12/31/02 - Baseball America ranked three of MSU's pitchers among the top 75 college prospects eligible for the MLB draft coming up in the summer.

Paul Maholm was ranked the 9th best college player overall, while redshirt sophomore Todd Nicholas, who had an outstanding fall for the Bulldogs, was ranked 52nd and junior Jonathan Papelbon was ranked 75th.

12/24/02
Christmas comes early to the MSU Diamond Dogs. Collegiate Baseball has the Bulldogs ranked 11th in their preseason poll which was released December 23rd. See complete poll below.

1. Texas
2. Florida St.
3. Southern California
4. Rice (52-14)
5. Georgia Tech.
6. Louisiana St.
7. Cal. St. Fullerton
8. South Carolina
9. Stanford (47-18)
10. Houston
11. Mississippi St.
12. Arizona St. (37-21)
13. Long Beach St.
14. Miami, Fla.
15. Wake Forest
16. Richmond
17. Baylor
18. Clemson
19. Notre Dame
20. South Alabama
21. Florida Atlantic
22. Nebraska
23. Tulane
24. S.W. Missouri St.
25. California
26. Central Florida
27. Oklahoma
28. James Madison
29. Ohio St.
30. Wichita St.
31. Kent St.
32. Stetson
33. Georgia
34. North Carolina
35. Texas Tech.
36. East Carolina
37. Southern
38. Florida International
39. Oklahoma St.
40. Auburn

12/23/02
STARKVILLE, Miss. - Registration is under way for the Sixth Annual Mississippi State Baseball Winter Camps, to be held the weekends of Jan. 11-12 and Jan. 18-19 on the Mississippi State University campus.

Members of the Mississippi State baseball team and coaching staff along with college and high school baseball coaches and professional baseball scouts from the area will serve as instructors for the daily camp sessions.

The opening weekend sessions are open to campers in first through eighth grade and feature a pitcher/catcher camp (Jan. 11) and a hitter's camp (Jan. 12). The high school camp (grades 9-12) is scheduled the following weekend and includes a hitter's camp (Jan. 18) and pitcher/catcher and defensive skills camp (Jan. 19).

Each camp session opens with registration at 8 a.m. at the Shira Fieldhouse and concludes at 4:30 p.m.

Contact the Mississippi State University Baseball Office (662-325-3597) for additional information on the 2003 Mississippi State Winter Baseball Camps.

2003 MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY
WINTER BASEBALL CAMPS SCHEDULE

Session 1 --- Pitcher/Catcher Camp (grades 1-8)
Saturday, January 11 (8 a.m.---4:30 p.m.)

Session 2 --- Hitter' Camp (grades 1-8)
Sunday, January 12 (8 a.m.---4:30 p.m.)

Session 3 --- Hitter's Camp (grades 9-12)
Saturday, January 18 (8 a.m.---4:30 p.m.)

Session 4 --- Pitcher/Catcher & Def. Skills Camp (grades 9-12)
Sunday, January 19 (8 a.m.---4:30 p.m.)

Source: MSU Media Relations