By Mike Hutchens UC Schools Communications Director
Union City, Tenn.–Jaxon Moran is giving baseball one more shot.
Moran, who was hampered by a knee injury his senior season after transferring to Union City from Fulton County, Ky., recently signed scholarship papers to continue his education and baseball-playing career at the University of the Cumberlands.
The slender southpaw was invited to throw at the NAIA school in Williamsburg, Ky., earlier in the summer and impressed the coaching staff enough to earn an offer, he said.
“I just know that regret is a tough thing to live with, and I wanted to give baseball one more chance,” Moran said. “They liked that I threw from the left side. That opened the door for me.”
Moran, who made a 30 on his ACT, said he’d probably redshirt his first year at the NAIA college.
Moran went 2-0 with 14 strikeouts in 18.1 innings in limited playing time.
UCMS baseball tryouts
Schedule for Sat., Aug. 10
Tryouts for the 2020 Union City Middle School baseball team will be held Saturday, Aug. 10, at Thompson Field in Graham Park.
The session is set to begin at 10 a.m., and participants are required to bring their own equipment and uniform.
All prospective team members – even if they were on the team this past spring – will be required to try out for next year’s squad.
Bill Kail will be the new head coach of the team, assisted by Michael Paul Miller.
Tornado baseball program
To benefit from Don Sol
The Union City High School baseball team will benefit from 10 percent of the sales at Don Sol Tuesday night.
A silent auction will also be a part of the annual fund-raiser for the Golden Tornado program.
For further information, contact head coach Cole McAdams at mcadamsco@ucboe.net.
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