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Harding
Baseball
Signs
Chase
Presley
by Scott
Goode
Searcy,
Ark.
–
Chase
Presley,
a
6-0,
155-pound
shortstop
from
Jackson,
Tenn.,
signed
an
NCAA
National
Letter
of
Intent
on
Thursday
and
will
join
the
Harding
University
baseball
team
for
the
2009
season.
Presley
is
currently
hitting
.452
with
11
doubles,
18
runs
scored
and
21
RBI
as a
senior
at
Jackson
Christian.
He
earned
all-district
and
All-West
Tennessee
as a
junior
and
helped
lead
the
Eagles
to
the
state
championship
game.
“Chase
is a
very
good
defensive
shortstop
with
the
athletic
ability
to
play
anywhere
on
the
field,”
said
Harding
head
coach
Dr.
Patrick
McGaha.
“We
are
most
excited;
however,
by
the
fact
that
everyone
we
talk
with
says
that
Chase
is
one
of
the
top
hitters
in
the
state
of
Tennessee. We
like
his
swing
a
lot
and
believe
that
he
will
help
us
tremendously
from
an
offensive
standpoint.”
Article
taken
from
http://www.hardingsports.com/index.asp?path=baseball
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Lions Land Jackson
Christian's Blake Taylor
HENDERSON, Tenn. – The
Freed-Hardeman Lion baseball
team recently signed area high
school standout Blake Taylor to
a scholarship. He will join the
team in the fall of 2008.
Taylor, an outfielder,
prepped at Jackson Christian
School in Jackson, Tenn., where
he played for coaches Brian
Stewart and Chuck Cooper, both
of whom are former members of
the Freed-Hardeman baseball
team. As a junior, Taylor hit
.350 with nine homeruns, 24 RBI,
and 11 stolen bases while
helping his team to a runner-up
finish in the Class A state
tournament. During the
tournament he hit .333 with a
homerun and six RBI.
He was also a starting
defensive back on Jackson
Christian’s football team that
won the Class A state
championship in 2006.
“Taylor is a big pick-up for
us,” said assistant coach Brent
Heavener. “He will help fill a
big role with some of the
players we are losing. He is a
great kid and will be an asset
to the FHU baseball team.”
Taylor is the son of Bobby
and Kristi Taylor of Humboldt,
Tenn.
Article taken from
http://web.fhu.edu/athletics/lion+Baseball. |
