The Salt Lake Tribune
Thursday, December 04, 2008
Baseball: BYU signs six, three preps and three jucos
BYU baseball coach Vance Law has announced the signings of three junior college players and three high school stars.

The high school players who signed earlier this month and will join the Cougars next year are Chunner Nyberg, a 5-11 pitcher from Dixie High in St. George; Jared Snow, a 5-8 outfielder from Riverside, Calif; and Chris Capper, a 6-1 pitcher from Glendale, Ariz.

The juco transfers are Ryan Bernal, an outfielder at Salt Lake Community College; Coltin White, a pitcher/outfielder from Mesa Community College in Arizona; and Tyler Curtis a pitcher from the College of Southern Idaho.

Bernal is from Grand Junction, Colo., and began his career at Mesa State. He led SLCC with a .331 batting average last year.

Curtis, from West Jordan, Utah, prepped at Taylorsville High. He had a 3-3 record with a 3.69 ERA at CSI, with 42 strikeouts in 46.1 innings.

White batted .517 and had a 6-2 record as a high schooler at Mountain View High in Arizona.

Nyberg is the son of former BYU football receiver Brent Nyberg. He had an 11-1 record and a 1.45 ERA last year for Dixie.

Snow is a senior at King High in Riverside, Calif. He batted .440 as a junior and was second-team all-CIF.

Capper was a second-team all-region selection as a junior at Arrowhead High in Glendale, Ariz.

-- Jay Drew

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