With prospects starting to sign national letters of intent, Santa Clara baseball is preparing to welcome a new class to the Mission campus. The Broncos will announce one player a week to highlight the future of Bronco baseball.

Stevie Berman Signs with Santa Clara Basebal

Stevie Berman, a local product out of Saratoga, Calif., attended Saratoga High School where he was coached by Adam Varteressian. In his junior year in 2012 his team was a CCS quarterfinalist and Berman was All-CCS Honorable Mention. He was also 2012 All-League First-Team and won the Toughest Out Award. In 2011 he won the Most Valuable Underclassman and was All-League Second-Team.
 
"I chose Santa Clara for a lot of reasons," said Berman. "First of all, the coaches and players are some of the best around and made me feel part of the baseball family since day one. I love the old school style of play, how hard the team competes and how much fun they have together. From a non-baseball side, Santa Clara is known for developing great students and great human beings. Anywhere you go on campus, there's a real sense of community and family that I can't wait to be a part of."

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My younger brother and I always gave Dad a "good luck kiss" before each  game as kids. It was our tradition. Dad has always been big on tradition, which may explain his thirty-seven year long coaching career at Stanford University. His job as a baseball coach has always been a family ordeal, never neglecting to drag us into a plethora of recruiting dinners, team banquets, games, and even the occasional afternoon practice when Mom wasn't available to pick us up from school. I would sit there for hours after school watching batting practice, taking in every swing, every dive, and every catch until it was finally time to head home. But the baseball didn't end there. It came home with us, too. Children often complain when their fathers bring their work home with them. But when I was a kid, I couldn't wait for my dad to bring his work home. There was nothing I loved more than to congregate around the dinner table each night and discuss baseball over a plate of mashed potatoes. All in all, baseball was never considered just his career, but rather, a way of life for all of us within the family.

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The Bronco Baseball program is holding their annual Kick-Off Weekend on February 8-9, 2013. Festivities for the weekend include a Golf Tournament, Preseason Banquet, and Alumni Game. 

"We can't wait to host all of our former players and Bronco Baseball supporters for our annual Kick-Off Weekend," said Head Coach Dan O'Brien. "This will be a great weekend for friends and family to come together and reunite with each other, meet the 2013 team and celebrate the history of the program."

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8

• Golf Tournament at Cinnabar Hills Golf Club (12:00pm)
• Preseason Banquet at Residence of Kevin Walters (6:00pm)

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 9

• Alumni Game at Stephen Schott Stadium (12:00pm)