Nov. 21, 2016
San Diego State assistant baseball coach Joe Oliveira has been voted the Mountain West's top baseball recruiter in a poll conducted by D1Baseball.com. Oliveira and New Mexico assistant Buddy Gouldsmith shared the honor in a vote of the league's seven head coaches,
Oliveira is entering his fourth season as a member of the Aztec baseball staff and helped SDSU capture Mountain West championships two of the past three seasons.
Oliveira leads the program's recruiting effort, which has seen the 2014 recruiting class ranked 19th in the country by Baseball America, the 2015 recruiting class ranked 17th in the country by Perfect Game and the 2016 class rated 27th by D1Baseball.com.
Along with being the program's recruiting coordinator, Oliveira's responsibilities include working with all the hitters, catchers, outfielders, as well as coach third base during the games.
A former all-Big West selection as a catcher at Pacific who also played in the Baltimore Orioles organization, Oliveira has seen seven of his hitters including two catchers drafted over the past three seasons.
The complete article naming D1Baseball.com's top collegiate baseball recruiters can be found by clicking here.