Wednesday, April 16, 2014

Rattlers Add Final Six Players

The Rossville Rattlers are pleased to announce the final six signings for the summer 2014 team. The Rattlers are excited to welcome in three more area players, adding to our mix of local and national talent.
Tanner Triggs (IF - Washburn University) Tanner is a 6'2, 185-lb infielder who is a red shirt freshman at Washburn. Triggs is a 2013 graduate of Hayden High School where he lettered in baseball his final two years for the Wildcats. He earned all-city and all-league both years and helped his team win a 4A state championship as a senior.
 
Cody Renfro (IF - Silver Lake High School) Cody is a infielder from Silver Lake High School. Renfro was a 2013 All Mid-East League honorable mention during his sophomore season. Cody was also a member of the 3A State Championship team last season with Silver Lake.
 
Jeff Christen (Catcher/IF - Butler Community College) Jeff is a 6'0, 170-lb catcher/utility player with Butler Community College. Christen was a 2013 All Mid-East League first team selection out of St. Marys High School.
 
The Rattlers are also pleased to welcome back a pitcher from the 2013 squad.
 
A.J. Doolittle (RHP - Southwestern Oregon Community College) A.J. returns for his second summer in Rossville. Doolittle, a 6'1, 200-lb pitcher from Medford, Oregon, is finishing up his Sophomore season at SWOCC and is looking for a spot next fall. Currently he is attracting interest from Division I and Division II schools. In 27 innings last summer, he allowed 25 hits, 12 runs with 9 earned runs. His ERA was 3.00 as he racked up an impressive strikeout-to-walk ratio of 26-5.
 
We also welcome in two more Division I pitchers, both playing in the state of North Dakota.
 
Ellery Bresnahan (LHP - University of North Dakota) Ellery is a 5'8 left handed pitcher from Casselton, North Dakota. His senior year in high school, Bresnahan owned a 3-0 record with a 0.43 ERA and 28 strikeouts in 16.1 innings-pitched. A two-time American Legion Class B state champion, he finished 5-1 with 64 strikeouts in 30 innings-pitched as a junior. Ellery is currently a closer for North Dakota. Bresnahan was also named the 2013 Gatorade North Dakota Player of the Year.
 
Kyle McCulloch (RHP - North Dakota State University) Kyle, a 6'1, 180-lb right handed pitcher from Olathe, Kansas. Kyle played baseball for two years at Iowa Western Community College in Council Bluffs, Iowa. There he made 14 appearances as sophomore out of relief. McCulloch finished with a 2.30 ERA in 27 innings pitched while he struck out 21 and walked six. He was a member of 2012 JUCO World Series championship team that went 62-6. He was named 2010 Kansas Association of Baseball Coaches' Pitcher of the Year with Desoto High School.
 

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