USA Baseball Sets National Team Roster

By Will Kimmey
July 2, 2006

USA Baseball finalized the 22-man roster for this summer's college national team. Sophomores J.P. Arencibia (Tennessee), Sean Doolittle (Virginia) and David Price (Vanderbilt) made the team for the second straight year.

The roster includes 14 sophomores, seven freshmen and a junior. Tennessee and Vanderbilt both placed two players on the club, with Julio Borbon joining Arencibia and Pedro Alvarez joining Price.

Seven All-Americans will play for Team USA: Jake Arrieta, Alvarez, Zack Cozart, Doolittle, Wes Roemer, Nick Schmidt and Cole St.Clair. Five All-Freshman players made the team: Alvarez, Brandon Crawford, Tim Federowicz, Tommy Hunter and Jemile Weeks.

Team USA begins play July 4 against Taiwan in Pawtucket, R.I.

TEAM USA ROSTER

Player	Position	School	Class
Pedro Alvarez	3b	Vanderbilt	Fr.
J.P. Arencibia	c	Tennessee	So.
Jake Arrieta	rhp	Texas Christian	So.
Bryan Augenstein	rhp	Florida	So.
Darwin Barney	inf/of	Oregon State	So.
Julio Borbon	of	Tennessee	So.
Preston Clark	c	Texas	Fr.
Zack Cozart	ss/3b	Mississippi	So.
Brandon Crawford	ss	UCLA	Fr.
Ross Detwiler	lhp	Missouri State	So.
Sean Doolittle	lhp/1b	Virginia	So.
Tim Federowicz	c/1b	North Carolina	Fr.
Todd Frazier	inf/of	Rutgers	So.
Nick Hill	lhp	Army	Jr.
Tommy Hunter	rhp	Alabama	Fr.
Roger Kieschnick	of	Texas Tech	Fr.
Daniel Moskos	lhp	Clemson	So.
David Price	lhp	Vanderbilt	So.
Wes Roemer	rhp	Cal State Fullerton	So.
Nick Schmidt	lhp	Arkansas	So.
Cole St.Clair	lhp	Rice	So.
Jemile Weeks	2b	Miami	Fr.