Drury Baseball Announces Four Recruits For 2010-11 Class
Drury Sports Information
12/2/2009 9:30:34 PM
The Drury baseball Panthers have announced the addition of four recruits for the 2010-11 school year during the NCAA's early signing period.
Coach Mark Stratton's Panthers have received commitments from shortstop Caleb Cole from Lee's Summit North High School, pitcher/outfielder Josh Barratt from Springfield's Hillcrest High School, first baseman Matt Stacks from Rockhurst HIgh School in Kansas City and catcher Grayson Talcott of Eureka High School.
Cole was the Big Seven Conference Player of the Year as a junior and helped his Lee's Summit North squad to a school-record 26 wins and a second-place finish in the Class 4 state tournament held at Meador Park last spring, earning All-State honors from both the sportswriters and coaches associations. The quarterback for Lee's Summit North's football squad, Cole also been a standout for the Mac N' Seitz elite summer baseball squads.
Barratt, a left-handed pitcher and the younger brother of current DU sophomore pitcher Chris Barratt, has been a three-year starter for the Hornets, an All-Ozark Conference selection and member of the Missouri Junior Sun Belt team. For the Hillcrest American Legion team last summer, Barratt hit .588 with 14 doubles, four triples, two homers and 24 runs batted in, and on the mound, struck out 39 in 38 innings pitched.
Stacks, a left-handed first baseman, went 6-0 on the mound as a sophomore and hit .400 last season for Rockhurst. Last summer, he batted .350 and led the MoKan Giants team in extra-base hits and RBIs. Stacks is a two-year football letterman, a National Honor Society member and president of the school's Students Against Destructive Decisions chapter.
Talcott, who hails from Wildwood, Mo., is entering his second year as a starter behind the plate for Eureka and played summer ball with the St. Louis Pirates. He hit over .300 with a combined two homers and 17 doubles last season.
"All four recruits are a great fit for what we're looking for in both baseball players and student-athletes at Drury," Stratton said. "We have a large and talented senior class this season, so it's imperative that we replace that group with some quality baseball players ready to compete for playing time immediately. These kids fit the bill."