June 4, 2008
For the second summer in a row, Air Force will be sending its top players into summer baseball programs. 16 players will be scattered across eight teams in six leagues, including recent graduates Jake Allen and Chay Derbigny, who will represent the stars and stripes as part of the U.S. Military All-Stars.
Below is a listing of the league and teams where current and recently graduated Falcons will be playing their summer ball.
Northwoods League
Alexandria Beetles
Jr. RHP
Jake Petro
So. 1B/DH
Addison Gentry
Fr. IF/OF
Nathan Carter
Coastal Plains League
Columbia Blowfish
(Shaw AFB, SC - Air Force base players will be stationed at)
So. IF/OF
Tyler McBride
So. RHP
Alex Truesdale
Fayetteville Swampdogs
(Pope AFB, NC)
Fr. LHP
Brad Pingel
So. RHP
Michael Ruvolo
Peninsula Pilots
(Langley AFB, VA)
So. RHP
Colin Shepherd
Fr. RHP
Matt Barattino
Nor-Cal Semi Pro Collegiate League
Sacramento Legends
(Travis AFB, CA)
So. SS
K.J. Randhawa
So. 1B/DH
Matt Alexander
West Coast Collegiate Baseball League
Olympia Athletics
A non-league collegiate summer baseball team affiliated with the Kitsap BlueJackets
(McChord AFB, WA)
Jr. RHP Casey Allen
So. OF Ben Ausbun
Horizon Air Summer Series
Yuba Sutter Gold Sox
(Beale AFB, CA)
So. OF
Daniel Walker
U.S. Military All-Stars
Sr. OF
Chay Derbigny
Sr. OF
Jake Allen
RHP
Paul Vignola (USAFA Class of 2006)