Knights Sign Tulane Lefty
May 11, 2017 - West Coast League (WCL)
Corvallis Knights News Release
The Corvallis Knights of the West Coast League have signed pitcher Ross Massey of Tulane for the 2017 season, head coach Brooke Knight announced Thursday.
A 6-foot-1, 185-pound sophomore left-hander from Catholic High School in Baton Rouge, La., Massey was 10-3 with a 2.29 ERA and 51 strikeouts in 90 innings as a freshman. He earned Louisville Slugger/Collegiate Baseball Freshman All-American honors, was a second-team American Athletic Conference all-star, and an NCAA Oxford Regional all-star.
He has struggled with his control this season and is 0-7, 7.79 in 10 games, with 20 strikeouts and 33 walks in 32.1 innings.
Massey led Catholic High School to a 37-4 record and a second-place finish in the LHSAA 5A state playoffs as a senior. He was first-team all-state, the Louisiana High School Pitcher of the Year, the Nola.com Preps Pitcher of the Year, the District 5-5A MVP and the All-Metro MVP.
He earned honorable mention all-state and first-team all-district and all-city honors as a junior and was first-team all-state, all-district and all-city as a sophomore.
The Knights are the defending WCL champions. They open the 2017 season at Cowlitz on June 2; their home WCL opener is June 14 against Port Angeles.
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