YAKIMA, Wash. ? Former Presbyterian College baseball standout Ben Dollar recently signed a free agent contract with the Arizona Diamondbacks.

A right-handed pitcher, Dollar was assigned to the Short Season Advanced Yakima Bears of the Northwest League.

Yakima is a Short Season team that features predominantly first year players. The next step in the Diamondbacks organizational ladder is a "Long A" team. South Bend in the Midwest League is the next step.

From South Bend, players advance to Visalia in the California League. Both are A teams that play long seasons. They begin play in April and play through August.

The next step is Double A in Mobile. The top level in the minor leagues is Triple A. For Diamondbacks prospects, that takes them to Tucson.

Dollar concluded his PC career in 2008 with a career-best two wins. He finished his senior campaign with a career-high 43 strikeouts in a career-best 60.1 innings pitched.

In his junior season in 2007 he shared the team-high in mound appearances with 21. Overall, he finished 2007 with a 1-1 record.

In total, Dollar had three wins from the mound for PC in his career. He also had one career save. Dollar had 91 career strikeouts and he appeared on the mound for PC 55 times during his career.

A native of Gaffney, S.C., Dollar graduated from PC in May of 2008 with a degree in Business Management.

Dollar is not the only Blue Hose in his family to play professional baseball as he is the great nephew of former Blue Hose and professional baseball standout, Chick Galloway.