North Carolina State University Athletics
Cozart, Fritton Invited to USA Baseball Collegiate National Team Training Camp
5/18/2023 2:34:00 PM | Baseball
CARY, N.C. – NC State baseball's Jacob Cozart and Dominic Fritton have been invited to the 2023 USA Baseball Collegiate National Team Training Camp.
Cozart and Fritton are just two of 56 premier non-draft eligible college players invited to this summer's National Team Training Camp. The training camp will feature a five-game Stars vs. Stripes intrasquad series in North Carolina from June 25-29.
USA Baseball will then name a final, 26-man Collegiate National Team roster after Training Camp that will represent the United States in a friendship series against Chinese Taipei and Japan from June 30 to July 12.
Cozart has had a breakout sophomore campaign for the Wolfpack, batting .321 with 12 doubles, nine home runs, two triples and 38 RBI. The High Point native ranks second among all NC State hitters with 95 total bases, a .586 slugging percentage and 23 extra-base hits. In ACC play, Cozart leads the Pack with six homers, seven doubles, 22 RBI and 54 total bases.
Defensively, Cozart has thrown out nine would-be base stealers in 31 attempts while sporting a .991 fielding percentage on the season. The sophomore catcher has recorded 391 putouts and tallied 31 assists so far this season.
Fritton, a true freshman from Fuquay-Varina, has shined in his first season at NC State. The left-handed pitcher ranks first among NC State pitchers with a 3.09 ERA and a 1.10 WHIP (minimum 10 IP). Fritton has recorded three pitching victories and two saves so far this season, making 15 total appearances with nine starts.
Overall, Fritton has sported a 67-to-21 strikeout-to-walk ratio. He has also limited opposing batters to a .198 batting average over 58.1 innings pitched. The southpaw earned his first win against an ACC opponent on April 14 against Florida State, pitching six innings with a career-high 10 strikeouts in the first Friday night start of his college career.
LuJames Groover III represented NC State at the National Team Training Camp this past summer. The full list of Wolfpack student-athletes who have made the final Collegiate National Team roster since 1980 is listed below.
2021: Sam Highfill, Chris Villaman
2019: Patrick Bailey
2018: Patrick Bailey, Will Wilson
2015: Tommy DeJuneas
2013: Carlos Rodon, Trea Turner
2012: Carlos Rodon, Trea Turner
2007: Eric Surkamp
2006: Andrew Brackman
2004: Joey Devine
1995: Tom Sergio
1993: Andy Barkett, Pat Clougherty, Terry Harvey
1980: Joe Plesac
All five Training Camp games will be played at the USA Baseball National Training Complex in Cary. The series begins on June 25 at 3 p.m. with four games following over the next four days. Game two will be on June 26 at 6 p.m., game three will be on June 27 at 7 p.m., game four will be on June 28 at 6 p.m. and the series will conclude with game five on June 29 at 11 a.m.
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Cozart and Fritton are just two of 56 premier non-draft eligible college players invited to this summer's National Team Training Camp. The training camp will feature a five-game Stars vs. Stripes intrasquad series in North Carolina from June 25-29.
USA Baseball will then name a final, 26-man Collegiate National Team roster after Training Camp that will represent the United States in a friendship series against Chinese Taipei and Japan from June 30 to July 12.
Cozart has had a breakout sophomore campaign for the Wolfpack, batting .321 with 12 doubles, nine home runs, two triples and 38 RBI. The High Point native ranks second among all NC State hitters with 95 total bases, a .586 slugging percentage and 23 extra-base hits. In ACC play, Cozart leads the Pack with six homers, seven doubles, 22 RBI and 54 total bases.
Defensively, Cozart has thrown out nine would-be base stealers in 31 attempts while sporting a .991 fielding percentage on the season. The sophomore catcher has recorded 391 putouts and tallied 31 assists so far this season.
Fritton, a true freshman from Fuquay-Varina, has shined in his first season at NC State. The left-handed pitcher ranks first among NC State pitchers with a 3.09 ERA and a 1.10 WHIP (minimum 10 IP). Fritton has recorded three pitching victories and two saves so far this season, making 15 total appearances with nine starts.
Overall, Fritton has sported a 67-to-21 strikeout-to-walk ratio. He has also limited opposing batters to a .198 batting average over 58.1 innings pitched. The southpaw earned his first win against an ACC opponent on April 14 against Florida State, pitching six innings with a career-high 10 strikeouts in the first Friday night start of his college career.
LuJames Groover III represented NC State at the National Team Training Camp this past summer. The full list of Wolfpack student-athletes who have made the final Collegiate National Team roster since 1980 is listed below.
2021: Sam Highfill, Chris Villaman
2019: Patrick Bailey
2018: Patrick Bailey, Will Wilson
2015: Tommy DeJuneas
2013: Carlos Rodon, Trea Turner
2012: Carlos Rodon, Trea Turner
2007: Eric Surkamp
2006: Andrew Brackman
2004: Joey Devine
1995: Tom Sergio
1993: Andy Barkett, Pat Clougherty, Terry Harvey
1980: Joe Plesac
All five Training Camp games will be played at the USA Baseball National Training Complex in Cary. The series begins on June 25 at 3 p.m. with four games following over the next four days. Game two will be on June 26 at 6 p.m., game three will be on June 27 at 7 p.m., game four will be on June 28 at 6 p.m. and the series will conclude with game five on June 29 at 11 a.m.
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