Texas Collegiate League

The 2005 Texas Collegiate League Tryout Camp and Draft took place on Thursday at The Parks at Texas Star, home of the Euless LoneStars.

Approximately 60 players took part in the Tryout Camp, which was directed by TCL Vice President of Baseball Operations Darren Hall and attended by the league’s coaching staffs.

A total of 16 players were selected by the eight TCL teams in the draft following the Tryout Camp. Those players will be signed to short-term contracts to fill roster spots that are open due to players participating in the NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament, which begins on Friday.

The players selected in the 2005 TCL Tryout Camp Draft:

ROUND ONE
Denton Outlaws: P Collin Auten, North Central Texas College
Highland Park Blue Sox: P Max Simon, Clarendon College
Mineral Wells Steam: PASS
Euless LoneStars: C Mitchell Abeita, North Central Texas College
Weatherford Wranglers: INF Buck Britton, Lon Morris College
Coppell Copperheads: P Coleman Moore, University of Dallas
Graham Roughnecks: C Ro Castro, High Point University
McKinney Marshals: C Alec Sowards, Abilene Christian University

ROUND TWO
McKinney Marshals: P Troy Kiesling, University of Texas-Dallas
Graham Roughnecks: P Jason Grace, Seminole Junior College
Coppell Copperheads: PASS
Weatherford Wranglers: 1B-OF Chris Walsh, Abilene Christian University
Euless LoneStars: P Troy Krueger, Western Texas College
Highland Park Blue Sox: P Matt Greanead, Richland Community College
Denton Outlaws: PASS

ROUND THREE
Highland Park Blue Sox: PASS
Euless LoneStars: 1B-OF Ryan Bellamy, Southwestern University
Weatherford Wranglers: PASS
Graham Roughnecks: PASS
McKinney Marshals: P Randy Black, Sam Houston State University

ROUND FOUR
McKinney Marshals: OF Chance Tabor, Paris Junior College
Euless LoneStars: PASS

ROUND FIVE
McKinney Marshals: P Mike Guenter, North Central Texas College

The 2005 Texas Collegiate League season opens this Saturday, June 4 when the Weatherford Wranglers host the Mineral Wells Steam in the first game ever played under the new lights at Weatherford College’s Roger Williams Ballpark. The same two teams meet at Pratt Field in Mineral Wells on Sunday, June 5. Time for both games is 7:05 p.m. The other six TCL teams open the 48-game regular season on Tuesday, June 7.