WCL Corvallis Knights

Knights Sign OSU Reliever Max Engelbrekt

Published on April 30, 2013 under West Coast League (WCL)
Corvallis Knights News Release


The Corvallis Knights have signed Oregon State freshman pitcher for the 2013 season, general manager Bre Kerkvliet announced Tuesday. He is a 6-foot-3, 197-pound lefty from Seattle.

He will join OSU He joins OSU teammates Andrew Moore, a freshman right-handed pitcher from Eugene, and Gabe Clark, a freshman infielder from Riverside, Calif., on the Knights, who open their season June 4 with a nonconference game against the Portland Lobos.

A reliever, Engelbrekt is 3-0 with a 1.74 ERA in 16 appearances, with four saves and 15 strikeouts in 20.2 innings heading into this weekend's Pacific-12 Conference series against California at Goss Stadium. Opponents are hitting just .222 against him.

"It's nice to stay in Corvallis," Engelbrekt said Tuesday. "I've gotten very comfortable living here; it's just easy for me. I'll be able to get my lifting in whenever, and I like playing here.

"I'd like to keep working, get stronger, and get bigger. I'll compete whenever I'm throwing, and I'm looking forward to having a good summer."

A torn right anterior cruciate ligament sustained in a pickup basketball game prevented Engelbrekt from playing school or summer baseball his senior season (2012) at Bishop Blanchet High School in Seattle. So, he's eagerly anticipating his first experience in a wood-bat college league

"I'm looking forward to the routine," he said. "It seems like a pro schedule with a game pretty much every night. I can stay in a routine, and get my throwing in, I know we have a couple other OSU guys who I've hung around with all season and that's what I'm looking forward to the most."

He was a three-year letterman, a three-time Metro League all-star and the team MVP his junior year at Bishop Blanchet.

Jones to assist at Medford

Former Knights' pitcher/first baseman Dylan Jones (2009-10) has been named an assistant coach by the expansion Medford Rogues. He'll work under another former Knights star, Josh Hogan (2007-09), now in his first year as Medford's coach after leading the Klamath Falls Gems in 2012. Jones was the Knights' 2010 MVP and was a two-time all-WCL selection.

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