Home of the San Gabriel Valley Arsenal Baseball Club, Inc.
Welcome to the San Gabriel Valley Arsenal website. The Arsenal was established in the summer of 2001 with players from throughout the San Gabriel Valley. With the success of the program we have attacted top players from throughout Southern California. We now have players from the San Fernando Valley, Inland Empire, Orange County, San Diego County, High Desert and the Greater Los Angeles area to form 4 teams for the classes 2013, 2012, 2011 and 2010.
We Our roster consists of players from the following high schools: Damien, La Serna, South Hills, La Mirada, Bishop Amat, Claremont, St. Francis, St. Augustine(SD), Bonita, Long Beach Wilson, Hacienda Heights Wilson, Crespi, Glendora, Orange Lutheran, Servite, Barstow, Bellflower, Lakewood, Sante Fe, La Quinta(LQ), Maranatha, Alemany, Ayala, La Canada, West Covina, Northview, Temple City, Corona Centennial, Gahr, LB Poly, Crossroads, Cresenta Valley, Cypress, Nogales, Loyola, Burbank, Etiwanda, Los Osos, and Diamond Ranch.
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****MAVERICK BASEBALL ACADEMY-SAN GABRIEL VALLEY ARSENAL/WEST COVINA DUKES****
The West Covina Dukes and San Gabriel Valley Arsenal have come together
under the Maverick Baseball Academy name. While we are both are and
will continue to be separate organizations we both have the same
beliefs in fundamental baseball development of the youth in our
community. The West Covina
Dukes will have a 13u and 14u teams. The SGV Arsenal will have teams
from 15u to 18u. Our goal is to enrich the baseball in the City of West Covina, the San Gabriel Valley and bring top baseball events to Maverick field.
SPONSORS FOR THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY ARSENAL
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The San Gabriel Valley Arsenal would like to thank all of our sponsors and supporters for the upcoming summer season. We would like to thank Perfect Game, Mizuno, Easton, Team One, Baseball Factory and Under Armour. We ask that players and families in our program to support these franchises. We would like to thank Easton on their generous donation of the top end baseball pants to our program. We would also like to thank Under Armour for their generous donation to our 2010 team by naming them a UA franchise team. Under Armour provided spikes, pants and two game tops as a sponsorship for the team. PERFECT GAME The organization that defined an industry is still baseball’s foremost scouting report service. Whether it's showcases, tournaments, online video, national rankings, player profiles, scouting reports, college and professional baseball opportunities, or the desire to compete with and against the best, top teams, players and their families choose Perfect Game USA for exposure, insight, and professionalism to propel them through their baseball career. And where talent goes, professional scouts and top college recruiters follow which is why the best in baseball choose Perfect Game USA. Baseball Factory is a proud sponsor of the SGV Arsenal. Baseball Factory provides baseball players nationwide with the very best instruction, tournament competition, and college planning and guidance. From day one, Baseball Factory has understood the uncertainty of being a high school player heading to college. www.baseballfactory.com Team One Baseball is a proud sponsor of the SGV Arsenal. Team One Baseball provides exposure opportunities for the nation’s top high school players to come together and play in front of large amounts of scouts and college recruiters through the company’s showcases and tournaments. Glomar Bats -Call Ramssey at 909-648-9441 to order bats The San Gabriel Valley Arsenal wouldlike to welcome Glomar Bats as a sponsor of the SGV program. Players inthe program will receive special pricing on bats directly from GlomarBats. Information on pricing and models will be sent shortly. Batswill come in Black or Natual with SGV Arsenal on the bat.GlomarEnterprises returns with their original owners, who brought to youquality in the past years. Remember in 1993 Glomar was the first smallbat company that was approved into the major leagues. Theowners who started Glomar back in the early 1990's have been making thesame top quality professional wood bat under the NEW name Route 66 foryears but now for the first time in 15 years Glomar is BACK!
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Saturday, February 6
C.J. SAYLOR(SOUTH HILLS '12) COMMITS TO SAN DIEGO STATE
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Congratulation to C.J. Saylor and his family on giving his verbal commitment to attend San Diego State. C.J. will be the first SGV Arsenal player to attend San Diego State. C.J. was the starting 1B for South Hills HS during 2009 season when they won thier C.I.F. title. C.J. is one top 2012 catchers in the country according the Perfect Game.
SGV ARSENAL TRY OUTS
The SGV Arsenal will be holding tryouts for the 2010 summer season on Sunday , Jan. 31st. Tryouts will be for each grade level team. We have teams for the class of 2013, 2012, 2011 and 2010. Selected players are placed on the teams by grade not by age. Tryouts will be held at Maverick field in West Covina. Cost of try outs is $20.00 which covers both tryout dates. Please fill out the player profile handout and email to mike@sgvbaseball.com and please bring a hard copy to tryouts. Please feel free to call or email with any questions. All returning SGV Arsenal 2013 players are required to tryout. We strongly recommend players attend both try outs. Tryouts February 6th @ Maverick Field 4:00pm-Canceled due to rain Will be rescheduled for Feb 13th at 4:00 at Maverick Field Tentative Summer Plans-Events will be finalized in the near future. Others will be added 2013 A.A.B.C.Mantle League Memorial Weekend Tournament USA Baseball CHampionships(Az.) Perfect Game BCS Championships(Florida) Uni. Of Oregon Showcase Tournament 2012 A.A.B.C Mantle League Memorial Weekend Tournament Mantle Western Regional Tournament Host @ Maverick Field USA Baseball Championships(Az.) Uni. of Oregon Showcase Tournament 2011 LB Blair Connie Mack League Gates Field World Series(Salt Lake City) http://www.gatesfieldworldseries.com 2010 LB Blair Connie Mack League Gates Field World Series (Salt Lake City)
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Player Profile
Monday, December 28
SGV ARSENAL INVITED TO MARSHALL GATES FOUNDATION TOURNAMENT
The SGV Arsenal were invited and have accepted the invitation to compete this coming summer in the Marshall Gates Foundation Tournament in Salt Lake City, Utah July 7-11. we will use 2010 and 2011 players The invitation only tournament will feature eight of the nationally recognized amateur baseball programs. Teams committed to participate are the Danville HOOTS, Orange County Renegades, Arizona Firebirds, and Dallas D-Bat Mustangs. Each of these teams have been at the Connie Mack World Series in Farmington, New Mexico. Invitations were sent to the Utah Marshalls, Florida Legends and Team Canada. information is available at Http://www.gatesfieldworldseries.com.
SGV ARSENAL VIDEO BY SPORTSFORCE.COM
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COLLEGES OF ARSENAL PLAYERS
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2012 Rio Ruiz Bishop Amat/USC C.J. Saylor South Hills/San Diego State 2011 Scott Heineman-Crespi/Oregon Wallace Gonzalez-Bishop Amat/University of San Diego Daniel Arellano-Centennial(Corona)/Long Beach State 2010 Tony Amezcua-Bellflower/Long Beach State Jerry McClanahan-Bishop Amat/UC Irvine Andrew Thurman-Orange Lutheran /UC Irvine Austin Walker-Crespi/UC Irvine Dylan Covey-Maranatha/University of San Diego Paul Paez-Bishop Amat/Univeristy of San Diego Arman Valenzuela-Northview /Loyola Marymount AJ Berglund-St. Francis /UC Santa Barbara Derek Goodwin Diamond Ranch /Sacramento State Jeff Yamaguchi Lakewood/Long Beach State Dillon Bryant Orange Lutheran/University Nevada Las Vegas Lonnie Kauppila Burbank/Stanford Aaron Sanchez Barstow/University of Oregon Chris Hubbard LB Wilson/Brown University Michael Hubbard Crespi/Stony Brook University Jack Heidelman Claremont/UC San Diego Cody Harris LB Wilson/The Masters 2009 Phillip Holinsworth-Chino Hills '09 UC Riverside Brady Zuniga-Bishop Amat '09 UNLV Ryan Arnold-Northview ‘09 UNLV Pierce Bily-Orange Lutheran ‘09 UC irvine Evan Brock-Ayala ‘09 UC Irvine Mitch Merten-Servite ‘09 UC Irvine Jeff Gelalich-Bonita ‘09 UCLA Mark Garcia-Damien '09 UC Riverside Tyler Heinemen-Winsward ‘09 UCLA Jonathan Singleton-LB Millikan ‘09 Long Beach State(Phillies-signed) Tommy Nance-LB Wilson ‘09 Long Beach State David Rivera-Claremont '09 Campbell University(NC) Eddie Magallon-Paramount ‘09 Long Beach State Richie Pedroza-Northview ‘09 Fullerton David Kessler-Claremont ‘09 Utah Valley State James Huettner-Windward ‘09 UC San Diego Ryan Dunn-Chino Hills ‘09 Cal Poly Pomona Erick Ruvalcaba-Northview ‘09 Cal Poly Pomona Tim Brookes-San Dimas '09 Cal State San Marcos Raymond Ortega- Damien ‘09 Mt. San Antonio College Jaccob Muir-Barstow ‘09 Rio Hondo College Dylan Fitzgerald-Villa Park '09 Cypress College Josh Evans-Chino Hills '09 Citrus College 2008 Carlos Lopez-Crespi '08 Fullerton Chris Amezquita-Servite '08 UCLA Gerrit Cole-Orange Lutheran '08 UCLA/NY Yankees Ricky Oropesa-Etiwanda '08 USC/Boston Red Sox Aaron Hicks-LB Wilson '08 USC/Minnesota Twins Zach Wilson-LB Wilson '08 Arizona State University/Pittsburg Pirates Ray Hanson-LB Wilson '08 Arizona State University Jake Thompson-LB Wilson '08 Long Beach State** Dimitri DeLaFuente-South Hills '08 Pepperdine Anthony Gose-Bellflower '08 University of Arizona/Phildelphia Phillies Kyle Higashioka-Edison '08 Cal Berkeley/NY Yankees Jonathan Montoya-Chino Hills '08 Cal State Bakersfield Jeremy Rodriguez-Crespi '08 Cal State Bakersfield Shawn Smith-Saugus '08 Northridge/Tampa Ray Devil Rays Kris Kauppila-Cresenta Valley '08 University of Portland Travis Forbes-Crespi '08 Univesrity of San Diego Nik Turley-Harvard/Westlake '08 Brigham Young University/New York Yankees E.C. McSweeney-Crespi '08 UC San Diego Chris Vopinek-Bellflower '08 Sacramento State Garret Carpenter-Mayfair'08 Mesa State(Colorado) Anthony Nunes-Gahr '08 Biola University Freezy Smalls II-Barstow ‘08 Cal Poly Pomona Tyler Buffington-South Hills '08 Mt. San Antonio College Josh Brown-Ayala ‘08 Cerritos College 2007 Victor Sanchez-Gahr '07 University of San Diego/Chicago Cubs Jason Dovel-La Mirada '07 Fullerton Jake Johnson-La Mirada '07 Fresno State University Jason Martyn-Claremont '07 UC Riverside Joe DePinto-St. Francis '07 University of Southern California Maverick Olivares-Bishop Amat'07 UC Irvine Benji Anaya-Bellflower '07 UC Irvine Evan Simonitsch-St. Francis '07 Loyola Marymount University Reggie Williams-Bellflower '07 Cal State Fullerton/Minnesota Twins Eddie McKiernen-Monrovia'07 University of Nevada Las Vegas/Anahiem Angels Elliot Glynn-LB Wilson '07 University of Connecticut/Tampa Bay Devil Rays Ricky Rossman-Claremont '07 Cal Poly San Luis Obispo/UC San Diego/Florida Marlins Joe Park-Gahr '07 Cal State Los Angeles Donny Williams-Hart '07 College of the Canyons A.J. Rodriguez-Gahr '07 Cerritos College Pat Radford-LB Wilson '07 Cerritos Colleges Richard Hanson-LB Wilson '07 Cypress College
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Richard Johnson-Covina '05 University of LaVerne Chris Fung-Hoover '05 UC Irvine Christian Bergman-St. Francis '06 UC Irvine Nick Farinacci-Agoura '06 UC Irvine Danny Garcia-Nogales '06 Florida Marlins A Mike Hur-Valencia '06 UC Riverside Adam Melker-Claremont '06 Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Javier Ochoa-Chino '06 Azusa Pacific University Justin Shults-Valencia '06 UC Riverside David Contreras-Bishop Amat '06 University of LaVerne Jerry Pena-Los Altos '06 Cerritos College Kevin Mort-South Hills '06 Rio Hondo College/Ole Miss Taylor Smale-St. Francis '06 Glendale College John Ortega-Downey'06 Cerritos College George Sanchez-Gahr'06 Cerritos College/Lewis Clark university(Idaho) Miguel Flores-St. John Bosco'06 Cerritos College/SD Padres Anthony Topete-Norwalk'06 Cerritos College Mario Romero-Los Altos '06 Cerritos College
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SGV ARSENAL PHOTOS ON WEBSHOTS-CHECK OUT PAST PHOTOS
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SGV Arsenal photos can now be view on Webshots.com. View current and past photos from the Arsenal program from various colleges, WWBA and Jr. Fall Classic.
ROUNDING THIRD BLOG-2008 Top 5 College Development Programs (CDP's)
This is our second annual ranking of what we used to call"travel teams" in the United States. Of course, we now know that theyis so much more to baseball development than just teams that travel.These elite clubs in our next two days of articles are true CollegeDevelopment Programs or CDP's. Our research and information was basedon what is published on major baseball web sites as well as resultsgathered from the top tournament and showcase sites.
Butmostly, we ranked the teams by using the following criteria...1) Formerplayers that went on to college. 2) Present players that are verballycommitted. 3) Former players that were drafted. 4) Former playersplaying in MLB. 5) Former or present players that have been named to aNational Team or received national attention. 6) National Championshipswon.
So, based on that criteria, below is our top 5 CollegeDevelopment Programs. Actually there are 6. We have a tie for first.This stuff is hard folks. There's a lot to like about more than just 5teams. #2 San Gabriel Valley Arsenal TheArsenal was established in the summer of 2001 with players throughoutthe San Gabriel Valley. They had 24 players from the Class of 2008commit to college and 2 first round draft picks in Aaron Hicks andGerrit Cole. Cole made the national news this year by opting out of playing for the Yankees in favor of aspot on the UCLA roster, where he is in the middle of fall workouts.Zach Collier was also a first round supplemental pick of the Phillies.Altogether, they had an impressive 10 players drafted...all but one inthe 26th round or better.
Jonathan Singleton was their loneAFLAC All American, but that's coming off a year in 2007 when they hadfour AFLAC All-Americans on their squad. This program knows the in andouts of baseball and there is not a College Development Program in thewest coast that doesn't have respect for the Arsenal. They play theright tourney's and get exposure for their players with regularity.Their fall schedule includes WWBA World Championships in Jupiter,Junior Fall Classic in Peoria, AZ. and the Cory Lidle ThanksgivingTournament. That's a great line-up that will greatly benefit theirplayers. #1 NorCal Baseball-Tie #1 ABD-Tie #2 SGV Arsenal #3 East Cobb Baseball #4 Dallas Tigers #5 Houston Heat Best of the Rest: New England Ruffnecks All American Prospects Richmond Braves Houston Banditos South Carolina Diamond Devils Georgio Roadrunners
SGV FALL/WINTER SEASON UPDATES and RECAP
The Fall/Winter season is moving along. Just a recap and an update of upcoming events. We have played at some great venues in Florida, Arizona and Southern California colleges. Listed below is a recap. SoCal Colleges: San Diego State (2011) University of San Diego (2011 and 2012) Cal State Fullerton (2011) Pepperdine University (2011 and 2012) Loyola Marymount University (2011 and 2013) UC Irvine-January 2-3 WWBA World Championships-Jupitor, Florida Arizona Junior Fall Classic Sophomore Fall Classic SoCal Winter League (2012 and 2013) Cory Lidle Thanksgiving tournament (2010/2011 and 2012/2013) SGV Arsenal Scout Day-35 college and MLB scouts in attendance at Maverick Field. Glendora Toys for Tots
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