Guru Gobind Singh Sports College

The Guru Gobind Singh Sports College is in the news as two of its students are signed to become pirates. No not the Somali kind of pirates, but players for the

Rinku Singh and Dinesh Patel are notable prospects mostly because they are prospects. They’re both from India - students at the Guru Govind Singh Sports College - who entered The Million Dollar Arm contest, brainchild of current USC pitching coach Tom House. They beat out 30,000 other Indian prospects, each winning $100,000 and a trip to the United States, where they have been training since May.

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From the Hindustan Times

Two Indian teenagers created history in the US sports Monday when they were signed up by prestigious baseball team Pittsburgh Pirates, five times World Series Champions, as professional players.

Rinku Singh, 20, and Dinesh Kumar Patel, 19, were signed up by the Pirates after the duo emerged winner of the "Million Dollar Arm" contest held in India, in which more than 30,000 Indian youth participated.

The person who could throw the most pitches 85 miles per hour or faster for strikes was adjudged the winner.

"Singh and Patel are the first-ever Indian-born players to sign a professional sports contract outside of the country, which has a population of more than 1.1 billion people," Pittsburgh Pirates said in a statement.