Baseball Draft Notes

Former San Diego State ace Stephen Strasburg donated $141,000 to the Aztecs’ baseball program . The donation will allow SDSU to upgrade the surface of Tony Gwynn Stadium, with new synthetic turf replacing the grass skirting from dugouts to baselines, and be used to operate the program… Mississippi assistant coach and recruiting coordinator Rob Reinstetle announced his resignation from the coaching staff, effectively immediately… USA Baseball announced the remaining two members of the 2010 USA Baseball Collegiate National Team coaching staff on Tuesday. The coaches will team with manager Bill Kinneberg and pitching coach Dave Serrano next summer. Joining Kinneberg (Utah) and Serrano (Cal State Fullerton) are assistant coaches Nino Giarratano (San Francisco) and Ed Blankmeyer (St. John's). Blankmeyer will be making his first appearance in the red, white and blue… Bryce Harper is now officially a part of the 2010 draft class. Harper had to pass his GED in order to become eligible for the draft. On Thursday, news broke that Harper passed the test for high school equivalency… Jamerson Taillon, who just turned 18 in November, committed to Rice when he was in the eighth grade, believe it or not. He lives in The Woodlands, Texas, a suburb of Houston that’s near Rice, and got to know their coaches at an early age by attending their games and camps… turns out ASU manager Pat Murphy was fired… according to Yahoo, TCU’s Jim Schlossnagle is the fastest rising coach. Schlossnagle had a successful stint at UNLV and is continuing to experience much success with the Horned Frogs. He guided the Frogs to an NCAA super regional appearance last season