St. Laurence High School left handed pitcher Nick Altobella has signed his National Letter of Intent with the University of Alabama Birmingham announced by head baseball coach Brian Shoop.
Altobella finished his junior season at St. Laurence in Burbank Illinois with a 7-1 record and a 1.57 ERA. Nick had 72 strikeouts in 50 2/3rd innings last spring.
Nick will join a few other Illinois baseball players who are currently at UAB - Matt Morse, Dillon Napoleon, Ryan Prinzing and Jeff Schalk.
University of Alabama Birmingham head baseball coach Brian Shoop recently announced the signing of outfielder Jeff Schalk to a National Letter of Intent to play baseball with the Blazers for the 2012 season.
Schalk, who is from Wheaton North High School, is listed as the sixth best player in Illinois by Perfect Game USA. Jeff hit .344 with with 8 home runs, 7 doubles and 41 rbi's as a junior at Wheaton North.
