Shouppe reloads FAMU baseball with juco pitchers

COURTESY FAMU ATHLETICS

TALLAHASSEE, Florida  -- As much as coach Jamey Shouppe and his FAMU baseball players wanted to get to the NCAA playoffs last season, they just didn't have the depth – especially pitching -- to make if through their conference tournament.

So it's easy to understand why Shouppe reloaded with junior college arms to bolster his pitching staff for the upcoming season. For the past two weeks, they've been on display as the team goes through fall workouts.

It's the start of a long road that Shouppe hopes will lead to a better finish than 26-26, which marked the first time since 2003 that the program had a finish at .500 or better.

"We have more choices; a lot more depth," Shouppe said, following Wednesday's practice. "We feel good about a lot of things, but we still have a long way to go; a lot of work to do. We still have guys that we are teaching different things and the guys are giving us everything they have.

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