Baseball: Harper selected to South All-State team

Tony Altobelli

CORONA DEL MAR - Ty Harper may be a freshman at Golden West

College, but he is still reaping the rewards from a stellar 1999 baseball

season and career at Corona del Mar High.

Harper was one of 20 seniors selected to the 1999 California Baseball

Coaches Association’s South All-State Team.

Seniors from the San Diego, Southern and Los Angeles Sections were

eligible for this team that represents over 600 Southern California high

school baseball teams fielded in the 1999 season.

Harper’s South All-State selection puts a closure on a stellar prep

career at CdM.

The three-time All-CIF selection batted .505 with 12 home runs and 37

RBIs as a leadoff hitter for the Division IV champion Sea Kings.

His 12 home runs tied teammate Eric Wiethorn for the school and district

single-season record.

As a pitcher for CdM, Harper was equally effective, going 7-1 with two

saves and a 2.81 ERA.

In his three-year varsity career, Harper finished with a .514 career

batting average, 54 extra-base hits, 90 runs scored as well as a 9-4

pitching record with four saves and a 3.04 ERA in 110 2/3 total innings.

The players were selected from nominations submitted by their respective

CBCA member coaches in the three CIF Sections that comprise the South

region.