CSU going national

I was online this afternoon and came across this piece on CBS College Sports, formerly CSTV. I know I've mentioned on here several times that when I'm not covering Georgia football, I spend a lot of my time in Columbus covering the local Division II college, Columbus State. Their baseball team was national runner-up last year and they're playing the No. 1 team in Division II, Mount Olive, tonight at 7 in the second round of an NCAA regional.

CSU's leading hitter, Columbus' own Rodney Rutherford, has been absolutely killing the ball this season. He leads the NCAA at all levels in home runs (at least he did last time I checked) with 26 and has already broken the school single-season records for home runs, RBIs and extra base hits this year.

So anyway, they did a piece with Rodney, including a little home run derby into a strong wind, and posted it on their Web site. Here's a link. I'd imagine we'll see him drafted next month, although I thought someone might take him a year ago after his junior season and it didn't happen. His numbers are hard to ignore.