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NEBRASKA PREP STANDOUTS INK COMMITMENTS DURING EARLY SIGNING PERIOD

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Four Creighton Prep ballplayers signed National Letters of Intent in a ceremony held at the school Wednesday, Novermber 9th, the first day of the NCAA Early Signing Period.  Inking their commitments were T.J. Wood (Truman State), Matt Kanger (Northwest Missouri State), Kevin Connolly (Notre Dame) and Billy Lipari (University of Pittsburgh).  The four signees are shown above with head coach Pat Mooney and assistant coach Bill Laird.  Senior lefthander Mason Raburn signed his Letter of Intent with Northwest Missouri State on Monday, November 14th.

At Omaha Skutt Catholic on Wednesday, righthander Matt Warren signed with Creighton University, and in Lincoln, Southeast shortstop Tanner Kirk signed with Wichita State.  Also, signing on Wednesday was outfielder / pitcher Cole Gruber of Papillion-LaVista who committed to D-I University of Nebraska Omaha.  JJ Benes, who transferred from Ralston to Papillion-LaVista prior to his senior year, will join Prep's Kanger and Raburn at Northwest Missouri State. 

South Sioux City standout Austin Groth signed with Creighton University in a ceremony held at his school on Friday, 11/11/11.  Groth's battery-mate, Cardinals' catcher Kaden Moore, has signed with Iowa Western Community College.  Also signing on 11/11/11 was Millard West pitcher / outfielder Nate Griep who will attend Kansas State.

Grand Island High School's Will Bamesberger (LHP / OF) has signed a Letter of Intent to play for Creighton University.  In addition to Bamesberger, Groth and Warren, the Bluejays' have signed nine others during the early signing period. 

Papillion-LaVista's Jake Placzek has accepted an offer from Huskers head coach Darin Erstad to walk on at Nebraska.  Placzek, the Monarchs' starting shortstop since his freshman year, passed up scholarship offers from other schools to pursue his dream of playing at Haymarket Park.  We have also learned that Gretna's Matt Jones (6' 6", 240 lb 1B / RHP) has accepted an invitation to walk-on at Nebraska. 

So far, the Class of 2012 has produced ten Division I commitments (Bamesberger, Connolly, Griep, Groth, Gruber, Jones, Kirk, Lipari, Placzek and Warren) representing seven different schools located in four states (NE (6), KS (2), IN, PA)
 
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