Diamond Devils
Accomplishments
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Three
National Championships…
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256
Division I players…
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29
players drafted…
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16
players are presently in the Minor Leagues…
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Three
1st Rounders-Drew Meyer, Matt Campbell, Daniel
Bard…
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One
Major Leaguer-Drew Meyer…
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One
Cape Cod League Player of the Year-Justin Smoak…
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24
Diamond Devil alumni have participated in the Cape Cod League…
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30
Diamond Devil alumni participated in an NCAA Regional in 2006…
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21
Diamond Devil alumni participated in an NCAA Super-Regional in 2006…
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12
Diamond Devil alumni participated in the 2006 College World Series…
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23
Diamond Devil alumni have played in the College World Series…
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30
Diamond Devil alumni have played in the Junior College World Series…
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Former Diamond Devil players Russell Triplett (Clemson) and Tim
Bright (Furman) are now coaching at the Division I level. Former Diamond
Devil coaches Monte Lee is the hitting coach at South Carolina and
Ryan Mau is the pitching coach at VMI…
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Former Diamond Devil, and current coach, David Marchbanks was the SEC
Pitcher of the Year in 2004…
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Former Diamond Devil, USC signee and six-year minor league veteran
Charlie Lisk is on staff as a coach…
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Former Diamond Devil right-hander Aaron Rawl started the National
Championship game for South Carolina versus Texas in 2002 as a freshman…
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Former Diamond Devil right-hander Daniel Bard started the National
Championship game for North Carolina versus Oregon State in 2006…
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Three
former Diamond Devils were among the Top 10 prospects in the Cape Cod League
(Justin Smoak, Matt Wieters, Reese Havens)
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Two
former Diamond Devils were in the NCAA’s Top 3 in ERA last year (Jonathan
Hovis-North Carolina-1st and Nick Chigges-College of
Charleston-3rd)
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Former Diamond Devil Brett Anderson is the College of Charleston’s
career homerun leader…
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Diamond Devil team has advanced to the championship round of every Perfect
Game national event in the past 6 years…
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Former Diamond Devil Matt Weiters (Georgia Tech) was named ACC Player
of the Year in 2006…
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Former Diamond Devil Matt Weiters (Georgia Tech) is projected as the
#2 pick in the 2007 draft by Baseball America…
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Former Diamond Devil Justin Smoak is (South Carolina) is projected as
the #2 pick in the 2008 draft by Baseball America…
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Three
former Diamond Devils have been named as Pre-season All-American First-Teamers:
Matt Weiters (Georgia Tech), Justin Smoak (South Carolina) and
Brad Chalk (Clemson).
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Three
former Diamond Devils have been named in the Top 100 prospects of the 2007
draft: Matt Weiters (Georgia Tech, #2), Brad Chalk (Clemson,
#31) and Reid Fronk (North Carolina, #92).
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Texas Rangers infielder Drew Meyer was a member of the Diamond Devil
program for 5 years…

John Rhodes, Director and Head Coach of Diamond Devils
Baseball