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UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO BASEBALL
A look into the increasing success of the USF Baseball Program
UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO MEN’S BASEBALL
UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO MEN’S BASEBALL
PLAYER DEVELOPMENT
PLAYER DEVELOPMENT
MAJOR LEAGUE DRAFT
Since the beginning of the Nino Giarratano era at USF the Dons have
had success in the draft and at every level of professional baseball.
Since Giarratano arrived on the Hilltop in 1999 he has seen 38 players
selected in the Major League Baseball draft (not including two players
who were selected twice while at USF) by 20 different teams.
First round picks include left-handed pitchers Aaron Poreda in 2007
and Evan Fredrickson in 2008. USF has also seen three of the players
drafted under Coach Giarratano make it to the big leagues in Scott
Cousins (currently on the Florida Marlins 40-Man roster) Aaron Poreda
(Chicago White Sox and San Diego Padres), and Jesse Foppert (San
Francisco Giants).
The Dons also have a few players quickly climbing the ladder to the
big leagues, one of those USF alum Stefan Gartrell is currently in AAA
with the Gwinett Braves.
2011
Pete Lavin
Jordan Remer
(Philadelphia Phillies)
(Texas Rangers)
(Chicago White Sox)
(Oakland Athletics)
(Seattle Mariners)
(Chicago White Sox)
2009
Derek Poppert
Ryan Lipkin
(Cincinnati Reds)
(Oakland Athletics)
2006
Scott Cousins
Stefan Gartrell
Patrick McGuigan
Andrew Smith
(Florida Marlins)
(Chicago White Sox)
(Toronto Blue Jays)
(Houston Astros)
Peter Dunkle ‘03 Armand Gaerlan ‘04
Joe Jacobitz ‘04
2001
Jesse Foppert
Tagg Bozied
Jeremy Janz
(San Francisco Giants)
(San Diego Padres)
(Arizona Diamondbacks)
Key Account Executive, Yahoo Inc.
Sales Rep, Stryker Medical Technology
Patrick McGuigan ‘06
Sales and Operations Mgr, 18 Rabbits Inc.
John Quine ‘07
Ryan Sittauer ‘03
Andrew Smith ‘06
Cole Stipovich ‘07
(San Diego Padres)
(Boston Red Sox)
(San Francisco Giants)
(Seattle Mariners)
A PROGRAM ON THE RISE
Director, Recruiting Operations at Cypress HCM
Admissions, University of San Francisco
(New York Mets)
(Arizona Diamondbacks)
(Philadelphia Phillies)
(Toronto Blue Jays)
(Cincinnati Reds)
(Colorado Rockies)
Financial Advisor, True Capital Management
Anthony Jimenez ‘03
(Oakland Athletics)
(San Francisco Giants)
2002
Steve Booth
Peter Dunkle
2000
John Herbert
Ian Perio
Danny Trumble
Dustin Delucchi Jake Bond ‘05 (Milwaukee Brewers)
(San Diego Padres)
(Colorado Rockies)
(Pittsburgh Pirates)
(Chicago White Sox)
(Cleveland Indians)
(Chicago Cubs)
(New York Yankees)
(Oakland A’s)
2004
Armand Gaerlan
Joe Jacobitz
Kevin Rose
Derek Tate
One of the most important measures of the quality of any university is the quality of its alumni.
Recent Diamond Dons Alumni are making their mark on the world in ways public and private,
large and small, making names for themselves and the university. Here is just a small sample of
where they are now
Chad Soares ‘02
2007
Aaron Poreda
Daniel Morales
Luke Sommer
Brian Chavez
John Quine
2005
T. J. Franco
Nick Pereira
Life after USF Baseball
Blake Nelson ‘07
2010
Doug Murray
Derek Poppert Ryan Lipkin
Matt Chavez 2008
Evan Fredrickson
Joey Railey
Matt Baugh
Kyle Morgan
DEVELOPING PLAYERS, DEVELOPING PEOPLE
A PROGRAM ON THE RISE
Associate at TM Financial Forensics
Senior Associate at PricewaterhouseCoopers
Financial Specialist at Jackson Square Financial
VP of R&A, Home Builders Research Inc.
Police Officer, Fresno, CA
Graphic Designer & Photographer