Adam Moseley (Hoover High School) joins the staff as the team’s pitching coach, while Roberto Vaz (LSU Eunice) and Jack Wilson (Thousand Oaks High School) will serve as assistant coaches.

Hocking will lead Team USA as it competes for the program’s fifth world championship since 2012 at the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) U-18 Baseball World Cup 2021 in Bradenton and Sarasota, Florida.

The 18U National Team played to a 1-1 draw in the finale of its seven-game friendship series against Canada on Thursday, September 9, at LECOM Park in Bradenton Florida. Team USA earns a series victory and finishes with a 5-1-1 record in 2021 with the tie.

Behind a stellar two-hit shutout from U.S. pitchers Cade Fisher (Dalton, Ga.), Andrew Dutkanych (Indianapolis, Ind.), Jackson Ferris (Mount Airy, N.C.), and Gavin Guidry (Lake Charles, La.), the 18U National Team earned a 9-0 victory over Canada on Wednesday at Pirate City in Bradenton, Florida. Team USA improves to 5-1 in the seven-game friendship series with the win.

The next WBSC U-18 Baseball World Cup, with the 30th edition of the youth world championship to take place from September 19-28, 2022 in Sarasota and Bradenton, Florida.