By: Curtis Ford
CARY, N.C. | Grambling State's
Kyle Walker has been invited to the 2024 USA Baseball Collegiate National Team Camp on June 25-29.
His invitation to the collegiate national team camp punctuates a successful season and busy summer for the redshirt-sophomore from New Orleans, La.
Walker who helped lead the Tigers to their first SWAC title and NCAA Tournament appearance in 14 years, batted .381 with 11 home runs, 10 doubles, one triple and 41 RBI to go along with 14 steals. Walker's stellar season also earned him invites to the 2024 MLB Draft Combine and the 2024 HBCU Swingman Classic.
The USA Baseball Collegiate National Team Training Camp will feature 56
of the premier non-draft-eligible college players for a two-game Stars vs. Stripes intrasquad series in North Carolina on June 26 and 27. USA Baseball will name the final Collegiate National Team for the International Friendship Series roster and a Summer League Tour
roster, following Training Camp on June 29.
Both Training Camp games will be held at the USA Baseball National Training Complex in Cary, N.C., on June 26 and 27. The International Friendship Series roster will then take on Chinese Taipei in a five-game series, while the Summer League Tour roster will take on select teams from the Appalachian League and the Coastal Plain League in a four-game slate.
The schedule will culminate with a Fourth of July matchup between the two U.S. Collegiate National Team rosters on July 4 in Fayetteville,
N.C.
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