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Cary, North Carolina – USA Baseball today finalized its collegiate varsity rosters, including those for the International Friendship Series and Summer League Tour.
“Following two highly competitive Stars vs. Stripes matches, we are pleased to announce the two members of our 2024 Varsity Team.” Eric Campbell“I’m confident that the 57 players we have assembled will perform well for the USA and look forward to starting play tomorrow in Cary and Fayetteville,” said the USA Baseball general manager of professional and collegiate varsity teams.
The total 57-player roster includes seven USA Baseball alumni, and the International Friendship Series roster includes four players who have previously donned the Stars and Stripes. Ben Abelto, RJ Austin Jr.., Drew Burressand Nolan ShubertThe roster for the Summer League Tour includes: Gavin Grahovac, Matthew Mattheisand Ethan McElvain After wearing the red, white and blue, he will once again play for the United States National Team. Alton Davis II, Matt Scottand Pablo Torres I attended the University National Team training camp last summer.
Vanderbilt leads all schools with four players on both rosters, including three players on the Summer League Tour team. Georgia, Louisville, North Carolina, North Carolina State and Tennessee each have three players on their two rosters, while Alabama, Duke, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Oregon State, Stanford and Virginia each have two players.
The teams will begin play on Saturday, June 29. The 21st USA vs. Chinese Taipei International Friendship Series will open on Saturday at Segura Stadium in Fayetteville, North Carolina, before the second game is played at the USA Baseball National Training Complex in Cary, North Carolina, on June 30. The third game of the series will also be played at the National Training Complex on July 1, before the teams meet at First National Bank Field (Greensboro, North Carolina) on July 2. The series finale will be played at Atrium Health Ballpark in Kannapolis, North Carolina, on July 3.
The Summer League Tour will begin on June 29 at the National Training Complex with the USA taking on the Coastal Plain League Select Team. The teams will meet again in Cary on June 30, after which the USA team will face the Appalachian League East Select Team at Calfee Park in Pulaski, Virginia, on July 1. The Stars and Stripes Team will conclude their four-game Summer League Tour on July 2 against the Appalachian League West Select Team at TVA Credit Union Ballpark in Johnson City, Tennessee.
After the two teams have played, the International Friendship Series participants will face off against the Summer League Tour participants in an Independence Day game at Segra Stadium in Fayetteville, North Carolina.
Below is the roster for the 2024 University National Team.
**International Series Contestants
***(Name; Job Title; School)
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*Ben Abelto; LHP; TCU
Jamie Arnold, left-handed pitcher, Florida State University
*RJ Austin Jr.; UT; Vanderbilt
Max Bellew, outfielder, Texas
Tucker Bivens, RHP, Louisville
Cayden Bodine, C, Coastal Carolina
Tyler Bremner, RHP, University of California, Santa Barbara
Brooks Bryan, C, Troy
*Drew Burress, outfielder, Georgia Tech
^ Dean Curley; INF; Tennessee
^Gabe Davis, RHP, Oklahoma State University
Alton Davis II, left-handed pitcher, Georgia
Danny Dickinson, infielder, Utah Valley
Anthony Eyerson, RHP, UC San Diego
Patrick Forbes, outfielder/right-hander, Louisville
Gabriel Goeckle, RHP, Arkansas
Marek Houston, infielder, Wake Forest
Ben Jacobs, left-handed pitcher, Arizona State University
Nelson Kerjo, left-handed pitcher, Oregon State University
^Anthony Martinez; INF; University of California, Irvine
*Nolan Shubert, outfielder/infielder, Oklahoma State University
Matt Scott, RHP, Stanford
Colten Smith, RHP, Georgia
Derrick Smith, RHP, North Carolina State University
Nate Snead, RHP, Tennessee
Devin Taylor, outfielder, Indiana
Kyle Walker, infielder, Grambling State University
Kyson Witherspoon, RHP, Oklahoma
Malachi Witherspoon, RHP, Oklahoma
Summer League Tour Roster
(Name; Position; School)
Eric Becker, infielder, Virginia
Cooper Consiglio, left-handed pitcher, North Carolina State University
^Daniel Cuvet; INF; Miami
Jason DeCarlo, RHP, UNC
Jacob Dudan, RHP, North Carolina State University
Henry Ford, infielder/outfielder, Virginia
Jamal George, C/INF, Alabama State University
AJ Gracia, outfielder/left-handed pitcher, Duke
*^Gavin Grahovac, infielder, Texas A&M
Miller Green, left-handed pitcher, Vanderbilt
Kyle Johnson, outfielder/left-handed pitcher, Duke
Justin Lebron, infielder, Alabama
Dylan Roy, LHP, Tennessee
*Matthew Mattheis, RHP, UNC
*Ethan McElvain; left-handed pitcher; Vanderbilt
Trey Newman, RHP
^ Liam Peterson, RHP, Florida
Tre Phelps, infielder, Georgia
Brett Renfrow, RHP, Virginia Tech
Luis Rodriguez, RHP, Alabama State
Zion Rose, C, Louisville
Eric Segura, RHP, Oregon State University
Brennan Sabres, RHP, Vanderbilt
Luke Stevenson, C, UNC
Pablo Torres, RHP, Bethune-Cookman
Dominik Vogel, RHP, Kansas
Joey Borchko, RHP, Stanford
KJ White; INF; Southern
* USA baseball team alumni
^ Participated in the national team development program
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