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Kurits enters the 2010 season on a 12 game hit streak which raised his final batting average to .296. Despite battling a hamstring injury to start the season, he stole a team-best 19 bases, four times swiping multiple bases in a game. In addition to being an accomplished baseball player, He earned first team all-conference and all-state honors in hockey his senior season of high school. Check out his blog here.






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NOTRE DAME fighting irish
(33-21-1, 16-10)
final 2008 ranking: NR

When the Notre Dame baseball team made it to Omaha in 2002, it had been nearly fifty years since their last trip to the College World Series. If the Irish play to their ability in 2009, fans of the Golden Domers won’t have to wait another half century for their team to make it once again. Five every day starters return from last season – six if you count the team leader in homeruns Evan Sharpley (.324, 13, 40) who started just over half of the Irish’s contests. Unquestionably the biggest bat returning is AJ Pollock (.352, 4, 42, 28 SBs) who dazzled over the summer, taking home the Cape Cod League MVP award. The “Starsky” to compliment Pollock’s “Hutch” is junior DH David Mills (.349, 2, 26). Mills was an All BIG EAST selection last season who can do the little things like steal a base (9 for 9 in attempts) or move a runner (team leading 19 sacrifice hits) to help the team score runs. On the mound, starters Eric Maust (6-3, 4.52) and Cape Cod All-Star Brian Dupra (3-3, 5.44) head a deep starting staff which should be solidified by new closer Steven Mazur who earned the Jayhawk League’s Pitcher of the Year honor over the summer.

2009 Preseason Rankings


Rank
 
1
NORTH CAROLINA TAR HEELS
2
LSU TIGERS
3
CAL STATE FULLERTON TITANS
4
TEXAS A&M AGGIES
5
MIAMI HURRICANES
6
GEORGIA BULLDOGS
7
TEXAS LONGHORNS
8
FLORIDA STATE SEMINOLES
9
UC IRVINE ANTEATERS
10
GEORGIA TECH YELLOW JACKETS
11
RICE OWLS
12
PEPPERDINE WAVES
13
OKLAHOMA SOONERS
14
OLE MISS REBELS
15
OKLAHOMA STATE COWBOYS
16
AUBURN TIGERS
17
SAN DIEGO TOREROS
18
BAYLOR BEARS
19

MISSOURI STATE BEARS

20

LOUSIVILLE CARDINALS

21
ARKANSAS RAZORBACKS
22
ARIZONA STATE SUN DEVILS
23
FRESNO STATE BULLDOGS
24
FLORIDA GATORS
25
COASTAL CAROLINA CHANTICLEERS
26
ALABAMA CRIMSON TIDE
27
TCU HORNED FROGS
28
STANFORD CARDINAL
29
NOTRE DAME FIGHTING IRISH
30
UC SANTA BARBARA GAUCHOS

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