5 THSB Players Make USA 18U National Team

USA Baseball announced the 2018 18U National Team roster on Tuesday following National Team Training in Florida. The final 20-man roster will now travel to Santiago, Panama, to compete in the 2018 COPABE U-18 Pan-American Championships which begins on November 23.

5 Texas High School Baseball Players were selected to 20 man roster. Those players are (alphabetically): Sammy Faltine, Sr, RHP, Ft. Bend Travis; Jared Kelly, Jr, RHP, Refugio; Jacob Meador, Sr, RHP, Burleson Centennial; Drew Romo, Jr, C, The Woodlands; and Bobby Witt Jr, Sr, IF, Colleyville Heritage.

Team USA will look to secure its fifth-consecutive Pan-American Championships gold medal in 2018. The program has won seven straight international tournament titles dating back to 2011, including winning the last four World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) U-18 Baseball World Cups in 2012, 2013, 2015 and 2017.

THSB Website will be reporting on the Pan-American Championships when they start this Friday.

Complete USA Baseball 18U National Team Roster
CJ Abrams; IF; Alpharetta, Ga.
Tyler Callihan; IF; Neptune Beach, Fla.
Corbin Carroll; OF; Seattle, Wash.
Riley Cornelio; RHP; Monument, Colo.
Dylan Crews; OF; Longwood, Fla.
Pete Crow-Armstrong; OF; Sherman Oaks, Calif.
Sammy Faltine; RHP; Richmond, Texas
Riley Greene; OF; Oviedo, Fla.
Ryan Hawks; RHP; Bowling Green, Ky.
Jared Kelley; RHP; Refugio, Texas
Jack Leiter; RHP; Summit, N.J.
Brennan Malone; RHP; Matthews, N.C.
Timmy Manning; LHP; Pompano Beach, Fla.
Jacob Meador; RHP; Burleson, Texas
Yohandy Morales; IF; Miami, Fla.
Max Rajcic; RHP/IF; Fullerton, Calif.
Drew Romo; C; The Woodlands, Texas
Avery Short; LHP; Indianapolis, Ind.
Anthony Volpe; IF; Watchung, N.J.
Bobby Witt Jr; IF; Colleyville, Texas