[Sly Fox]

From his hometown fishwrap in Springfield, Illinois:

Laurent signs with San Diego

By JIM RUPPERT
SPORTS EDITOR

Published Thursday, July 26, 2007

Because he had just two hits in 24 at-bats with Worcester of the Can-Am League last summer, Phil Laurent has earned a spot in the San Diego Padres’ organization.

While the above doesn’t seem to make a lot of sense, it was last year’s failure that led to success this summer for Laurent, a 2002 Calvary Academy graduate who signed a free agent contract Wednesday with San Diego.

“The whole time scale ended up being best for me,” said Laurent, a member of the River City Rascals who was fourth in the independent Frontier League with a .341 batting average, 12 home runs and 46 runs batted in this summer.

As a senior at Liberty University in 2006, the left-handed-hitting Laurent batted .377 and led the Flames with 10 home runs, 73 RBIs and a school-record 27 doubles. Laurent finished as the Flames’ career leader with 280 hits and 68 doubles, and he’s No. 3 on the school’s all-time RBI list with 181.

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[BJWilliams]

GREAT NEWS! Phil lived on my hall my freshman year and we stayed in contact even after he and Mike Just moved off campus. Im happy to hear he is gonna get a chance in a major league organization. Hopefully we see him taking cuts at Petco before too long

[Fumblerooskies]

That's awesome. He's engaged to one of our 07 ATEP grads.