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Bradley Baseball Recruiting Class Receives National Attention

Collegiate Baseball newspaper recently released its annual list of top-40 NCAA Division I baseball recruiting classes for the 2009-10 season. For the first time in school history, Bradley appeared on the rankings, cracking the top-50 at No. 48. The only Missouri Valley Conference baseball program ahead of the Braves in the poll was Wichita State, who came in at No. 19.

"This class is a great start and a solid foundation for what we are trying to build here for years to come," said second-year head coach Elvis Dominguez. "To be mentioned for the first time among the best in the country is a tremendous honor for Bradley and Bradley Baseball."

The 2009 Bradley Baseball recruiting class features 16 players from seven different states, including 13 freshmen and three junior college transfers. Of the 16 recruits, six are pitchers, four patrol the outfield, two play infield and one is a catcher. Three others are listed as playing multiple positions, including outfield, infield and catcher. Nine of the squad's new members are from the Land of Lincoln.

Three players, RHP Patrick Cooper (Danville, Ky./Boyle County H.S./Des Moines Area C.C.), RHP John Nasshan (Niles, Ill./Niles West H.S.) and OF Christian Segar (Mendon, N.Y./McQuaid Jesuit H.S.), were selected in the 2009 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft. All three declined the opportunity to play professionally and honored their commitment to coach Dominguez and the Bradley Baseball program.

Cooper, RHP Gus DeQuesada (Miami, Fla./Christopher Columbus H.S.) and OF Brian Martin (Glen Ellyn, Ill./Montinie Catholic H.S./College of DuPage) received All-American honors last season, while five players garnered all-state attention.

"This class is a great credit to our coaching staff who identified and recruited these outstanding high school and junior college student-athlete to Bradley," said Dominguez. "These young men could have gone anywhere in the country for school, but chose our great university not only because of the great national reputation it has academically, but also because of the vision and direction of our baseball program."