Duke Baseball Academy Pitching and Position Play Camp

12/28/09

This camp will stress the proper fundamentals of every facet of pitching, catching, infield and outfield play. Each camper will be given the same instruction that has helped the Blue Devils rank at the top of the country in fielding the past two seasons and allowed the pitching staff to finish in the top ten in ERA during the 2008 season. All instruction will come from the Duke coaching staff which has a combined 37 years of professional coaching experience.

Camp Cost: $100.00

Record Number Of Blue Devils Drafted On Day Two

A record-tying four Duke baseball players were selected on day two of the 2009 MLB First Year Player Draft on Wednesday, marking only the second time in school history that four Duke players were drafted in the same year.

Senior first baseman Nate Freiman was the first Duke player to go off the board when he was selected by the San Diego Padres in the eighth round with the 234th overall pick. Following him were senior starter Andrew Wolcott (17th Round - Arizona Diamondbacks), catcher Matt Williams (18th Round - Chicago Cubs) and OF/RHP Alex Hassan (20th Round - Boston Red Sox).

Those four Blue Devils also become the fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh players to be drafted under fourth-year head coach Sean McNally, who has seen at least one player drafted in each of the last three seasons.

Incoming freshman catcher Steven Baron (Compensation Round A - Seattle Mariners) was also picked as the 33rd overall pick on day one, while incoming shortstop Marcus Stroman (18th Round - Washington Nationals) was taken 532nd overall and incoming left-handed pitcher Cameron Coffey (22nd Round - Baltimore Orioles) was taken 656th overall.