Oklahoma State University Athletics
Lyons Added To USA Baseball National Team Trials Roster
June 09, 2008 | Cowboy Baseball
DURHAM, N.C. — Oklahoma State pitcher Tyler Lyons has accepted an invitation to the 2008 USA Baseball National Team Trials, it was announced today by USA Baseball.
Lyons is one of 34 collegiate players who have accepted invitations to the trials, which will be held June 11-23 throughout the northeast and southeast United States. At the conclusion of the trials, on June 24, 22 players will be selected for the National Team roster.
A 6-foot-2, 195 pounder, Lyons is coming off a sophomore season in which he earned second-team All-Big 12 Conference honors for the Cowboys. The Lubbock, Texas native was 12-2 with a 3.31 ERA in 15 starts in 2008 and led the Big 12 with 108.2 innings pitched. He tied for the league lead with four complete games, all of which came in conference play.
Lyons, who was also named to the NCAA Stillwater Regional All-Tournament team, racked up 92 strikeouts on the season, and his 12 wins were the eighth-highest single-season total in OSU history. In nine conference starts, Lyons was 7-1 with a 2.99 ERA and led the Cowboys with 63 strikeouts.
Lyons will join fellow Cowboy sophomore pitcher Andrew Oliver at the National Team Trials. The duo will be vying to become the ninth and 10th OSU players to earn a spot on a Team USA roster.
USA Baseball's 2008 National Team schedule includes a six-game friendship series against Chinese Taipei and a month-long trip to Europe where the team will compete in the Haarlem Baseball Week in the Netherlands and the IV FISU World Collegiate Baseball Championship in the Czech Republic.
Former OSU star and current Oral Roberts head coach Rob Walton is the '08 USA Baseball National Team head coach.
Lyons is one of 34 collegiate players who have accepted invitations to the trials, which will be held June 11-23 throughout the northeast and southeast United States. At the conclusion of the trials, on June 24, 22 players will be selected for the National Team roster.
A 6-foot-2, 195 pounder, Lyons is coming off a sophomore season in which he earned second-team All-Big 12 Conference honors for the Cowboys. The Lubbock, Texas native was 12-2 with a 3.31 ERA in 15 starts in 2008 and led the Big 12 with 108.2 innings pitched. He tied for the league lead with four complete games, all of which came in conference play.
Lyons, who was also named to the NCAA Stillwater Regional All-Tournament team, racked up 92 strikeouts on the season, and his 12 wins were the eighth-highest single-season total in OSU history. In nine conference starts, Lyons was 7-1 with a 2.99 ERA and led the Cowboys with 63 strikeouts.
Lyons will join fellow Cowboy sophomore pitcher Andrew Oliver at the National Team Trials. The duo will be vying to become the ninth and 10th OSU players to earn a spot on a Team USA roster.
USA Baseball's 2008 National Team schedule includes a six-game friendship series against Chinese Taipei and a month-long trip to Europe where the team will compete in the Haarlem Baseball Week in the Netherlands and the IV FISU World Collegiate Baseball Championship in the Czech Republic.
Former OSU star and current Oral Roberts head coach Rob Walton is the '08 USA Baseball National Team head coach.
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