The NCAA's top home run hitter this season, Georgia Southern's Victor Roache, leads the eight competitors in the college home run derby at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at TD Ameritrade Park.
Roache had 30 home runs and 84 RBIs during his sophomore season.
College World Series participant Connor Harrell of Vanderbilt will return to Omaha, where he hit two of his nine home runs.
Other competitors and their 2011 home run totals are:
• College of Charleston's Daniel Aldrich, who led Division I freshmen in home runs (22), RBIs (73), slugging percentage (.739) and total bases (164).
• Virginia Tech's Andrew Rash, 18 home runs.
• Bucknell's Doug Shribman, 16 home runs.
• East Tennessee State's Dylan Pratt, 16 home runs.
• Clemson's Richie Shaffer, 13 home runs.
• Arizona State's Joey DeMichele, nine home runs.
Tickets, which include The World-Herald's fireworks display, may be purchased at the Qwest Center Omaha box office, by calling Ticketmaster at 800-745-3000 or online at www.collegehomerunderby.com. Gates will open at 6:30 p.m.
CBS will replay the second annual derby at 1 p.m. Sunday.
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