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Biven Added to USA Collegiate National Team Training Camp Roster
June 24, 2024 | Baseball
The sophomore joins Patrick Forbes and Zion Rose at the training camp this week.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – University of Louisville sophomore Tucker Biven is the latest Cardinal to receive an invitation to the 2024 USA Baseball Collegiate National Team Training Camp in Cary, N.C.
Biven will be the 21st Louisville player to compete with the Collegiate National Team, joining Patrick Forbes and Zion Rose whose invitations were previously announced.
Biven had an excellent sophomore season with the Cardinals this spring working as Louisville's closer. The right-hander finished 4-2 with five saves in 24 relief appearances.
The New Albany, Ind., native had a 3.82 ERA, striking out 40 batters across 35.1 innings of work.
The USA Baseball Collegiate National Team Training Camp will feature 55 of the premier non-draft-eligible college players for a two-game Stars vs. Stripes intrasquad series in North Carolina on June 26 and 27. USA Baseball will name the final Collegiate National Team–inclusive of an International Friendship Series roster and a Summer League Tour roster–following Training Camp on June 29.
Both Training Camp games will be played at the USA Baseball National Training Complex in Cary, North Carolina, on June 26 and 27. First pitch of both games will be at 6:35 p.m. ET. The International Friendship Series roster will then take on Chinese Taipei in a five-game series, while the Summer League Tour roster will take on select teams from the Appalachian League and the Coastal Plain League in a four-game slate. The schedule will culminate with a Fourth of July matchup between the two U.S. Collegiate National Team rosters on July 4 in Fayetteville, N.C.
USA COLLEGIATE NATIONAL TEAM PLAYERS
Mark Jurich – 2002
Phil Wunderlich – 2009*
Tony Zych – 2009
Ryan Wright – 2010
Nick Burdi – 2013*
Kyle Funkhouser – 2014
Zack Burdi – 2015
Brendan McKay – 2015, 2016
Corey Ray – 2015
Devin Hairston – 2016
Alex Binelas – 2019*
Reid Detmers – 2019
Lucas Dunn – 2019
Michael Kirian – 2019*
Bobby Miller – 2019*
Christian Knapczyk – 2022*
Jack Payton – 2022
Kayden Campbell – 2023*
*Training camp only
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Biven will be the 21st Louisville player to compete with the Collegiate National Team, joining Patrick Forbes and Zion Rose whose invitations were previously announced.
Biven had an excellent sophomore season with the Cardinals this spring working as Louisville's closer. The right-hander finished 4-2 with five saves in 24 relief appearances.
The New Albany, Ind., native had a 3.82 ERA, striking out 40 batters across 35.1 innings of work.
The USA Baseball Collegiate National Team Training Camp will feature 55 of the premier non-draft-eligible college players for a two-game Stars vs. Stripes intrasquad series in North Carolina on June 26 and 27. USA Baseball will name the final Collegiate National Team–inclusive of an International Friendship Series roster and a Summer League Tour roster–following Training Camp on June 29.
Both Training Camp games will be played at the USA Baseball National Training Complex in Cary, North Carolina, on June 26 and 27. First pitch of both games will be at 6:35 p.m. ET. The International Friendship Series roster will then take on Chinese Taipei in a five-game series, while the Summer League Tour roster will take on select teams from the Appalachian League and the Coastal Plain League in a four-game slate. The schedule will culminate with a Fourth of July matchup between the two U.S. Collegiate National Team rosters on July 4 in Fayetteville, N.C.
USA COLLEGIATE NATIONAL TEAM PLAYERS
Mark Jurich – 2002
Phil Wunderlich – 2009*
Tony Zych – 2009
Ryan Wright – 2010
Nick Burdi – 2013*
Kyle Funkhouser – 2014
Zack Burdi – 2015
Brendan McKay – 2015, 2016
Corey Ray – 2015
Devin Hairston – 2016
Alex Binelas – 2019*
Reid Detmers – 2019
Lucas Dunn – 2019
Michael Kirian – 2019*
Bobby Miller – 2019*
Christian Knapczyk – 2022*
Jack Payton – 2022
Kayden Campbell – 2023*
*Training camp only
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