Long Beach State University Athletics
Dirtbags Add Another Prep Standout
7/30/2014 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
July 30, 2014
LONG BEACH, Calif. - Head coach Troy Buckley announced the signing of Keola Paragas to a National Letter of Intent to join the Long Beach State Dirtbags. Paragas signed the NLI after a standout senior season at Green Valley High School in Henderson, Nev.
Paragas excelled both on the mound and at the plate as a senior and grabbed the Nevada State Player of the Year honors from the Las Vegas Review-Journal. The left-hander pitched just a few innings as a junior due to injury but came back with a dominating senior year.
"We are excited to add Keola to our program. He had a fantastic senior year on both the pitching and offensive side of the ball," commented Buckley. "He is very competitive, external, athletic and talented, which will translate to aiding us as a pitcher and outfielder."
The Dirtbags late signee dominated on the mound to the tune of an 8-3 record and a 1.29 ERA. He had 79 strikeouts in 65 innings pitched and threw eight complete games.
At the plate, Paragas was a middle of the order hitter for Green Valley. He hit .382 with 22 extra-base hits and 36 runs batted in. He smacked 13 doubles, four triples and five homers.
Paragas will join the Dirtbags for the 2015 season and joins a class of nine more prep signees and five junior college transfers.
2014 Long Beach State Signees
| Name | Hometown | School | 2014 Stats | Drafted |
| David Banuelos | La Verne, Calif. | Damien HS | .395, 4 HR, 24 RBI | |
| Brock Lundquist | Fountain Valley, Calif. | Fountain Valley HS | .259, 6 HR, 24 RBI | 37th Rd. (1,122) |
| Chris Mathewson | Fontana, Calif. | Kaiser HS | 9-2, 0.79 ERA, 1 PG, 105 K .511, 3 HR, 33 RBI | 28th Rd. (846) |
| Darren McCaughan | Downey, Calif. | Los Alamitos HS | All-Sunset League First Team | |
| Chris McCready | Valencia, Calif. | Valencia HS | .229, 3 2B, 12 runs | |
| Garrett Nelson | Concord, Calif. | Clayton Valley HS | .333, 9 2B, 10 RBI | |
| Keola Paragas | Henderson, Nev. | Green Valley HS | 8-3, 1.29 ERA, 79 K .382, 13 2B, 5 HR, 36 RBI | |
| Joseph Sanchez | Orange, Calif. | Orange Lutheran HS | .194, 10 RBI | |
| Sean Trimble | Corona, Calif. | Temescal Canyon HS | 7-2, 1.17 ERA .381, 7 2B, 17 RBI | |
| Jack Wheeless | Clovis, Calif. | Buchannan HS | DNP | |
| Josh Advocate | Mohave Valley, Ariz. | Cochise JC (Ariz.) | 6-3, 2 SV, 3.69 ERA, 70 K | |
| Ryan Cruz | Grenada Hills, Calif. | Col. of the Canyons | 6-6, 3.91 ERA, 62 K | 29th Rd. (868) |
| Trey Ferketic | Laguna Niguel, Calif. | Saddleback JC | 4-5, 3.22 ERA, 45 K | |
| Jared James | Sacramento, Calif. | Sacramento City | .351, 12 SB, 3 HR, 22 RBI | 30th Rd. (913) |
| Nico Maida | San Diego, Calif. | Grossmont JC | .346, 10 SB, 18 RBI |
