Tuesday, March 09, 2010

Giants sign four more players

With summer fast approaching the Topeka Golden Giants are please to announce the next batch of player signings for the upcoming 2010 season.

The Golden Giants welcome two former Topeka area high school players and two more from high schools nearby. Joining the team this season are pitcher Jake Moore (Ottawa), pitcher Cody Schumacher (Topeka), fielder Aaron Rea (Lawrence) and fielder Blaine Matthews (Topeka).

The Golden Giants are committed to not only fielding a very competitive team but also aim to showcase the phenomenal talent that exists in high schools and colleges around Northeast Kansas.

We are proud to welcome these four players to the Golden Giants family and look forward to seeing them shine this summer.

Jake Moore - Johnson County CC
RHP 6-4 225, Ottawa, Kansas

The Lawrence Journal-World named Jake to the Class 4A All-State 2009 squad and the 2009 All-Area first team. The 6-foot-4, 225-pound Moore finished the season with a 8-0 record on the mound and was among the league leaders in several pitching categories. In addition, he tossed 43.1 innings, recorded 71 strikeouts - against just 14 walks - and surrendered 20 hits and 13 earned runs. Moore will spend the spring with Johnson County Community College before heading to Topeka this summer.


Cody Schumacher - Johnson County CC
RHP 6-0 175, Topeka, Kansas

Johnson County Community College and former Hayden High School standout Cody Schumacher joins the Giants on the mound this season. Schumacher was named to the 2009 Class 6A All-state team and was a 2008 and 2009 All-city selection. Cody looks to step up this summer with the Golden Giants and showcase his outstanding fastball and curveball.


Aaron Rea - Cowley County CC
OF/MI 6-1 190, Lawrence, Kansas

Aaron was a member of the 2009 Class 6A State Champion Lawrence high school baseball team and was named the 2009 Sunflower League player of the year, All-Sunflower League first team selection, selected to the Class 6A All-state team and named to the 2009 All-Area first team by the Lawrence Journal-World. In addition to leading the Lawrence High in average (.433), hits (29), runs scored (28) and stolen bases (17), he was tied for the lead in home runs, with four, and finished with a .553 on-base percentage and a slugging percentage of .650. Rea will join the Golden Giants after playing for Cowley County Community College this spring.



Blaine Mathews - Cloud County CC
MI 5-11 Topeka, Kansas

The former Washburn Rural standout will play for Cloudy County this spring. Matthews stole 10 bases during the 2008 season for Washburn Rural, 2 shy of tying the school record. He was named to the 2008 All-Centennial League team and the 2008 All-city team as a senior. Last season with Cloud County he was selected All-Conference 2nd Team and ranks 10th all time in hits in one season with 64. Blaine will head back home to help bolster the Golden Giants infield this summer.

Sunday, March 07, 2010

Google Golden Giants



Google, KS - The Topeka Golden Giants baseball team, in a show of solidarity, will change their name for the month of March to the Google Golden Giants.

Google, Ks Mayor Bill Bunten announced Monday a proclamation that Topeka would change it's name to Google, Kansas for the month of March. The goal was to persuade the internet giant to choose Topeka as a test site for it's new fiber optic network, it would provide internet speeds 100 times faster than those elsewhere, with data transfer rates faster than 1 gigabit per second.

Landing the Google Fiber Project could be a big boost to the local economy and help put Topeka on the map globally.

"The Golden Giants are firmly behind this effort to help bring Google's Fiber Project to Topeka," said Golden Giants President Brett Cowdin. "We are more than happy to change our name to reflect our community - Google, Kansas."

The Golden Giants have also altered the look of their website to reflect the Google theme for March.

The Google Golden Giants are a summer collegiate wood bat baseball team that will open their season on June 4, 2010 at the beautiful Lake Shawnee baseball complex.

For more information on the Golden Giants, please visit:
http://www.topekagoldengiants.com

For more information on the efforts to bring Google's Fiber Project to Topeka visit:
http://thinkbigtopeka.com/