RHP Hively takes command, leads Team Snyder to sweep
Team Snyder entered the 2011 Pizza Bowl looking for a sweep over Team Wright.
Mission accomplished. (more…) (October 28, 2011, Page 8A)
Diamond Rebs recruiting class ranked 3rd by Collegiate Baseball
The Ole Miss baseball program welcomed the highest ranked recruiting class in the program’s history to campus this fall with the most recent influx of talent ranked third nationally by Collegiate Baseball, the publication announced on Tuesday. (more…) (September 21, 2011, Page 7)
Golson turns down offer from BoSox
The wild roller coaster that surrounded the Boston Red Sox late courtship of dual-sport standout Senquez Golson finally came to an end Monday night with the passing of Major League Baseball’s midnight (ET) deadline for drafted players to sign professional contracts.
Golson, who had been practicing with the Gridiron Rebels up until flying to Boston early Monday, turned down at least one offer of $1.3 million according to RebelGrove.com to retain his amateur status.
It was believed all along that Golson’s decision would go down to the wire, so much so that following Monday’s football practice Ole Miss coach Houston Nutt asked reporters if there was any news. (August 16, 2011, Page 8)
RHP Hensley: I’m a Rebel
Sunday felt like the perfect day to make it official.
After months of being courted by some of the top baseball programs in the country, and one day after pitching a scoreless first inning for the American squad in the Under Armor All-America Baseball Game at Wrigley field, elite pitching recruit Ty Hensley tweeted “It’s official… I’m an Ole Miss Rebel!!! #hottytoddy” prior to flying home from Chicago to Edmond, Okla.
More from RHP Sam Smith
BLOG: After losing their entire weekend rotation to the MLB Draft, the Ole Miss baseball program can use all of the arms it can get. (more…) (July 20, 2011)
Draft leaves Rebs’ 2012 roster in flux
The storm is over, the sky has ceased from falling and now that the dust has began to clear, the Ole Miss coaching staff can begin to assess its roster after the Major League Baseball First-Year Players Draft appears to have done a number it. (more…) (June 9, 2011, Page 6)
RHP Hensley has Ole Miss among top 3
Gavin Cecchini has turned from the recruited to the recruiter.
After committing to Ole Miss in early April, the standout infielder from Barbe High in Lake Charles, La., immediately remembered a fellow 2012 recruit he had met the previous weekend while taking in the Vanderbilt-Arkansas series in Fayetteville, Ark. (more…) (May 20, 2011, Page 6A)
Buchanan expects to be at Ole Miss
It’s no secret the Diamond Rebels will once again be watching the MLB Draft very closely next month. (more…) (May 17, 2011, Page 6)
Help may be on the way for recruiters
College baseball recruiters have an unenviable job at times.
It’s not enough for them to correctly evaluate talent and then get kids to commit — and eventually sign — with their program. (more…) (April 29, 2011, Page 6A)
Trahan joins Cecchini on Rebels’ list
Carl Lafferty may need to get to engraving.
Since taking a visit to Oxford in late February, Stryker Trahan has known he wanted to be a Rebel.
