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For Immediate Release
RE: MBU pitcher signs with Washington Nationals
MBU pitcher signs with Washington Nationals
July 7, 2008
Clayton Dill, a left-handed relief pitcher for the Missouri Baptist University baseball team, has signed with Major League Baseball’s Washington Nationals.
Dill transferred to MBU for the 2008 season from Midland College and was drafted in the 35th round.
The Spartan baseball team that won both the American Midwest Conference regular season and postseason titles and the NAIA Region V Championship (40-16-1) will miss having Dill on the mound next year. But one college program’s loss could be a professional program’s gain.
“With Clayton’s work ethic and hard-nosed approach, we are expecting to see good things from him on the hill,” said Washington Nationals Area Scouting Supervisor Kerrick Jackson. “He has the stuff to become a quality left-handed reliever at the professional level. Any time you can add a left-hander with quality stuff, you have to seize the opportunity.”
Also moving on to the professional ranks is MBU catcher Lucas Hulsey. Hulsey will join former MBU teammate Garret Bauer on the Rockford Riverhawks of the Frontier Independent Baseball League. Bauer and Hulsey are both scheduled to start for the Riverhawks in Wednesday night’s game with Bauer on the mound and Hulsey behind the plate.
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Missouri Baptist University is a premier Christian university in Saint Louis, offering graduate and undergraduate studies in over thirty specialized fields and nine degrees. MBU's education and fine arts programs are nationally known in addition to business, religion, administration of justice, and more. MBU is one of the fastest growing higher education institutions in Missouri with an enrollment of over 4,500 students at five locations in the bi-state region — West County, Lincoln County, Jefferson County, Franklin County and the new Illinois extension at Lewis and Clark Community College.
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