FHU Lions participate in collegiate summer leagues
June 28, 2023
by Dustin Semore, Sports Information Director
HENDERSON, Tenn. — Though their season as Lions has come to an end, 9 Freed-Hardeman University baseball players have been selected to play in various collegiate summer leagues.
Colton Huntt participates in the Coastal Plain League. His Forest City Owls currently sit atop the West Divison with a 13-6 record. For more information about the Coastal Plain League visit https://coastalplain.com/
| Player | APP | GS | W | L | SV | CG | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | K/9 | ERA |
| Colton Huntt | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | - | 7.1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 14.79 | 1.22 |
In the Cotton States League, Gage Burt and Lane Lawson both compete for the Tallahatchee Rascals. Playing each game at New Albany, Mississippi's BNA Bank Park, the Rascals are currently 1-7. More information about the CSL can be found here: http://ncsl.cottonstatesleague.com/
| Player | G | AVG | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | OBP | SLG |
| Gage Burt | 8 | 0.174 | 23 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 1 | .321 | .261 |
| Lane Lawson | 8 | .400 | 20 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .556 | .500 |
Most Lions find themselves in the Ohio Valley League where Houston High, Rudy Tucker, Jackson Vize, and Justin Whitman compete. High's Dubois County Bombers hold a 10-9 record and are in third place (1.5 GB) in the Nouth division. Tucker and Whitman both play for the Muhlenburg County Stallions, who find themselves in fourth place (2.5 GB) in the North division with an 8-9 record. Both the Bombers and the Stallions are chasing Jackson Vize and the Louisville Jockeys - who lead the North division with a 10-6 record. The Ohio Valley League's website is https://www.ohiovalleyleague.com/landing/index
| Player | G | AVG | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | OBP | SLG |
| Rudy Tucker | 7 | .269 | 26 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .345 | .385 |
| Jackson Vize | 7 | .083 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 1 | .450 | .167 |
| Player | APP | GS | W | L | SV | CG | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | K/9 | ERA |
| Houston High | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | 10.0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5.40 | 1.80 |
| Justin Whitman | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | 11.0 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 11.45 | 4.09 |
Blake Bax participates in the CarShield Collegiate League in O'Fallon, Missouri. Bax's Shredded Cheese leads the league with a 10-6-1 record. Information about the CarShield Collegiate League can be found at https://ofallonhoots.com/ccl/
Riley Keesey pitches in the CenTex College Baseball League for Cap City, which is in sixth place (7.5 GB) with a 4-8 record. The home of the CenTex Baseball League is http://www.centexbaseballleague.com/home.html
*all stats as of June 28