BSC baseball inks Georgia standout

BSC baseball

inks Georgia standout

Casey Bond,

a 6-3, 180-pound right-handed pitcher and outfielder from Starr's Mill

High School, has signed a National Letter-of-Intent to play college baseball

for Birmingham-Southern College.

Bond was a

multiple-sport star at Starr's Mill, lettering in both baseball and basketball.

He hit .343 with one home run, 17 RBI and 25 runs scored as a senior while

notching a 3-3 record in nine mound appearances for Brent Moseley's club.

For his efforts, he was named to the Georgia Dugout Club All-Star Team

and the team's Best All-Around Player.

A standout

in the classroom as well, Bond was an honor graduate at Starr's Mill who

was a member of the Junior Beta Club and a four-year member of the Principal's

List for high academics.

"We are

very pleased that Casey has decided to join our baseball family at Birmingham-Southern

College," Shoop said. "He is our third quality student-athlete

to sign this year and is committed to success both in the classroom and

on the baseball field. Casey's greatest asset is his foot speed, which

allows him to fit into our style of play. We are also excited that he

is a true dual-position player since we lost four pitchers off our 2003

squad. We certainly expect Casey to help us both in the outfield and on

the mound."

Shoop's Panthers

finished the 2003 season 33-18 overall and 12-8 against the Big South

Conference. Now shed of their provisional NCAA Division I membership,

BSC will be fully eligible for the Big South Conference regular season

and postseason championships and the NCAA Baseball Tournament in the upcoming

2004 season.

Bond joins

2002-03 signees Paul Jones (6-6, LHP, Mobile, Ala./UMS-Wright) and Brandon

Hynick (6-0, RHP/OF, North Royalton, Ohio/North Royalton) as the newest

members of the BSC baseball family. He also joins former Starr's Mill

mound standout Steve White at Birmingham-Southern. White made four relief

appearances for the Panthers as a sophomore pitcher for BSC in 2003.

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