2008 Archive
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PANTHERS WALK OFF WITH STATE TITLE!
FINISH NATIONALLY RANKED #12
GREATEST SEASON IN SCHOOL HISTORY!
2008 VISAA STATE CHAMPIONS
2008 VISAA STATE CHAMPIONS2008 WCAC REGULAR SEASON CHAMPIONS 2008 SOUTHEASTERN BASEBALL CLASSIC CHAMPIONS
ALL NINE SENIORS MOVE ON TO COLLEGE BASEBALL2008 Varsity Record: 27-3 (15-3 WCAC)
SBC Champions, WCAC Regular Season Champions, VISAA Champions
2008 FINAL National Rankings: #12 (Perfect Game), #12 (Collegiate Baseball), #16 (ESPN), #32 (Baseball America)
2008 FINAL Regional Rankings: #8 in the EAST (Rise Magazine), #9 in the SOUTH (ESPN)
2008 FINAL State Ranking: #1 (VISAA) - State Champions
2008 FINAL Local Rankings: #2 (Rise), #2 (Washington Post)
2008 FINAL JV Record: 16-2 (15-2 WCAC)
WCAC CHAMPIONS Season Complete 2008 HONORS & AWARDS Brett Bowers- SR
SBC ALL-TOURNEY team, 3rd Team ALL-WCAC-SS, Pvi MVP, Honorable Mention All-Met
SBC ALL-TOURNEY team, 3rd Team ALL-WCAC-SS, Pvi MVP, Honorable Mention All-Met
Signed with East Carolina University
Reed Bromley- SR
1st Team ALL-WCAC-3B, 1st Team ALL-STATE, Pvi MVP, Pvi Coaches Award, Honorable Mention All-Met
1st Team ALL-WCAC-3B, 1st Team ALL-STATE, Pvi MVP, Pvi Coaches Award, Honorable Mention All-Met
Signed with Tennessee Wesleyan College
Tim McCormick-SR
2nd Team ALL-WCAC-OF, Pvi MVP, Pvi Will to Win Award
2nd Team ALL-WCAC-OF, Pvi MVP, Pvi Will to Win Award
Signed with St. John's University
Mike McMenamin-SR
3rd Team ALL-WCAC-C, Pvi MVP, Pvi Coaches Award
3rd Team ALL-WCAC-C, Pvi MVP, Pvi Coaches Award
Committed to Virginia Tech
Mike Mitchell- SR
1st Team ALL-WCAC-UTL, Pvi MVP, Pvi Gold Glove Award, Honorable Mention All-Met
Signed with St. John's University
Matt Murakami- SR
1st Team, Academic ALL-STATE, STATE Co-Player of the Year, 1st Team ALL-WCAC-2B,
Pvi MVP, Pvi Batting Champion, Pvi Player of the Year, 1st Team All-Met, BCA/Baseball America District 2 All-American
1st Team, Academic ALL-STATE, STATE Co-Player of the Year, 1st Team ALL-WCAC-2B,
Pvi MVP, Pvi Batting Champion, Pvi Player of the Year, 1st Team All-Met, BCA/Baseball America District 2 All-American
Signed with The University of Maryland
Drew Shaw- SR
3rd Team All-WCAC-P, 2nd Team ALL-STATE, Pvi MVP
3rd Team All-WCAC-P, 2nd Team ALL-STATE, Pvi MVP
Signed with Temple University
Peter Verdin- SR
1st Team ALL-STATE, SBC MVP, 1st team ALL-WCAC-OF, Pvi MVP, 1st Team All-Met
Signed with The University of Georgia
Greg Weigand - SR
SBC ALL-TOURNEY team, 1st team ALL-WCAC-P, Pvi MVP
SBC ALL-TOURNEY team, 1st team ALL-WCAC-P, Pvi MVP
Signed with The University of Dayton
Chad Morgan- JR
SBC ALL-TOURNEY team, 2nd team ALL-WCAC-1B, Pvi Most Improved Player
Verbally Committed to Virginia Tech
Tyler Costello - SO
1st team ALL-WCAC-P, Pvi Pitcher of the Year
Lance Veeder - FR
SBC ALL-TOURNEY team, 3rd team ALL-WCAC-OF, Pvi Rookie of the Year
Head Coach Billy Emerson
VISAA STATE COACH OF THE YEAR
BCA/BASEBALL AMERICA DISTRICT 2 COACH OF THE YEAR
BCA/BASEBALL AMERICA NATIONAL COACH OF THE YEAR FINALIST
Assistant Coach Jeff Nolan
Assistant Coach Jeff Nolan
FINALIST- BCA/BASEBALL AMERICA DISTRICT 2 ASSISTANT COACH OF THE YEAR
ON TO COLLEGE...
• Reed Bromley- ’08-
• Mike McMcMenamin- ’08- Virginia Tech (NCAA Div. I)
• Tim McCormick- ’08-
• Mike Mitchell- ’08-
• Drew Shaw- ’08-
• Greg Wiegand- ’08-
• Brett Bowers- ’08-
• Matt Murakami- ’08- University of Maryland
Peter Verdin- '08- University of Georgia (NCAA Div. I)
Peter Verdin- '08- University of Georgia (NCAA Div. I)
McMENAMIN CHOOSES VIRGINIA TECH
PVI Senior C Mike McMenamin has accepted an offer as a recruited walk-on at Virgina Tech. The Hokies play in the ACC which is highly regarded as one of the top conferences in all of NCAA Division I baseball.
BROMLEY SIGNS W/ TENNESSEE WESLEYAN
PVI Senior 3B Reed Bromley has accepted a scholarship offer from Tennesee Wesleyan College. TWC is one of the top NAIA programs in the country was ranked as high as #10 in the Nation in the NAIA Poll in 2008. The Bulldogs have won 14 Appalachian Athletic Conference Titles since 1979, inlcuding 6 in the last 7 years.
MITCHELL SIGNS W/ ST. JOHN'S
PVI Senior RHP/UTL Mike Mitchell has accepted an offer from St. John's University. The Red Storm play in the BIG EAST Conference; THE top Division 1 program in the BIG EAST. The Red Storm is currently one of the top 25 programs in the country and are coming off of back to back BIG EAST titles.
McCORMICK SIGNS W/ ST. JOHN'S
PVI Senior OF Tim McCormick has accepted an offer from St. John's University. The Red Storm play in the BIG EAST Conference; THE top Division 1 program in the BIG EAST. The Red Storm is currently one of the top 25 programs in the country and are coming off of back to back BIG EAST titles.
SHAW SIGNS W/ TEMPLE
PVI Senior LHP Drew Shaw has accepted a scholarship offer from Temple University. The Temple Owls play in the Atlantic 10 Conference; one of the top Division 1 programs in the A-10. The Owls program have made 14 trips to the NCAA Tournament, including two College World Series appearances.
WIEGAND SIGNS W/ DAYTON
PVI Senior RHP Greg Wiegand has accepted an offer from The University of Dayton. The Dayton Flyers play in the Atlantic 10 Conference; one of the top Division 1 programs in the A-10. The Flyers program has competed in the A-10 conference tournament several times including most recently in 2006 for the A-10 Title.
PVI Jumps to #3 in the Country!
(4-25-08) After a 21-0 start, the Panthers moved to their highest National ranking in school history, #3 in the country in Rise Magazine's National Baseball Top 25. PVI moved up in every other poll in the country including #6 in USA Today and Rivals, #9 in PG Crosschecker's ESPN poll, #10 in Collegiate Baseball/Easton and #17 in Baseball America.
(4-25-08) After a 21-0 start, the Panthers moved to their highest National ranking in school history, #3 in the country in Rise Magazine's National Baseball Top 25. PVI moved up in every other poll in the country including #6 in USA Today and Rivals, #9 in PG Crosschecker's ESPN poll, #10 in Collegiate Baseball/Easton and #17 in Baseball America.
PVI Panthers Ranked in 3 National Polls
(3-5-08) Rivals.com (http://ssbaseball.rivals.com) released the Student Sports Baseball Fab 50 pre-season poll in late February, ranking the defending WCAC Champion Paul VI Panthers #13 in the country. Perfect Game USA's www.pgcrosschecker.com (ESPN’s leading authority on amateur baseball content) released its pre-season National High School Top 100 (also in late February) and ranked PVI #19 in the nation. On March 5th Rise Magazine (www.risemag.com) realeased its National Pre-Season Top 25 with Paul VI Ranked at #17. This marks the third year in school history that the Panthers have been nationally ranked ('05, '07, '08) and #13 is PVI's highest national ranking ever. Paul VI's in-conference rival St. John's College HS ('07 WCAC Runner-Up) has been ranked anywhere from #2 to #21 in the nation by various pre-season polls. Having two teams in the nation's TOP-15 speaks volumes about the level of baseball played in the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference (WCAC). Both PVI and SJC will likely be near the top of many upcoming local, regional and national polls.
Reebok Back With PVI Baseball, Verdero Joins Team
(2-12-08) Two outstanding baseball apparel companies have reached out to Paul VI Baseball for the 2008 season. PVI Baseball is extremely proud to continue endorsing and wearing Reebok Baseball footwear and other basaeball apparel. Reebok is the official outfitter of the NFL, NHL and Major League Baseball endorsed by the likes of MLB stars David Ortiz, Josh Beckett and Curt Schilling. The Panthers will also officially endorse and wear batting gloves, wristbands, and other apparel from Verdero in 2008. Verdero is a new "baseball only" company endorsed Major Leaguers Pudge Rodriguez, Josh Hamilton, Bobby Abreu, Carlos Beltran, Rueben Gotay and others. Check out Reebok and Verdero online at: www.reebok.com & www.verdero.com.
2007 Panthers Honored by Home Plate Club
(2-11-08) The Washington DC Home Plate Club held it's 52nd Annual Awards Banquet on last night at Westwood Country Club in Vienna, VA. It was there that the Paul VI Panthers were honored as the 2007 High School Team of the Year and PVI Head Coach Billy Emerson was presented with the "Ron Tugwell" High Schol Coach of the Year award. This concluded an amazing year of accomplishments, awards and championships for the Panthers in 2007 (see 2007 Archive). The evening was also highlighted by the induction of legendary amatuer player/coach Jim Beck, longtime Lake Braddock HS Head Coah Dan Griel and current Catholic University Head Coach Ross Natoli into the Home Plate Club Hall of Fame. Check out the Washington DC Home Plate Club at www.eteamz.com/homeplateclub.
2008 Schedule Released, Spring Trip Planned
(1-31-08) Schedules can be found in the Headlines section (upper right). -no longer available-
Three Seniors Sign College Scholarhips Early
(11-15-07) Paul VI is proud to announce that three senior baseball players have signed a National Letter of Intent in the early signing period. Brett Bowers (East Carolina), Peter Verdin (Georgia) and Matt Murakami (Maryland) will play in three of the NCAA's best baseball conferences next year. The hard work displayed by these student-athletes is an outstanding example and has certainly paid off. Six more Panther seniors are expected to sign by the spring, if not sooner. For information and updates on recruiting, recent college signings, PVI alumni who are currently playing college baseball and news about the 2008 MLB Draft... check the Recruiting News section in the main menu (upper left).
(11-15-07) Paul VI is proud to announce that three senior baseball players have signed a National Letter of Intent in the early signing period. Brett Bowers (East Carolina), Peter Verdin (Georgia) and Matt Murakami (Maryland) will play in three of the NCAA's best baseball conferences next year. The hard work displayed by these student-athletes is an outstanding example and has certainly paid off. Six more Panther seniors are expected to sign by the spring, if not sooner. For information and updates on recruiting, recent college signings, PVI alumni who are currently playing college baseball and news about the 2008 MLB Draft... check the Recruiting News section in the main menu (upper left).
