Rangers.
INF Matt Clark, Riverside C.C. (Calif.), 28th round pick by the Pirates.
OF Chad Jones, Southern Lab H.S. (Baton Rouge, LA), 13th round pick by the Astros.
INF/OF Rene Escobar, Riverside C.C. (Calif.), 30th round pick by the Braves.
OF Leon Landry, Baker H.S. (Baker, LA), 36th round pick by the Reds.
INF D.J. Le Mahieu, Brother Rice H.S. (Bloomfield Hills, MI), 41st round pick by the Tigers.
RHP Jordan Brown, Meridian C.C. (MS), 45th round pick by the Reds.
LHP Ryan Verdugo, Skagit College (WA), 47th round pick by the Giants.
INF Matt Gaudet, Delgado C.C. (LA), 40th round pick by Tampa Bay in 2005.
RHP Ben Alsup, Ruston H.S. (LA), High School All-American.
C Micah Gibbs, Pfugerville H.S. (TX), High School All-American.
SS Derek Helenihi, Ohlone College (CA), JC All-American.
RHP Taylor Martin, St. Michael H.S. (Baton Rouge, LA), H.S. All-American.
OF Cody Reine, Walker H.S. (Walker, LA), Louisville Slugger H.S. All-American.
RHP Austin Ross, Captain Shreve H.S. (Shreveport, LA), H.S. All-American.
RHP Daniel Bradshaw, Ouachita Christian H.S. (West Monroe, LA), Louisiana Pitcher of Year and All-American.
RHP/INF Taylor Davis, Panola College (TX).
OF/C Johnny Dishon, Bridge City H.S. (Beaumont, TX).
RHP Jordan Nicholson, Ruston H.S. (Ruston, LA).
The following are the top 40 rankings of NCAA Division I recruiting classes for 2007 as determined by the staff of Collegiate Baseball newspaper. A complete rundown of the top 10 classes is in the Oct. 1, 2007 edition of Collegiate Baseball.

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