LOS ANGELES — A total of 10 high school players have signed national letters-of-intent to play for the USC baseball program in 2009, head coach Chad Kreuter announced today. The Trojans’ class includes two Aflac High School All-Americans with six players ranked in the top 200 nationally by Baseball America. The signees are: outfielder Jay Austin (Atlanta, Ga./North Atlanta HS), shortstop Tim Beckham (Kennesaw, Ga./Griffin HS), first baseman Beau Brett (Spokane, Wash./Ferris HS), left-handed pitcher Danny Coulombe (Scottsdale, Ariz./Chaparral HS), catcher/outfielder Brandon Garcia (Las Vegas, Nev./Bishop Gorman HS), infielder Ashton Kent (Tucson, Ariz./Catalina Foothill HS), first baseman/third baseman/pitcher Ricky Oropesa (Rancho Cucamonga/Etiwanda HS), right-handed pitcher Jon Pettibone (Yorba Linda/Esperanza HS), right-handed pitcher Chad Smith (Thousand Oaks/Thousand Oaks HS) and right-handed pitcher Michael Tonkin (Palmdale/Palmdale HS).