Here are your News and Notes for July 17th from around College Baseball.
St. Andrew’s (NC) brings in a High Schooler who didn’t play Varsity Baseball
GROVETOWN, Ga. (WJBF)– A local high school graduate who was told he wasn’t good enough to play varsity baseball is sharing his success story. Addison Carroll graduated from Grovetown High School in May. He had a dream — to play college baseball, and Sunday, that dream came true. But for him, the journey wasn’t easy.
“They hit me, but I got right back up, and now I’m about to go play college baseball,” Carroll said.
Purdue’s Skyler Hunter standing out
Skyler Hunter may only be an incoming sophomore, but he’s already making his mark in Division I college baseball.
#Hunter, 19, a 2016 graduate of Hood River Valley High School and the son of Hood River’s Todd and Darcy Hunter, just finished up his freshman year playing ball for the Purdue Boilermakers in West Lafayette, Ind. As a frosh, Hunter led the team in both batting average (.323) and hits (65), playing in 54 games, starting 53 of them. He also racked up 34 RBIs. It was the first time since 2010 that a freshman led the Boilermakers in batting average, as well as put up at least 30 RBIs.
Ed Mathey rides high as North Central College coach
Ed Mathey was in his customary good mood, laughing throughout most of our conversation.
Whenever we cross paths, generally at a high school baseball game, the talk somehow circles back to his hometown.
