USD Baseball 2009

TORERO PROFESSIONALS Professional Contracts Signed

Four Toreros Drafted in 2008 Four University of San Diego baseball playerswere taken in the 2008 Major League Baseball draft. Brian Matusz was drafted No 4 overall in the first round of the draft by the Baltimore Orioles, making him the highest USD player ever drafted in the current format of the MLB draft. Josh Romanski was drafted in the fourth round by the Milwaukee Brewers, Ricardo Peciina was a eighth round selection of the Washington Nationals and Logan gelbrich was a 35th round selection of the San Diego Padres. Matusz is coming off a season where he in which he led the NCAA in strikeouts (141) and tied for 5th in the country in wins (12) and he posted a 1.71 ERA, which is fourth all-time at USD in single-season ERA.The junior lefty was named 2008 West Coast Conference Pitcher of the Year, named a Louisville Slugger first– team All -American and finished the season as the all-time career leader at San Diego in strikeouts (396) .The junior southpaw also tied the program single-game record for strikeouts with 17 in a win against Harvard on March 22, 2008. He was drafted in the fourth round by the Angels in 2005, but he elected to attend school instead. Matusz became the first San Diego player to be named as a finalist for the Golden Spikes Award -- given to the best amateur baseball player-- and he helped the team achieve its highest ranking (No. 4) last season . Matusz was a member of the 2007 USA Baseball National Team and is also named a finalist for the Roger Clemens award . Romanski, who was also named a Louisville Slugger third-team All -American util ity player, posted an overall record of 9-1 with a 4.00 ERA on the mound and hit .324 with 73 hits, 14 doubles, one triple, six home runs and 49 RBI at the plate. ROmanski also took home first-team AII -WCC honors and this past season he was a member ofTeam USA. Romanski tossed his first collegiate no-hitter back on March 24 against Harvard, in which he faced one batter above the minimum and recorded eight strikeouts in the game as the highlight of the season. Romanski was drafted in the 15th round of the 2005 MLB draft by the San Diego Padres, and chose to come to USD instead. Pecina completed his career at USD with an overall record of 15- 12 and a career ERA of 3.83. In 2008, Pecina helped lead USD to the WCC Championship and to the championship game of the Long Beach Regional. Pecina established himself as the mid-week starter and picked up impressive wins over Long Beach State, UC Irvine and UCLA. This season, Pecina had his most productive season as he posted a 6-4 record and had a 3.29 ERA. Gelbrich played his entire four-year career in aTorero uniform and helped lead USD to the WCC Championship and into the champi– onship game of the Long Beach Regional. For his career, Gelbrich hit .293 with 181 hits, 47 doubles, one triple, 15 home runs 34 RBI. Gelbrich is a two-time first-team AII-WCC selection.

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