The University of Mississippi Athletics
Several Diamond Rebs Heading To Play Summer Ball
6/3/2011 | Baseball
June 3, 2011
OXFORD, Miss. - Several members of the Ole Miss baseball team are taking to the road now that the this summer, scattering across the country to play baseball in many of the summer wooden bat leagues across the country.
Currently, 16 members of the Rebel baseball squad will be participating in summer league ball during the offseason before returning to Ole Miss in the fall. Players will go play in leagues ranging from the Cape Cod League in New England to leagues in California.
Sophomore infielder Alex Yarbrough and freshman right-hander Bobby Wahl will head to the northeast to join the Cotuit Kettles in the Cape Cod League this summer, while freshmen outfielder Jordan Poole and freshman right-hander Austin Hartzog will also head to New England to play ball with the Baltimore Red Birds in the Cal Ripken Collegiate Baseball League.
Junior designated hitter Matt Snyder while head back close to home to compete with the Haymarket Senators in the Valley League in Virginia.
A trio of Rebels will head to New York to compete in the New York Collegiate Baseball League as freshman infielder Austin Anderson, and right-handers Casey Green and Scott Weathersby, will play with the Oneonta Outlaws.
Three Rebels will head to North Carolina to play with the Thomasville HiToms as freshman infielder Will Allen and right-hander Mike Mayers will play alongside sophomore outfielder Tanner Mathis in the Coastal Plains League.
Freshman catcher Austin Sullivan will head to Illinois to play with the Danville Dans in the Prospect League, while junior outfielder Zach Kirksey will go to Santa Barbara to play in the California Collegiate League with the Santa Barbara Foresters.
Ole Miss fans can also see a trio of Rebels play close to home this summer as freshman outfielder Jimel Judon, and junior left-handers Tanner Bailey and Jon Andy Scott will compete in the Cotton States League. Judon will play with the Tippah County Tribe and Scott will compete with the Tallahatchie Rascals.
Thomasville HiToms - Coastal Plains League
Will Allen
Mike Mayers
Tanner Mathis
Baltimore RedBirds - Cal Ripken Collegiate League
Jordan Poole
Austin Hartzog
Oneonta Outlaws - New York Collegiate League
Austin Anderson
Casey Greene
Scott Weathersby
Danville Dans - Prospect League
Austin Sullivan
Cotuit Kettlers - Cape Cod League
Bobby Wahl
Alex Yarbrough
Haymarket Senators - Valley League
Matt Snyder
Cotton States League
Jimel Judon
Tanner Bailey
John Andy Scott
Santa Barbara Foresters - California Collegiate League
Zach Kirksey
