Rutgers Receives BIG EAST Baseball Championship Rings
Oct 16 | Baseball
PISCATAWAY, N.J. - The 2007 BIG EAST Regular-Season and Tournament Champion Rutgers baseball team was honored by the school during the October 18 football game between Rutgers and USF at Rutgers Stadium.
The Scarlet Knights were honored at halftime, with each member receiving a championship ring while a highlight video displayed on the stadium's video board commemorating the team's league regular-season and tournament title. The group finished with a 42-21 record in 2007, tying the school record for wins in a season. The 20-7 BIG EAST record earned the Scarlet Knights the regular season title, and the team followed that up by winning the 2007 BIG EAST Tournament with a 7-6 victory over Connecticut. Rutgers was ranked nationally during the year and finished the season ranked 30th, after being eliminated by eventual National Champion Oregon State in the NCAA Tournament. With a 4-3 win over UCF on March 17, Head Coach Fred Hill notched his 900th career victory.
Following the 2007 season, six Scarlet Knights were selected in the MLB first-year player draft, led by consensus First Team All-American shortstop Todd Frazier (Toms River, N.J.), who was taken with the 34th pick overall by the Cincinnati Reds.
