Coach Tracy Smith has added another member to the 2009 season as he has signed shortstop Jake Dunning, according to Jacksonville.com.
The 6'4," 180-pounder batted .341 with three home runs and 37 RBIs for Florida Community College at Jacksonville. Dunning also tallied a .482 slugging percentage and swiped 17 bases in 20 tries.
The Orange Park, Fla. native is currently playing summer ball for the Alaska Fairbanks Goldpanners.
The Goldpanners seem to be a fairly strong team with a good deal of tradition.
Their current roster is filled with players from top Western schools. Another interesting tid-bit is the Goldpanners host an annual midnight baseball game under the summer solstice sun. The game is quite popular has has garnered national press in the past.
The 103rd Midnight Sun game will be held Saturday if any of our readers happen to be in the Fairbanks, Alaska area.
The addition at shortstop is huge after losing Tyler Cox and David Trager.
We will add the press release to this post when we get it.
In the meantime, I've been tracking down Dunning's former coach at FCCJ. When I get in touch with him I'll throw some quotes on here.
This has been one of the most hectic summers for IU baseball in a very long time, so keep checking in Hoosier faithful.
