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Heid and Carpenter Named Among Top Summer Prospects
Sept. 3, 2009
SPOKANE, Wash. – Gonzaga University’s Ryan Carpenter and Drew Heid have been named by Baseball America as two of the top prospects out of the Alaskan Summer League.Carpenter, a sophomore left-handed pitcher, was ranked the second best prospect in the league while Heid, the Zags senior centerfielder was ranked as the 10th best prospect. Each player produced very impressive seasons for the Anchorage Glacier Pilots who earned a second place finish at the NBC World Series. Carpenter was named to the Alaskan All-League team after leading the league in strikeouts (54) and posting the league’s second lowest earned run average (0.67). The Peoria, Ariz. native went 2-2 in his 10 appearances including nine starts and allowed just three earned runs in 40.1 innings pitched. Carpenter is coming off of an impressive freshman campaign for the Zags, posting a 6-4 record in 15 appearances and recording 68 strikeouts in 65 innings. Heid earned a number of honors this summer, taking home the Alaskan League’s Most Valuable Player award, earning the league’s Silver Slugger Award and was also named to the All-League team after posting league-highs in batting average (.427), hits (73) and doubles (18). In 44 games, the Touchet, Wash. native also scored 41 runs, hit four home runs, stole 11 bases and finished with 31 RBI. It is the second consecutive summer that Heid has earned MVP honors of a summer league after he took home the West Coast Collegiate Baseball League's MVP award last summer. Heid is coming off of a 2009 season in which he started all 54 games for the West Coast Conference champion Bulldogs, producing a team-high eight triples and finishing the season second on the team in hitting (.355), hits (83) and stolen bases (10).
Alaska League Top-10 Prospects 1. Kevin Jacob, rhp, Anchorage Bucs (Jr., Georgia Tech) 2. Ryan Carpenter, lhp, Anchorage Glacier Pilots (So., Gonzaga) 3. Jason Martinson, 3b, Anchorage Bucs (Jr., Texas State) 4. Scott Snodgress, lhp, Peninsula (So., Stanford) 5. Ryan Woolley, rhp, Athletes In Action Fire (Jr., Alabama-Birmingham) 6. Logan Darnell, lhp, Anchorage Glacier Pilots (Jr., Kentucky) 7. Kellen Kiilsgaard, of, Anchorage Bucs (Jr., Stanford) 8. Jason Coats, of, Anchorage Glacier Pilots (Jr. Texas Christian) 9. James Ramsey, of, Mat Su (So., Florida State) 10. Drew Heid, of, Anchorage Glacier Pilots (Sr., Gonzaga)
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