AFLAC Announces Final Roster for 2004 AFLAC All-American High School Baseball Classic
June 24 2004 - 12:28PM
PR Newswire (US)
AFLAC Announces Final Roster for 2004 AFLAC All-American High
School Baseball Classic Nation's Elite Players to Square Off on
August 6 at Ripken Stadium - COLUMBUS, Ga., June 24
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AFLAC announced today the names of 14
rising high school seniors who will complete the 40-man roster for
the 2004 AFLAC All-American Baseball Classic, five additional
players for the East team and nine for the West. The 2004 AFLAC
All-American High School Baseball Classic will be played Friday,
August 6 at Ripken Stadium in Aberdeen, Md., and televised
nationally on FOX Sports Net on Sunday, August 8. All proceeds from
the 2004 event will benefit the Division of Pediatric Oncology at
the Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center in Baltimore. The
complete 2004 player roster is included below. (Photo:
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20040624/CLTH032 ) The 2004
final roster announcement comes just two weeks after the Major
League Baseball Draft, in which four of the top ten players drafted
were members of the 2003 inaugural AFLAC All-American High School
Baseball team. Overall, there were ten AFLAC All-Americans drafted
in the first round. AFLAC recently concluded its official
multi-city selection tour honoring 24 of the chosen AFLAC
All-Americans in 16 cities across the country. The tour kicked off
with a press conference by Honorary Chairman Cal Ripken, Jr. at
Ripken Stadium on May 1, and concluded with legendary pitcher Roger
Clemens presenting three Texas players their official game jerseys
at Minute Maid Park in Houston June 17. "The AFLAC All-American
Classic is a great way to showcase amateur baseball throughout the
country," said Cal Ripken, Jr. "This game will elevate high school
baseball to a new level and inspire all kids to become an AFLAC
All-American." "AFLAC has put together a tremendous showcase for
the game of baseball and I am honored to be a part of it," said
Roger Clemens. "This is an opportunity to feature tomorrow's Major
League Baseball stars on a national level, while raising money and
awareness for pediatric cancer. Thanks to AFLAC's support, this
game has become the elite high school baseball event in America."
Official selection partners Baseball America and Perfect Game chose
the players for their accomplishments both on and off the field,
including involvement in the community. To learn more about the
AFLAC All-American High School Baseball Classic, visit
http://www.aflacallamerican.com/ . 2004 AFLAC All-American High
School Baseball Classic Alphabetical Roster East Team No. Pos. Name
Hgt. Wgt. High School (Hometown) 23 RHP/SS Justin Bristow 6-4 205
Mills E. Godwin HS (Richmond, VA) 11 RHP Bradley Clark 6-6 195
Hillsborough HS (Tampa, FL) 21 OF David DiNatale 6-1 185 King's
Academy HS (Parkland, FL) 17 3B Chris Dominguez 6-5 210 Gulliver
Prep HS (Miami, FL) 10 C Jonathan Egan 6-4 206 Cross Creek HS
(Hephzibah, GA) 18 RHP Shane Funk 6-6 230 Arnold HS (Panama City
Beach, FL) 12 C Ralphie Henriquez 6-1 190 Key West HS (Key West,
FL) 27 RHP Steve Johnson 6-1 185 St. Paul's School for Boys
(Kingsville, MD) 21 RHP Matt Lea 6-5 215 Houston HS (Collierville,
TN) 22 OF Kent Matthes 6-3 195 Edgewater HS (Orlando, FL) 30 OF
Cameron Maybin 6-4 200 T C Roberson HS (Arden, NC) 24 OF Andrew
McCutchen 5-11 170 Fort Meade HS (Fort Meade, FL) 3 SS Mark Ortega
6-2 190 Palm Beach Gardens HS (Palm Beach Gardens, FL) 6 IF Patrick
"P.J." 6-2 170 Redan HS (Stone Mountain, GA) Phillips 4 RHP/SS
Buster Posey 6-1 175 Lee County HS (Leesburg, GA) 7 LHP Miers
Quigley 6-3 190 Roswell HS (Roswell, GA) 35 RHP/OF Iain Sebastian
6-4 235 Columbus HS (Columbus, GA) 2 SS Justin Upton 6-2 190 Great
Bridge HS (Chesapeake, VA) 25 RHP Chris Volstad 6-7 190 Palm Beach
Gardens HS (Palm Beach, FL) 14 RHP/1B Josh Zeid 6-4 215 Hamden Hall
Country Day School (New Haven, CT) West Team No. Pos. Name Hgt.
Wgt. High School (Hometown) 7 C Ryan Babineau 6-2 190 Etiwanda HS
(Alta Loma, CA) 21 SS Ben Booker 6-3 180 Lorena HS (Bruceville, TX)
15 OF Jordan Danks 6-5 205 Round Rock HS (Round Rock, TX) 20 1B Ike
Davis 6-4 194 Chaparral HS (Scottsdale, AZ) 8 P/OF Ryan Delaughter
6-3 215 Billy Ryan HS (Corinth, TX) 22 OF John Drennen 6-0 180
Rancho Bernardo HS (San Diego, CA) 36 OF Diallo Fon 6-0 190 Las
Lomas HS (Suisun City, CA) 12 RHP Jeremy Hellickson 6-0 170 Hoover
HS (Des Moines, IA) 4 SS/3B C.J. Henry 6-3 190 Putnam City HS
(Oklahoma City, OK) 1 OF Austin Jackson 6-2 180 Billy Ryan HS
(Denton, TX) 18 LHP Beau Jones 6-1 200 Destrehan HS (Destrehan, LA)
45 RHP Jeff Lyman 6-3 215 Monte Vista HS (Alamo, CA) 27 RHP Eric
Massingham 6-2 205 De La Salle HS (Benicia, CA) 11 RHP Ryan
Mitchell 6-4 245 Magnolia HS (Magnolia, TX) 12 RHP/3B Sean
O'Sullivan 6-2 195 Valhalla HS (El Cajon, CA) 13 C Preston Paramore
6-3 210 Allen HS (Allen, TX) 2 RHP/SS Zach Putnam 6-2 205 Pioneer
HS (Ann Arbor, MI) 16 SS/3B Nick Romero 6-0 180 Eastlake HS (Chula
Vista, CA) 25 RHP Ryan Tucker 6-2 195 Temple City HS (Temple City,
CA) 24 3B Brett Wallace 6-2 205 Justin Siena HS (Sonoma, CA) About
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