Kaohi Downing sounded more like a kid on Christmas Day than recent college graduate just starting a new job.

But you can't blame the 2005 Punahou School graduate and recent graduate of Point Loma Nazarene (San Diego).

After all, he has a dream job at the San Francisco Giants camp in Scottsdale, Ariz., getting ready for rookie league ball. The 50th-round draft pick officially signed his contract Tuesday.

"It's awesome," Downing said in a telephone interview. "Everything's just baseball. I don't have to worry about homework."

Downing said each player's locker is stocked with the usual baseball apparel and equipment. He said he just got a new glove yesterday.

"There's all this stuff in my locker," he said, "and it's all free."

Welcome to pro ball.

Although Downing was primarily an outfielder at PLN — an NAIA Gold Glove selection as a junior — he was drafted as a pitcher by the Giants.

Downing was among 10 players with ties to Hawai'i selected in last week's Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft. Four of them have signed for agreed to terms and will sign upon arriving at training camp or their respective assignment.

Reaching an agreement was 2006 Saint Louis School graduate Cameron Bayne, a right-handed pitcher drafted in the 13th round by the Chicago White Sox out of NAIA Concordia (Irvine, Calif.). He said he reports Sunday to Great Falls (Mont.) of the rookie Pioneer League. He will sign his deal when he gets to Montana.

"Everything feels great," Bayne said. "I've worked hard for this dream to come true. I can't wait for the opportunity to play."

He signed for a $50,000 bonus plus the cost of the remainder of his college education.

Also, agreeing to terms was recent Pearl City High graduate Carlton Tanabe, a 24th-round pick by the Seattle Mariners. He was scheduled to play for the Island Movers travel team, which leaves for Japan Tuesday.

Also signed, according to the Baseball America database, are University of Hawai'i recruit Kirk Wetmore, an 11th-round pick by Cleveland, and Tanabe's classmate Bryson Namba, a 12th-round pick by Toronto. Wetmore is a left-handed pitcher out of Bellevue (Wash.) JC. Namba is an infielder.

Still negotiating are Rainbows' third baseman Vinnie Catricala and pitcher Sam Spangler, both of whom have college eligibility remaining.

Catricala, a junior, was picked in the 10th round by the Mariners and the left-handed Spangler, a draft-eligible sophomore, was taken in the 20th round by the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Also, UH recruit Nicholas Struck (Mount Hood JC, Ore.) was picked in the 39th round by the Chicago Cubs, but hasn't made a decision yet.

Others drafted and waiting are outfielder Nick Freitas (Kamehameha '05), who completed his eligibility at Southern Utah and recent Kapolei High graduate and infielder Kalani Brackenridge. Freitas was a 33rd-round pick by the Minnesota Twins and Brackenridge, who has a football scholarship to UH, was taken in the 50th round by Tampa Bay.