PORTLAND, Ore.āLewis & Clark College baseball announced their nine-man incoming class on Tuesday afternoon.Ā
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The River Otters added seven first years and two junior transfers as they look to move up the Northwest Conference Standings. This year's class is made up of six players from California and one each from Washington, Oregon and Australia.Ā
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"We are excited about what this group brings to our program," head coach
Matt Kosderka said.Ā Ā "On both the hitting and pitching side of things, we have some guys who will contribute right away and push our returners to raise their games as well.Ā Ā Perhaps even more important is that our newcomers have done a great job buying into our program culture and assimilating as teammates.Ā Ā Can't wait to see all that they accomplish in the future."
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Trent Amoroso ā First Year ā INF/RHP ā Redwood City, Calif.Ā
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Attended Woodside High School ... Played travel ball with All in Baseball in Atherton, California ... Named the Peninsula Athletic League (PAL) Ocean Division MVP as a junior ... Earned First Team PAL Ocean honors as a utility player as a senior ... Honored as a Second Team All-State selection and First Team All-Metro honoree.
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Lenox Bray ā First Year ā OF ā Dana Point, Calif.
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Attended Capistrano Valley Christian High School ... Competed for the Baseball Performance Academy (BPA) travel ball teams ... Selected as the captain of the baseball team ... Won the Portrait of a Graduate and Most Excellent in the Area of the Bible awards ... Served as a student-life prefect on the student leadership team.
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Jonah De Perro ā First Year ā RHP ā San Diego, Calif.Ā
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Attended St. Augustine High School ... Earned All-Academic Team honors ... Led his team to a conference title as a junior ... Named the MaxPreps Player of the Game two times ... Member of the varsity team for three seasons ... His father also played college baseball ... Fluent in German.
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Garrett Lewis ā First Year ā 1B ā Auburn, Calif.Ā
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Attended Colfax High School ... Played baseball and football ... Named the Male Athlete of the Year and Valedictorian as a senior ... Earned Team MVP honors of the baseball team as a senior ... Carved out a spot on the All-Pioneer Valley League Baseball First Team as a junior and senior ... Led the Pioneer Valley League in home runs and slugging percentage as a junior ... Tabbed to the Sac-Bee All-Metro Second Team and California Medium School All-Star Team as a junior ... Led his team to the Pioneer Valley League Title as a sophomore ... Named to the All-Pioneer Valley League First Team in football as a senior.
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Calvin Martinez ā First Year ā RHP ā Portland, Ore.Ā
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Attended Jesuit High School ... Played for the Portland Barbers in American Legion ball ... Earned Second Team All-Metro League Honors ... Led the Portland Barbers to the 2025 American Legion World Series ⦠Member of the Spanish National Honor Society and the Honor Roll.
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Evan Maury ā Junior ā INF/C ā Melbourne, AustraliaĀ
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Attended Blackburn High School ... Spent his first two collegiate seasons (2024-25) at Edmonds College in Edmonds, Washington ⦠Appeared in 20 total games and finished 9-49 with runs and seven RBI .. Posted one double and one home run ... Won the Silver Slugger award four times (2019-23) ... Named the Team MVP in 2022 ... Tabbed to the State Team Select three times (2020-23) ... Earned two Gold Glove awards (2019, 2022) ... Invited to the U18 Australian Team Camp Select.
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Vaughn McCrea ā First Year ā RHP ā Costa Mesa, Calif.Ā
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Attended Estancia High School ... Named to the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) Division 6 First Team as a senior ... Finished his senior year with a 3.24 ERA in 77 innings pitched, 53 strikeouts, three wins and one save ... Started the CIF-South Section Division 6 Title Game and led Estancia to the Sectional Title ... Went 6.2 innings in the Title game and allowed three unearned runs ... Competed in the Orange Grove Conference Senior All Star Game ... Named Estancia's Pitcher of the Year ... His father Zachary competed in crew at UC Davis.
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Yuma Noda ā First Year ā INF ā Bellevue, Wash.Ā
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Attended Newport High School ... Played travel ball with the King County Mets ... Led his team to a 4A State Tournament appearance as a junior.
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Austin Watkins ā Junior ā RHP ā Ventura, Calif.Ā
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Attended St. Bonaventure High School ... Played two seasons (2024-25) at Oxnard College in Oxnard, California ⦠Made 17 appearances and one start as a pitcher during his sophomore campaign ... Finished the year 1-1 with one save in 22.1 innings ... Posted 21 strikeouts against 13 walks and a 6.85 ERA ... Threw at least one inning in 13 contests and multiple innings six times ... Played travel ball with the California Bucs ... Earned Honorable Mention All-League and Academic All-League honors ... Member of the National Honor Society and the California Scholarship Federation (CSF).
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