30 Diamond Dogs Earn Varsity Letters For 2003
The group includes five seniors, three of them lettering for the fourth time -- pitchers Joey Collums of Germantown, Tenn., Steven Dowe of Tylertown, Miss., and shortstop Matthew Maniscalco of Oxford, Ala. Senior pitchers Jacob Blakeney of Magee, Miss., and Brian Owens of Brandon, Miss., earned their second varsity letters.
The following is a complete listing of Mississippi State?s 2003 letter-winners in baseball, listed according to number of letters earned:
FOURTH-YEAR - LHP-Joey Collums, LHP-Steven Dowe, SS-Matthew Maniscalco;
THIRD-YEAR - 1B-Matthew Brinson, 3B-Steve Gendron, RHP/DH-Robby Goodson, RHP-Jeff Lacher, 3B/1B-Brent Lewis, LHP-Paul Maholm, and RHP-Jonathan Papelbon;
SECOND-YEAR - RHP-Jacob Blakeney, OF-Jon Mungle, LHP-Todd Nicholas, LHP-Brian Owens, OF-Winston Pearson, 2B/SS-Josh Thoms, and C-J.B. Tucker;
FIRST-YEAR - C/2B-Thomas Berkery, OF-Jeff Butts, RHP/1B-Brett Cleveland, OF/RHP-Brad Corley, LHP-Brooks Dunn, OF-Ryan Fesmire, RHP-Jamie Gant, OF-Joseph Hunter, RHP-Alan Johnson, 1B/OF-Brad Jones, RHP-Saunders Ramsey, 2B/3B-Tyler Scarbrough and C-Craig Tatum.
MANAGERS - Seniors Phillip Eubanks (4th) and Jonathan Bates (2nd), junior Will Howarth (3rd) and freshman Nathan Gray (1st).