| Tulane's Rick Jones Named 2009 USA Baseball National Team Coach USA Baseball announced today the naming of Tulane's Rick Jones as head coach of the 2009 USA Baseball National Team (Collegiate).Jones is the head coach at Tulane University in New Orleans, La., and he is coming off a 2008 campaign that was his 15th at the helm of the Green Wave baseball program. Over his career at Tulane, Jones has tallied a 639-306-2 record (.674), including a 257-127-2 mark in Conference USA play, which is more wins than any other league school. Inheriting a team that had been to the NCAA Regionals seven times in its previous 101 years of existence, Jones took the Green Wave to the postseason in his first season, again in 1996 and every year from 1998-2007.  2008 C-USA Baseball Accomplishments In 2008, Conference USA continued to solidify its place as a national power in baseball.For the third consecutive season, Rice advanced to the College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska. It was the fourth straight year that C-USA has had a representative at the CWS. Rice's St.Clair Named The Winner Of The 2008 Lowe's Senior CLASS Award Rice University pitcher Cole St.Clair, who returned for his senior season after being drafted by major league baseball and helped lead the Owls into this year's College World Series, has been selected as the winner of the 2008 Lowe's Senior CLASS Award in the baseball division. The award, chosen by a nationwide vote of coaches, media and fans, is presented annually to college baseball's outstanding NCAA Division I senior student-athlete. LSU Rallies Past Rice Baseball Team In Ninth Inning For 6-5 Win At CWS LSU rallied for six late runs, including the final four with one out in the bottom of the ninth inning, to claim a 6-5 win over the Rice baseball team in an elimination game at the College World Series Tuesday afternoon in Omaha, Neb. The Owls' 2008 season has come to an end with a final record of 47-15. Rice Falls To Fresno State At College World Series 17-5 The Fresno State baseball team scored 17 runs on 13 hits, including three home runs, to claim a 17-5 win over Rice in the Owls' opening game of the 2008 College World Series Sunday afternoon in Omaha, Neb. News Wizard |