More Wings 2008 College Committments (Aug/14/2008)

 Wings baseball is proud to announce that the following players have committed to play college baseball in the fall of 2008.  We congratulate each player and wish them the best with their college careers.

Erik Miller--Texas Christian University
Tyler Ogle--University of Oklahoma
Wade Gordy--Central Oklahoma University
Brett Houser--Central Oklahoma University
Hunter Wilcox--University of Texas
Sam Richter--Concordia University
Partrick Scholl--St. Edwards University

Lopez to attend Texas Lutheran University (Aug/14/2008)

The Wings are proud to announce that Joshua Lopez (Leander High School, Class of 2008) will attend Texas Lutheran University and participate in the baseball program.  Congratulations Joshua!!

Austin Wings Black are National Champions! (Jul/27/2008)

Austin Wings Black 17 are Premier Baseball National Champions!  On July 27th, the Black Wings defeated the Indiania Bulls 10-9 in 8 innings in Joplin, MO.  Congratulations to the Austin Wings Black 17 who won 8 straight games in Joplin. 

Earlier in the month the Austin Wings Seniors played well at the Premier Senior National Championship in Cincinnati but were eliminated in the semi finals  by the Indiana Bulls. 

Congratulations to the coaches, players and parents of the both teams.  The Black Wings are coached by Marcus Hendry, Chris Coy, and Kelly Gruber. For more information visit the Premier Baseball site

Members of the Black Wings championship team include:

WALLA Cohl, SILVA Alex, HOLT Andy, STONE Jason, URBAN Josh, ADAMS Nick, McCULLEY Garret, SHEPPERD Garrett, HARDY Travis, HIGGINBOTHAM Brett, FICKEL Braden, BELL Matt, RAMIREZ David, KOENIG Wes, OSBORNE Kyle, POOLE Taylor, RAYAS Andrew, McNAIR Holt, WILLIAMS Everett, GELLER Chandler, GRUBER Kody
 
Adam Foster and Chris Seaman coached the Wings Seniors.  Members of the Austin Wings Senior Team include:

2     OGLE Tyler
3     LeJEUNE Scott
4     MICKAN Morgan
5     GORDY Wade
6     JUNGMANN Taylor
7     ETIER Jordan
9     MILLER Erik
10     CURRY Sterling 
11     HAUSER Brett
14     BOEN Justin 
15     LUSSON Kevin
17     LUCADO Scott
23     LANGHAMER Dylan
24     GARNER Max 
29     WILCOX Hunter
32     SCHOLL Patrick
33     JENNINGS Trey 
37     SCHILLER Reagan
44     BERRY Justin 
57     McKIRAHAN Andrew

Williams and Walla Selected for Texas Rangers Area Code Team (Jul/27/2008)

Two Austin Wings players Everett Williams and Cohl Walla were selected for the Texas Rangers Area Code Team.  Both are outfielders on the Black Wings 17 team.  Williams will be a senior at McCallum High School in Austin and Walla a senior at Lake Travis High School.  Williams posted the fastest 60-yard time at the Area Code Tryouts with a  6.50.  Walla was also impressive with a 60-yard time of 6.71.
 

During his 2008 high school baseball season, Williams hit 13 home runs, stole 16 bases and ended the regular season hitting .470.  During the post-season he hit .530.  Walla, also a wide receiver on the state champion Lake Travis Cavaliers, helped their baseball team finish the season with a 30-10 record, the most successful baseball season in Lake Travis history.  Walla hit .380 with 8 HRs and led the Cavs with 42 RBIs and 30 runs scored.

Williams was also honored to be named as a member of the Aflac All-American 2008 West Team. He will participate in the sixth Aflac All-American High School Baseball Game, which features the best high school baseball players in the country. The game will be played on Aug. 9 at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, the first time in the game's six-year history that it will be played at a major league baseball stadium, and will be broadcast live on FOX Sports Net at noon Pacific Time.

The annual Aflac All-American High School Baseball Game showcases the nation's top high school players in an East versus West matchup played following their junior year. Last year Wings University of Texas at Austin bound Taylor Jungman also participated as a member of the Aflac and Area code teams.

Wings 2008 College Commitments (May/25/2008)

The Wings are proud to announce that the following players have committed to play college baseball in the fall of 2008.  We congratulate each player and wish them the best with their college careers.


Scott LeJeune--Texas Tech University
Justin Berry--Texas Tech University
Morgan Mickan--University of Texas
Taylor Jungmann--University of Texas
Jordan Etier--University of Texas
Kevin Lusson--University of Texas
Scott Lucado--U.S. Military Academy at West Point
Reagan Schiller--U.S. Military Academy at West Point
Max Garner--Baylor University
Dylan Langhamer--McLennan College
Justin Boen--Angelo State University
Trey Jennings--University of Pennsylvania

Austin Wings a member of Premier Baseball (May/20/2008)

Premier Baseball is an aggregation of baseball organizations that have been in business for a number of years and have achieved a high level of success on the field. Each organization has as its goal, playing the best baseball possible. Premier was formed to assist in that goal. Each organization has the welfare and advancement of its players as its goal. Premier formed to assist in that goal..  Currently, there are 21 organizations that are part of Premier baseball

 Premier Baseball is not a league, and at present does not contemplate engaging in league play among its members, although its members are free to engage in league play. The members of Premier will host invitational tournaments whose pools and brackets will be populated by other Premier teams, though not exclusively.

Premier was not formed to compete with other national organizations, nor is its goal to put others out of business or to be divisive in any way. Teams from Premier organizations will play and compete in a number of existing national organizations. Premier is an attempt to meet the needs of its members in what is an ever-changing amateur baseball landscape.