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SOUTH CHARLOTTE PANTHERS ALUMNI NEWS

JUSTIN SCHUMER - TEAM ISRAEL FOR WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC

SCP 2006 JUSTIN SCHUMER has been selected by Team Israel to participate in the World Baseball Classic in qualifying rounds September 19 -24 in Jupiter, Florida. Team Israel will compete versus Spain; France and South Africa in one of four qualifiers to advance to the WBC finals scheduled for March 2013. He will join former major league players Shawn Green; Gabe Kaplar and Brad Asmus as well as a roster of minor league players who qualified to represent Team Israel. Justin has coached the past two falls for the SCP program and will coach the Cats again this season following the WBC qualifier. He has recently returned from his third season in professional baseball where he played for the San Jose Giants; the High A minor league team for the San Fransisco Giants. Justin finished the season with a 7-4 record and team leading 140 innings pitched on the mound. 

SCP 2009 RICHIE SHAFFER; Clemson University; taken 25th in the First Round of the MLB 2012 Draft by the Tampa Bay Rays.

SCP 2009 LUKE BARD; Georgia Tech; taken 42nd in the First Round of the MLB 2012 Draft by the Minnesota Twins.

SCP 2009 ALEX WOOD; University of Georgia; taken 85th in the Second Round by the Atlanta Braves.

SCP 2012 TY BUTTREY; Providence High School; taken 151 in the Fourth Round by the Boston Red Sox.

SCP 2009 TYLER TEWELL; Appalachian State University; taken 449 in the Fourtenth Round by the Atlanta Braves.

SCP 2008 RYAN ARROWOOD: Appalachian State University; taken 858 in the Twenty-eigth Round by the Colorado Rockies.

SCP 2012 BRAD STONE; Ardrey Kell High School; taken 1086 in the Thirty-fifth Round by the Texas Rangers.