El Rancho High baseball coach Frank Llanes has informed this newspaper that infielder Joe Sanchez on Tuesday signed a national letter of intent with Cal State Bakersfield, a Division I program.

Sanchez this past season batted .388 for the Dons, and had a big hand in helping them get to the CIF-SS Division 4 championship game, where they were defeated by Oaks Christian.

Sanchez was subsequently selected first-team All-Area by the Whittier Daily News.