Hornet All Skills Camp at CSUS

08/02/10 - 08/05/10

All Sacramento State camps are open to any and all entrants per NCAA rules, but are limited as noted on the following camp flyer by number, age, grade level and/or gender.

This camp is targeted for the older baseball players ages 13-16 years old. The focus of this camp is to teach the advanced fundamentals to be a succesful baseball player. Each camper will be taught the advanced mechanics in hitting, fielding, throwing, pitching, baserunning, and sportsmanship. We encourage young players of all skills and abilities to come and experience Hornet Baseball!

Camp Cost: $275.00

Tim Wheeler earns four All American Honors

Sacramento State junior outfielder Tim Wheeler has been honored by four organizations, the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) , Baseball America, the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) and Ping Baseball, as a 2009 Division I All-American.

Wheeler, who was a preseason third team All-American, earned second team recognition from the ABCA as well as Baseball America. He was also recognized by the NCBWA and Ping Baseball as a third team selection. He was the first player to earn All-American honors for the Hornets since Harvey Hargrove earned third team honors in 1997.

The Sacramento native and El Camino HS product set many firsts this season for the Hornets, including becoming the baseball program's first-ever first round draft pick, after being selected No. 32 overall by the Colorado Rockies. Wheeler also became the school's first two-time first team all-Western Athletic Conference selection, hitting .385 on the season with 18 home runs and 72 runs batted in, setting the school's single-season RBI record in the process. He also broke the school's all-time RBI mark in just three seasons, boasting 142 in his career. Wheeler hit .457 with runners in scoring position, and .451 with runners on base, while amassing 15 stolen bases and five outfield assists. Wheeler ranked in the top 30 nationally in six categories, with his highest ranking coming in RBI.

The ABCA award, co-sponsored by Rawlings, comes from the nation's coaches, who nominated and voted players onto all-region teams, which were then compiled into All-American teams by a committee of Division I head coaches chaired by Monmouth's Dean Ehehalt. The Baseball America award is voted on by the staff of the magazine following NCAA Super Regional play. These awards are two of the most prestigious in all of college baseball.

The NCBWA is composed of beat writers and sports information personnel from around the country, and has been awarding an All-American team since 1962. A relative newcomer to the baseball world, Ping Baseball has been providing collegiate baseball news and polls along with naming All-American teams since 2007.