Wyatt Langford earns roster spot for Team USA
It’s been an eventful 2022 for Florida Gators sophomore Wyatt Langford but his summer isn’t over yet. Langford was invited to try out for the Team USA Collegiate National Team. This week he made the official 26-man roster.
Langford is one of 26 non-draft-eligible players to make the USA CNT roster. Roughly 50 athletes were invited to the USA Baseball Collegiate National Team Training Camp this year in Cary, North Carolina.
“A week ago, as I sat with the fifty-one players that we invited to Cary, I told them what a tremendous honor this is because you are fifty-one of the best amateur baseball players in the United States of America,” said Head Coach Mike Bianco. “To narrow it down nearly in half is quite a task. We shared with all of them, as honestly and candidly as we could. There are players that will go home that will play in the big leagues and be All-Americans next year. I commend these coaches and the USA Baseball committee on the selections we have made. We can’t wait to get to work today and on the road to winning the championship at Honkbalweek.”
Langford will represent the United States at Honkbalweek Haarlem in the Netherlands from July 8 to 15 at Pim Mulier Stadium in Haarlem, Netherlands. Team USA will travel to the Netherlands on Wednesday and begin Honkbalweek Haarlem on Saturday, July 9. The Stars and Stripes open against Japan at 8 a.m. ET and follow with games against Italy, Cuba, the Netherlands, and Curacao to complete group play.
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Langford previously played nine games with the Penisula Pilots in the Coastal Plain League. He led the Pilots in hitting .394 (13-33) with seven runs scored, two doubles, two home runs, and a triple. Langford will take some much earned and deserved time off after the conclusion of Team USA’s summer schedule.
Langford’s 2022 season accolades
USA Baseball Collegiate National Team Member
D1Baseball First Team All-American
Baseball American Second Team All-American
ABCA/Rawlings Second Team All-American
NCBWA Second Team All-American
Perfect Game Second Team All-American
ABCA/Rawlings First Team Southeast All-Region
USA Baseball Collegiate National Team Training Camp Invitee
USA Today First Team All-SEC
Second Team All-SECSEC All-Tournament Team
About USA Baseball
USA Baseball is the national governing body for baseball in the United States and is committed to serving, protecting, and supporting the game of baseball and its 15.6 million participants. Founded in 1978, USA Baseball fields six national teams annually and is a member of the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC) and the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC). On the diamond, USA Baseball is a two-time Olympic gold medalist and the reigning World Baseball Classic champion, and its national teams have won 62 gold medals in international competition. Off the field, the organization is dedicated to the proliferation and health of the sport through the creation and management of numerous development initiatives including Fun At Bat, Pitch Smart, PLAY BALL and the Prospect Development Pipeline.
