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There has always been a big demand by parents who want to support their son and by players who want to sport the Houston Heat logo on hats, shirts, sweatshirts, etc. and now you can. The online store is in full operation and the only place to get your official Houston Heat Gear. The transactions are safe and secured and the items arrive at your house in 15 business days. Visit the store by going to the link below or the "Apparel" tab at the top of the website front page.

Any collegiate players or 2012 high school graduates interested in participating on one of the Houston Heat Collegiate Wood Bat Teams please download, fill out and e-mail a Player Profile to pdcross@msn.com. You can find the Player Profile below. Charlie Harness will be organizing the college team(s) and can be reached at charness@houstonnorth.com or 281-732-0361.

We've added a new feature to the Houston Heat website. If you're visiting the website please take the time to sign our guestbook and leave comments about your experiences with Houston Heat Baseball, our website or any other comments you'd like to leave.

Please note that since young kids may be viewing the guestbook, all comments must be approved by the website administrator before they will be posted. 

The list of 2012 commitments was updated on 5/16/12. Congratulations to all the players and their families on making their college choices.

Houston Heat alum, Joe Savery, opens the 2012 season in the Phillies big league camp against all odds. After being a 1st round draft pick out of Rice University in 2007, as a pitcher, Joe converted to 1st baseman in 2011 in an attempt to salvage his big league dream. Little did anybody know that fielding work with a minor league coach would lead Joe right to the big leagues, not as a 1st baseman but as a pitcher again.

To read the full article from the Philadelphia Inquirer go to:

http://articles.philly.com/2012-02-25/sports/31098579_1_joe-savery-carpenter-complex-phillies-pitcher

Good luck Joe, from your Houston Heat family.

Our own Heat Black coach Tim Price, aka The Guru of Google aka The Wizzard of Wikipedia aka The Superman of the Search Engine, has come across an interesting factoid. Since 2004, 7 out of the last 8 Houston 5A MVP's have been Houston Heat Players. Only 2011's MVP did not play for the Heat. All of these players were also named to the All Greater Houston Team in thier senior year and the Heat players have been racking up All Greater Houston honors at an alarming rate. As has been the case for most of the last 6-7 years the Houston Heat has placed more players on the Houston Chronicle Preseason AGH team than any other select team in the area and this year is no different. The 2012 Houston Chronicle Pre Season AGH Team features 7 Heat players of the 16 that were selected for the team. The following is a list of the 5A MVP's since 2004 followed by the Heat players named to the 2012 Houston Chronicle Pre Season Team All Greater Houston Team.

Houston 5A MVP's

2004     Joe Savery  Lamar

2005     Koby Clemens   Memorial

2006     Kyle Drabek   The Woodlands

2007     Kevin Ahrens   Memorial

2008     Peter Goudeau   Lamar /  Runner up  Anthony Rendon   Lamar

2009     Michael Ratteree   Memorial

2010     Dustin Selzer   Houston Christian

2012 Houston Chronicle Pre Season All Greater Houston Team

Billy Arendt   Second Baptist

Geonte' Jackson   Elkins

Hayden Jones   Langham Creek

Chris Lanham   Lamar

Grayson Long   Barbers Hill

Kevin McCanna   The Woodlands

Boomer White   Memorial

The Houston Heat organization congratulates all of these players on their selection to the Pre Season All Greater Houston Team.

Please visit your team's web page for all updated team information. Go to "Teams" at the top of the website and then to your team's web page.

Former Heat player, and current Vanderbilt Univ. sophmore, Conner Harrell hit the first CWS home run in the new TD Ameritrade Park to break a sixth-inning tie and three relievers held North Carolina scoreless on three hits the last five innings in the Commodores' 7-3 victory Saturday. 

To view the full story on the Vandy website click the Vanderbilt Baseball logo.