2006 College Transfers Chart
New coaches usually have to wait to make a recruiting impact.
Thanks to college baseball's liberal transfer rules, new Louisiana State coach Paul Mainieri and his staff already have been able to upgrade the Tigers' pitching staff this summer with a pair of impact additions.
The Tigers added lefthander Blake Martin after Birmingham-Southern dropped its athletic department from Division I to Division III. Several other BSC players have found new Division I homes (see chart). LSU then added another arm for its rotation when lefthander Charlie Furbush announced he would leave Division III St. Joseph's (Maine) and join the Tigers.
Furbush went 10-1, 2.89 last spring, but the 6-foot-6, 215-pounder made his name in the Cape Cod League this summer, going 3-2, 1.83 for Hyannis with 50 strikeouts and 13 walks in 54 innings. He also started the league's all-star game and threw a no-hitter against Bourne.
"Charlie's situation is similar to mine in that he is coming to LSU to challenge himself against the best competition in the nation," Mainieri said. "The way he has performed in the Cape Cod League against some of the best college players in the country gives us hope that he will make a major impact upon our program."
The fact that Division I coaches have long visited the Cape, ostensibly to check up on their own players but with recruiting for transfers as an unspoken part of the agenda, has been an unseemly side of summer baseball for years. This year was considered an active one in terms of significant transfers.
The league's strikeouts leader, Virginia righthander Shooter Hunt, was heading to Tulane after playing with four Green Wave players in Falmouth. While Hunt walked 30 in 40 innings this summer for the Commodores, he gave up just 19 hits (and only one home run) while striking out 54. Hunt told NorthJersey.com that Virginia had given him a release to transfer with the stipulation that he could not go to any other school in Virginia, the Atlantic Coast Conference or in the Southeastern Conference.
The other significant transfer of the summer took place in the Alaska League, as Fresno State's Beau Mills decided to attend NAIA powerhouse Lewis-Clark (Idaho) State. Mills, who has hit 36 home runs in two seasons for the Bulldogs, was academically ineligible at the end of the '06 season and missed Fresno State's regional. He played for the Alaska Goldpanners in Fairbanks this summer under LCSC coach Ed Cheff, batting .270-7-33 in 152 at-bats.
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PrintNew coaches usually have to wait to make a recruiting impact.
Thanks to college baseball's liberal transfer rules, new Louisiana State coach Paul Mainieri and his staff already have been able to upgrade the Tigers' pitching staff this summer with a pair of impact additions.
The Tigers added lefthander Blake Martin after Birmingham-Southern dropped its athletic department from Division I to Division III. Several other BSC players have found new Division I homes (see chart). LSU then added another arm for its rotation when lefthander Charlie Furbush announced he would leave Division III St. Joseph's (Maine) and join the Tigers.
Furbush went 10-1, 2.89 last spring, but the 6-foot-6, 215-pounder made his name in the Cape Cod League this summer, going 3-2, 1.83 for Hyannis with 50 strikeouts and 13 walks in 54 innings. He also started the league's all-star game and threw a no-hitter against Bourne.
"Charlie's situation is similar to mine in that he is coming to LSU to challenge himself against the best competition in the nation," Mainieri said. "The way he has performed in the Cape Cod League against some of the best college players in the country gives us hope that he will make a major impact upon our program."
The fact that Division I coaches have long visited the Cape, ostensibly to check up on their own players but with recruiting for transfers as an unspoken part of the agenda, has been an unseemly side of summer baseball for years. This year was considered an active one in terms of significant transfers.
The league's strikeouts leader, Virginia righthander Shooter Hunt, was heading to Tulane after playing with four Green Wave players in Falmouth. While Hunt walked 30 in 40 innings this summer for the Commodores, he gave up just 19 hits (and only one home run) while striking out 54. Hunt told NorthJersey.com that Virginia had given him a release to transfer with the stipulation that he could not go to any other school in Virginia, the Atlantic Coast Conference or in the Southeastern Conference.
The other significant transfer of the summer took place in the Alaska League, as Fresno State's Beau Mills decided to attend NAIA powerhouse Lewis-Clark (Idaho) State. Mills, who has hit 36 home runs in two seasons for the Bulldogs, was academically ineligible at the end of the '06 season and missed Fresno State's regional. He played for the Alaska Goldpanners in Fairbanks this summer under LCSC coach Ed Cheff, batting .270-7-33 in 152 at-bats.
2006
Transfers
The following is the list
of Division I players who have filed to transfer during the summer.
Birmingham-Southern has suspended baseball for 2006-2007 and all of its
players were given releases to transfer. Several followed former BSC
coach Brian Shoop to Alabama-Birmingham.| Player, Pos. | From | To |
| Jordan Alvis, rhp | Birmingham-Southern | Middle Tennessee State |
| Tony Asaro, 1b/of | Pepperdine | UC Irvine |
| Brett Ashley, 1b | Birmingham-Southern | undecided |
| Zach Ashwood, lhp | Texas Christian | undecided |
| Omar Arif, rhp | Texas Christian | undecided |
| Clint Arnold, of | Arkansas | Texas Christian |
| Allen Aubin, c | Birmingham-Southern | Alabama-Birmingham |
| Dan Barker, rhp | Ohio State | Wright State |
| John Baird, rhp | Birmingham-Southern | Cincinnati |
| Ian Berger, rhp | Illinois State | Missouri |
| Jason Billie, c | Florida Atlantic | Centenary |
| Tom Bingham, rhp | Winthrop | Temple |
| Isaac Bissell, rhp | George Washington | Vermont |
| Zach Booker, rhp | UNC Wilmington | Elon |
| Drew Bowman, lhp | Arizona State | Nebraska |
| Casey Bond, of | Birmingham-Southern | Lipscomb |
| Brett Bruneel, rhp | Arizona State | Utah |
| D.J. Butler, of | Arizona State | Fresno State |
| David Cales, ss/rhp | Missouri | undecided |
| Ryan Chenoweth, of | Coastal Carolina | Ball State |
| Dereck Cloeren, rhp | Northwestern State | Houston |
| David Cooper, of | Cal State Fullerton | California |
| Jason Corder, of | California | Long Beach State |
| Chance Corgan, rhp | Texas A&M | Texas Christian |
| Blake Crosby, 3b | Brigham Young | Sacramento State |
| Jon David | Indiana | Eastern Illinois |
| Chris Dabbs, of | New Mexico | Oral Roberts |
| Greg Del George, ss | Vanderbilt | Louisville |
| Jason Dew, c/of | Indiana | Western Kentucky |
| David DiNatale, of | Central Florida | Miami |
| Reggie Dixon, of | North Carolina State | Western Carolina |
| Mark Doll, rhp | Birmingham-Southern | Memphis |
| James Ewing, 2b | Arkansas | Southern Mississippi |
| Christopher Fagan, if/of | Vermont | Massachusetts |
| Eric Farrell, if | Birmingham-Southern | Memphis |
| David Forbes, c | Campbell | East Carolina |
| Willy Fox, 3b | Arizona State | Wake Forest |
| Jake Friemel, rhp | Texas Christian | undecided |
| Billy Froehlich, of | Birmingham-Southern | Winthrop |
| Mark Goforth, of | Birmingham-Southern | Mississippi State |
| Brint Hardy, c/of | Birmingham-Southern | Alabama-Birmingham |
| Scooter Hicks, lhp | Texas A&M | Missouri |
| Chris Highmark, lhp | Brigham Young | Gonzaga |
| Matt Hightower, lhp | Florida | Western Kentucky |
| Michael Hill, rhp | East Carolina | Cincinnati |
| Trent Hill, rhp | Mississippi State | Samford |
| Ben Hildreth, rhp | Winthrop | Western Kentucky |
| Kyle Hollander, rhp | Oklahoma State | Louisville |
| Josh Hooper, if | Birmingham-Southern | undecided |
| Travis Howell, c | California | Long Beach State |
| Josh Hula, c | Ohio State | undecided |
| Shooter Hunt, rhp | Virginia | Tulane |
| Ricky Ibarz, lhp | UT Pan American | Troy |
| Courtney Jones, inf | Grambling State | Louisiana Tech |
| Paul Jones, lhp | Birmingham-Southern | Alabama-Birmingham |
| John King, rhp | Birmingham-Southern | Lipscomb |
| Troy Krider, inf | Michigan State | Evansville |
| Max Kwan, c | Tulane | Washington |
| Josh Lindblom, rhp | Tennessee | Purdue |
| Mike Lynn, rhp | Louisville | College of Charleston |
| Matt Mangini, 3b | North Carolina State | Oklahoma State |
| Blake Martin, lhp | Birmingham-Southern | Louisiana State |
| Andy Masten, rhp/of | Auburn | Creighton |
| Patrick Maxwell, inf | Southern Mississippi | Louisiana Tech |
| Mark McGonigle, of | Houston | New Orleans |
| J.D. Melton, rhp | Wofford | Navy |
| Zac Miller, of | Lipscomb | Arkansas |
| Beau Mills, 3b | Fresno State | Lewis-Clark State |
| Ronnie Morales, lhp | Texas-Pan American | Wichita State |
| Christopher Murray, lhp | South Alabama | Navy |
| Clarence Nicely, rhp | Auburn | Liberty |
| Michael Obyc, of | Kent State | Cincinnati |
| Jason Ogata, 2b | Louisiana State | Oregon State |
| James Oliver, rhp | Birmingham-Southern | Alabama-Birmingham |
| Jordan Opdyke, c | Nevada | UC Riverside |
| Joey Parigi, lhp | Texas | Arizona State |
| Stephen Pearson, of/1b | Arizona | Oral Roberts |
| Stephen Porlier, rhp | Tulane | undecided |
| Bailey Pratt, rhp | Birmingham-Southern | Miami (Ohio) |
| Ty Pryor, rhp | Tennessee | North Florida |
| Dan Quinn, c | Buffalo | Missouri |
| Ty Rasmussen, of | Louisiana-Lafayette | Washington |
| Matt Ray, 2b | Central Florida | Middle Tennessee State |
| Ryan Reed, c | Winthrop | undecided |
| Owen Reid, rhp | Baylor | Winthrop |
| Moises Rivera, inf | Maine | Siena |
| Lance Rhodes, rhp, inf | Saint Louis | Southeast Missouri State |
| Steven Rodriguez, inf | Southern California | Brigham Young |
| Will Romanowicz, rhp | Stetson | Elon |
| Brandon Romans, c | Birmingham-Southern | Central Florida |
| Brian Rorick, rhp | Coastal Carolina | Delaware |
| Collin Salezenstein, ss | Xavier | Illinois State |
| Trip Salem, of | Birmingham-Southern | undecided |
| Jimmy Saris, rhp |
Duke |
Georgetown |
| Cameron Satterwhite, of | Indiana | Cincinnati |
| Jake Shaffer, of | Winthrop | undecided |
| Clayton Shunick, rhp | Georgia State | North Carolina State |
| Brian Sizemore, rhp | New Mexico State | Northern Colorado |
| Aaron Smith, c/3b | Texas Christian | undecided |
| Jameson Smith, if/of | Clemson | Arizona |
| Brian Spear, 3b | Wichita State | Kentucky |
| Brenden Stines, rhp | College of Charleston | Ball State |
| Will Stroup, lhp | Birmingham-Southern | Alabama |
| Nate Swearer, of | Winthrop | undecided |
| Mike Takashima, rhp | Michigan State | Oakland |
| Ben Terry, of | Furman | Wake Forest |
| Billy Tinsley, lhp | George Mason | Winthrop |
| Matt Trausch, lhp | Michigan State | Oakland |
| Brian Van Kirk, of | Tennessee | Oral Roberts |
| Anthony Vasquez, lhp/of | Texas A&M | Southern California |
| Jake Vasquez, c |
Texas A&M |
Cal State Fullerton |
| Josh Vollmer, lhp | Butler | Ball State |
| Billy Welsh, rhp | Tennessee Tech | Cincinnati |
| Stephen Whalen, rhp/inf | Houston | New Orleans |
| Kenny Williams Jr., of | Arizona | Wichita State |
| Kori Williams, of | Houston | undecided |
| Peter Wiggins, rhp | Auburn | Western Kentucky |
| Dennis Winn, inf | Western Kentucky | Louisiana Tech |
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