WCL Corvallis Knights

McGhee to Return, Three Others Sign

Published on September 24, 2014 under West Coast League (WCL)
Corvallis Knights News Release


Junior pitcher Harrison McGhee of Concordia University will return to the Corvallis Knights in 2015, president Dan Segel announced Tuesday.

A 5-foot-10, 195-pound righthander from Ramona, Calif., McGhee was 0-2, 5.30 in 14 games for the Knights in 2014, with 32 strikeouts in 39 innings as a starter and a reliever.

An NAIA-West all-star in 2014 at Concordia, Harrison was 5-3 with a 1.45 ERA in 12 games, with 96 strikeouts in 86.2 innings. He led the Cascade Collegiate Conference in strikeouts and was third in ERA.

The Knights have also signed Washington freshman pitcher Noah Bremer; Washington freshman catcher Andy Cosgrove, and Chapman junior pitcher Matt Smith.

Bremer is a 6-foot-5 righty from Berkeley High School in Berkeley, Calif. He was 10-1, 0.38 as a senior, with 110 strikeouts in 92 innings in 14 appearances. He was 4-4 with a 1.05 ERA in 2013, and was a first-team West Alameda Foothills Conference all-star both seasons.

Cosgrove is a 6-foot-2, 190-pounder from Juanita High School in Kirkland, Wash. He was a second-team KingCo all-star in 2014, when Juanita made it to the state-championship game before losing 1-0 to Lakeside. He also played for the Baden team in the Seattle Premier League this past summer.

Smith is a 6-4, 215-pound righthander from Lunada Bay, Calif. He was 5-2 with a 2.94 ERA, and had 47 strikeouts in 52 innings over 14 appearances. He was 2-5 with a 5.53 ERA in 13 games as a freshman in 2013 and led the team with 59 strikeouts.

He was the 2012 Bay League Pitcher of the Year as a Palos Verde High School senior and earned first-team all-league and first-team all-CIF honors in leading his team to the Bay League championship.

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