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UCLA Baseball Recruiting Class Earns Another Top-15 Ranking

Nov 4, 2014

The 2014 UCLA baseball recruiting class, which was recently ranked No. 7 overall by Baseball America, was ranked the No. 12 class in the country by Perfect Game USA on Monday. Freshman infielder, Sean Bouchard, who is a Perfect Game USA top-100 prospect, was named the “class jewel” by the organization. This marks the third straight year that the Bruins have earned a Top-25 class in the Perfect Game USA rankings.

The 12 players comprising the class, all natives of California, are right-handers Jake Bird (West Ranch HS), Griffin Canning (Santa Margarita HS), Nathan Hadley (Loyola HS), Matt Trask (Davis HS) and Matt Walker (Clovis North HS), left-hander Garrett Barker (Laguna Hills HS), infielders Sean Bouchard (Cathedral Catholic HS), Zander Clarke (Newbury Park HS), Scott Jarvis (Bellarmine HS) and Nick Valaika (Hart HS) and catchers Daniel Rosica (Fountain Valley HS) and Casey Worden (Saddleback JC).

Full Perfect Game USA ‘Elite 25’ Recruiting Class Rankings

UCLA Baseball 2014 Recruiting Class

Name Pos. B/T Ht. Wt. Hometown Previous School
Garrett Barker LHP L/L 6-3 190 Laguna Hills, Calif. Laguna Hills HS
Jake Bird RHP R/R 6-3 180 Stevenson Ranch, Calif. West Ranch HS
Sean Bouchard INF R/R 6-3 180 San Diego, Calif. Cathedral Catholic HS
Griffin Canning RHP R/R 6-1 165 Coto de Caza, Calif. Santa Margarita HS
Zander Clarke INF R/R 6-5 200 Newbury Park, Calif. Newbury Park HS
Nathan Hadley RHP R/R 5-11 180 Encino, Calif. Loyola HS
Scott Jarvis INF R/R 6-2 185 San Jose, Calif. Bellarmine HS
Daniel Rosica C R/R 5-11 180 Fountain Valley, Calif. Fountain Valley HS
Matt Trask RHP R/R 6-3 205 Davis, Calif. Davis HS
Nick Valaika INF R/R 5-11 180 Valencia, Calif. Hart HS
Matt Walker RHP R/R 6-2 180 Clovis, Calif. Clovis North HS
Casey Worden C R/R 6-3 200 Newport Beach, Calif. Saddleback JC