Matt Laporta, the great Florida Gator 1st baseman who has moved onto the real league, has currently been nominated to participate with the U.S Olympic Baseball team. It is such an honor for Laporta to reach this day for a chance to play for the U.S Olympics. Laporta is an Ex SEC player of the year, and has led the Gators in homeruns in the years played at UF.

Matt isn’t just a dominate player, but kid as well. The youngster who was drafted in the first round, 7th overall pick by the Brewers and then traded in a major deal including star pitcher C.C Sabathia to the Indians. Laporta is a big time prospect and has a bright future ahead of him in major league baseball. Along with SEC player of the year, Laporta was chosen on the SEC first team two times and led with the highest slugging percentage with a enormous number of .904 and the highest on base percentage for the rowdy reptiles. Can’t you see why a kid like Matt would be selected to have a chance to compete for the U.S Olympic Baseball team? The first part of the Olympics will be held on August 8th, 2008. Good luck to Former Gator star Matt Laporta.