All-American Sorce Among 21 Baseball Signees for 2006

BATON ROUGE — Right-handed pitcher/third baseman Chris Sorce of Pace (Fla.) High School has signed a national letter-of-intent with the LSU baseball program.

Sorce is scheduled to enroll at LSU this fall.

Sorce, a 6-1, 190-pound all-state performer, has posted a 9-1 record and a 1.71 ERA this season with 84 strikeouts. He is also batting .345 with one homer and eight RBI.

Sorce was named a 2006 high school pre-season all-American, and he is ranked in the academic top ten percent of his senior class.

He also played quarterback for the Pace High football team, leading his squad to 2005 district and regional titles.

Sorce becomes the 21st LSU baseball signee scheduled to join the Tigers this fall. LSU signed 20 prospects during the fall recruiting period in November.

LSU Baseball — 2005-06 Signees

Name

Pos.

B-T

Ht.

Wt.

Cl.

Exp.

Hometown (Previous School)

Ryan Adams

INF

R-R

5-11

175

Fr.

HS

Mandeville, La. (Jesuit HS)

Shane Ardoin

P

L-L

6-1

155

Fr.

HS

Ville Platte, La. (Sacred Heart HS)

Ragan Baker

P

R-R

6-4

200

Fr.

HS

Shreveport, La. (Evangel HS)

Jake Blackwood
INF

R-R

6-0

195

Jr.

JC

Platte City, Mo. (Maple Woods CC)

Kellen Bozeman

P/INF

R-R

5-10

170

Fr.

HS

Baton Rouge, La. (Parkview Baptist HS)

Jared Bradford

P

R-R

6-2

175

Jr.

JC

Hueytown, Ala. (Shelton State CC)

Blake Dean

P/OF

L-L

6-1

180

Fr.

HS

Crestview, Fla. (Crestview HS)

T.J. Forrest

P

R-R

6-5

165

Fr.

HS

Benton, La. (Haughton HS)

Troy Grundy

P

R-R

6-1

200

Jr.

JC

Helper, Utah (College of Southern Idaho)

Lee Haydel

OF

L-R

5-11

170

Fr.

HS

Reserve, La. (Riverside Academy)

Matt Jackson

P

R-R

6-3

170

Fr.

HS

Haughton, La. (Haughton HS)

Jamie Johnson

OF/P

L-R

5-9

174

Fr.

HS

Calhoun, La. (West Ouachita HS)

Stephen King

INF

R-R

6-3

193

Fr.

HS

Orlando, Fla. (Winter Park HS)

Jason Lewis

UTIL

R-R

5-10

200

Jr.

JC

Crawfordville, Fla. (Chipola JC)

Milton Loo

INF

R-R

6-0

175

Jr.

JC

Molokai, Hawaii (Yavapai JC)

Sean Ochinko

C

R-R

5-10

195

Fr.

HS

Parkland, Fla. (Douglas HS)

Jacob Rhodes

1B

R-R

6-3

215

Fr.

HS

Haughton, La. (Haughton HS)

Ryan Schimpf

INF

L-R

5-10

180

Fr.

HS

Covington, La. (St. Paul’s HS)

Tony Sedlmeyer

P

R-R

6-1

195

Fr.

HS

Fort Wayne, Ind. (Snider HS)

Chris Sorce

P

R-R

6-1

190

Fr.

HS

Pace, Fla. (Pace HS)

Toddrick Stevenson

OF

R-R

5-9

175

Fr.

HS

Walker, La. (Walker HS)

Kye Wilson

P

R-R

6-1

220

Fr.

HS

Wisner, La. (Franklin Parish HS)