WCL Corvallis Knights

Knights Sign Cal Poly Trio for 2020

Published on December 24, 2019 under West Coast League (WCL)
Corvallis Knights News Release


The Corvallis Knights of the West Coast League have signed pitchers Andrew Thorpe and Derek True and middle infielder Taison Corio of Cal Poly for the 2020 season, head coach Brooke Knight announced Tuesday.

Thorpe is a 6-foot-4, 195-pound right-hander from Washington High School in Desert Hills, Utah. True is a 6-2, 180-pound righty from Santa Barbara HS in Carpinteria, Calif. Both are freshmen.

Corio is a 5-11, 170-pound sophomore switch-hitter from De La Salle HS in Concord, Calif. He played at San Joaquin Delta College in 2019.

Thorpe was the Utah 4A MVP in 2019, when he led Desert Hills to the state championship by going 7-1 with a 0.54 ERA as a pitcher and a .350 batting average as a position player. A three-year letterman who earned all-Utah honors each season, he was 20-4, 0.97 in 27 career appearances, with 83 strikeouts in 143.2 innings.

He played for the Peninsula Oilers in the Alaska Baseball League in 2019 and was 2-2 with two saves, a 2.48 ERA and 17 strikeouts in 25.1 innings in 10 appearances.

True had nine wins and a 2.20 ERA in 13 games as a high school senior, with 75 strikeouts in 57.1 innings. He was a two-time Channel League all-star.

Corio hit .358 in 45 games and was a Big 8 Conference first-team all-star at San Joaquin Delta in 2019, with three homers, 38 RBIs and 24 steals in 30 attempts. He hit .438 and was first-team all-league in 30 games as a De La Salle senior, with two homers and 13 RBIs.

The Knights open the 2020 season on June 2 with the team's ninth annual Science, Engineering & Art Day game at Goss Stadium. Their WCL opener is June 5 at Yakima Valley; their WCL home opener is June 12 against Bend.

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