Casey Weathers

Casey Weathers (born June 10, 1985 in Elk Grove, California) is a pitcher who was drafted by the Colorado Rockies of Major League Baseball 8th overall in the 2007 Major League Baseball Draft. [ [http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/events/draft/y2007/drafttracker.jsp MLB.com 2007 Draft Tracker] ] He played in college for the Vanderbilt Commodores.

Bio

Weathers attended Laguna Creek High School in Elk Grove. Weathers first attended Sacramento City College where he played in the outfield. During one practice, Weathers claimed he could throw harder than teammate Adam Eisner. This ongoing banter led to Weathers lighting up the radar gun for fun. Despite his wanting to remain an outfielder, once he hit 94 MPH on the gun, he was eventually converted to a pitcher by the coaching staff. After two years at Sacramento City College, Weathers transferred to Vanderbilt University to play for head coach Tim Corbin and pitching coach Derek Johnson. After his first year at Vanderbilt, Weathers participated in the Alaskan Summer League and was a late addition to the Team USA roster where he joined Corbin and teammates David Price and Pedro Alvarez. Weathers enjoyed a successful senior season at Vanderbilt where he led the team in saves and tied for the team lead in wins. He was named a First Team All American and a finalist for National Stopper of the Year. In 2008 he was selected for the United States baseball team for the 2008 Summer Olympics.

MLB Draft

Weathers was drafted by the Colorado Rockies with the 8th overall pick of the 2007 amateur draft and signed a contract on June 18, 2007 with a $1.8 million signing bonus [ [http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/mlb/article/0,2777,DRMN_23924_5592566,00.html Rocky Mountain News] ] .

Awards and honors

*2007 "Baseball America" First Team All American [ [http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/college/features/264299.html BaseballAmerica.com: College: College All-America First Team ] ]
*2007 "Collegiate Baseball" First Team All American [ [http://www.collegiatebaseball.com/allamericans/currentallamericans.htm All Americans Pre-Season 1999 ] ]
*2007 American Baseball Coaches Association First Team All American [ [http://vucommodores.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/spec-rel/061807aaa.html Price Named ABCA Player of Year :: Junior ace headlines group of five Commodores named to All-American Teams ] ]
*2007 National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Third Team All American [ [http://www.sportswriters.net/ncbwa/news/2007/allamerica070613.html NCBWA > News > 2007 Pro-Line Athletic NCBWA All-America Team ] ]
*2007 First Team All SEC [ [http://www.secsports.com/index.php?s=&url_channel_id=5&url_article_id=9014&change_well_id=2 www.secsports.com - SEC Announces Annual Baseball Honors ] ]

couting report

Pros

Weathers has two power offerings and durability, as evidenced by back-to-back outings over an early February 2007 weekend. [ [http://www.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/events/draft_report/y2007/index.jsp?mc=weathers Draft Report for Casey Weathers] ]

References

External links

* [http://vucommodores.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/weathers_casey00.html Vanderbilt bio]