Indiana University Athletics
Arnett Signs National Letter-of-Intent
5/24/2006 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
May 24, 2006
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - Indiana baseball head coach Tracy Smith announced on May 24 that right-handed pitcher Eric Arnett has signed a national letter-of-intent to attend Indiana University beginning in the fall semester of 2006. Arnett is the 17th signee in Smith's first recruiting class as Hoosier skipper.
A 6-5, 215-pounder from Pataskala, Ohio, Arnett led head coach Don Schone's Watkins Memorial High School club to its first district title and a matchup against undefeated Washington Courthouse in regional action on May 26. Arnett held fellow signee Jason Ferrell and Bishop Watterson High School (23-6) to just one hit and no runs over the final five innings to move on in the state tournament.
A three-time all-conference and all-county selection, Arnett also has collected all-district honors on two occasions. He set the Watkins Memorial home run record as a junior (7) and earned a spot in the Ohio North-South All-Star Game.
Arnett also excelled on the football field and the basketball court. The standout wide receiver set school records for receptions, yardage and touchdowns as well as garnering a selection to football's North-South All-Star Game. En route to topping Watkins career charts, Arnett made all-conference, all-district, all-region and all-county during two seasons and all-state once.
On the hardwood, Arnett was named the team MVP and continued to corral postseason accolades. He picked up all-conference, all-district and all-county honors for two years.
"Eric is a big strong kid with loads of potential," Smith said. "He kind of flew under the radar screen this year because of all the attention he was receiving as a Division I football recruit, but I think Eric realizes he can be pretty special in baseball. We could not be happier that he chose to attend Indiana."
Below is a list of all 17 early signees for the 2007 baseball season (listed alphabetically):
Eric Arnett - RHP - 6'5/215 - Pataskala, Ohio/Watkins Memorial
Jarrett Casey - LHP - 5'11/175 - Lawrence, Ind./Lawrence Central
Evan Crawford - SS - 6'1/160 - R/R - Reynoldsburg, Ohio/Reynoldsburg
Tom Devero - 1B/LHP - 6'3/210 - Palatine, Ill./Palatine
Jason Ferrell - LHP - 6'0/190 - Columbus, Ohio/Bishop Watterson
Brad Henke - INF - 6'3/200 - R/R - Indianapolis, Ind./Cathedral
Billy Kitchen - OF/RHP - 6'4/185 - R/R - Miamisburg, Ohio/Miamisburg
Brian Lambert - INF/OF - 5'9/165 - R/R - Pontiac, Ill./Pontiac Township
J.T. Larson - RHP - 6'0/180 - Fishers, Ind./Hamilton Southeastern
Jake Lowe - 1B - 6'4/200 - R/R - Flossmoor, Ill./Homewood-Flossmoor
Sterling Mack - OF - 6'3/180 - L/L - Powder Springs, Ga./The Lovett School
Brandon Money - RHP - 5'10/185 - Center Grove, Ind./Center Grove
Justin Morales - C - 6'2/190 - R/R - Lake Charles, La./Barbe
Josh Phegley - C - 5'11/195 - R/R - Terre Haute, Ind./Terre Haute North
Dan Rosenbaum - LHP - 6'1/190 - Loveland, Ohio/Loveland
Kipp Schutz - OF - 6'4/190 - L/L - Evansville, Ind./Harrison
Chris Squires - RHP - 6'2/180 - Fort Wayne, Ind./Canterbury
