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Rice's Humber Invited To National Team Trials
TUCSON, Ariz. Rice freshman pitcher Philip Humber is one of 19 collegiate players invited to participate in the 2002 USA Baseball National Team Trials, to be held in Tucson, Ariz., June 18-23.

Humber, selected as Baseball America's midseason freshman of the year, is 8-1 for the Owls this season with a 2.22 earned run average, tops in the Western Athletic Conference. The rookie from Carthage (High) also leads the WAC with 90 strikeouts in 73.0 innings.

The USA National Team will be selected from a pool of approximately 35-40 players, of which an additional 16-21 have yet to be determined. For a full roster of the first 19 invitees, go to www.usabaseball.com. Louisville's Lelo Prado will serve as the head coach for Team USA. He will be assisted by Terry Alexander of Jacksonville, Sunny Golloway of Oral Roberts, and Terry Rupp of Maryland. The official team roster will be determined and announced on June 24.

The list of the first 19 players invited to the 2002 USA Baseball National Team Trials:

Player, Pos., Yr., School, Hometown
Aubrey, Michael, IF, Soph., Tulane, Shreveport, La.
Bakker, Kyle, , LHP, Soph., Georgia Tech, Omaha, Neb.
Cordero, Chad, , RHP, Soph., CS Fullerton, Chino, Calif.
Fuld, Sam, , OF, Soph., Stanford, Durham, N.H.
Hill, Aaron, , IF, Soph., Louisiana St., Visalia, Calif.
Humber, Philip, RHP, Fr, Rice, Carthage, Texas
Jackson, Conor, IF, Soph., California, Woodland Hills, Calif.
Maholm, Paul, , LHP, Soph., Miss. State, Holly Springs, Miss.
Moss, Tim, , IF, Soph., Texas, Lancaster, Texas
Murton, Matt, , OF, Soph., Georgia Tech, McDonough, Ga.
Patterson, Eric, IF, Fr, Georgia Tech, Kennesaw, Ga.
Powell, Landon, C, Soph., South Car., Apex, N.C.
Quentin, Carlos, OF, Soph., Stanford, Chula Vista, Calif.
Quintanilla, Omar, IF, Soph., Texas, El Paso, Texas
Sleeth, Kyle, , RHP, Soph., Wake Forest, Westminster, Colo.
Stauffer, Tim, , RHP, Soph., Richmond, Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
Sullivan, Brad, RHP, Soph., Houston, Nederland, Texas
Weeks, Rickie, OF, Soph., Southern, Alte Monte Springs, Fla.
Zimmermann, Bob, RHP, Soph., SW Mo. State, Creve Coeur, Mo.