CameronFlynn
- height 6-0
- Weight 195
- class Redshirt Junior
- Previous School Morehead State
Statistics
Great Lakes League Summer All-Star (2010)
National Player of the Week by CollegeBaseballInsider.com (4/2/10)
Outlook
Morehead State’s top hitter before transferring over to hometown UK before the 2011 season … Suffered an injury that required a redshirt season in 2011, returning to practice activities late in the season … Played in 23 games in the Northwoods League … Launched 15 homers in 2010 at Morehead State, batting .326 with 51 RBI … Also pitched while at Morehead State but will concentrate on playing in the outfield at UK … Has a strong frame and tremendous power potential … Has shown the ability to play all three outfield posts … Had a good fall, batting .313 with five doubles, two homers and a 10-8 walk-strikeout ratio, stealing two bases.
Summer
Played for the La Crosse Loggers in the Northwoods League … Saw action in 23 games, batting .261 (23-for-88) with three doubles, three homers and 15 RBI … Season was ended prematurely on July 11 after getting plunked by a pitch.
2011
Redshirted season while recovering from a hand injury … Returned to practice activities late in the year … During the summer of 2010, was named an all-star in the Great Lakes League, while leading the Southern Ohio Copperheads to a 23-14 record … Batted .308 (14-for-46) in 18 games and 13 starts, with two doubles, one triple, a team-high two homers and 10 RBI, drawing seven walks and striking out 12 times.
Morehead State (2009-10)
Played for two years at Morehead State University and coach Jay Sorg … Was a leading hitter as a sophomore in 2010, batting .326 (60-for-184) with 45 runs scored, 10 doubles, a team-high three triples, 15 homers and 51 RBI … Had 13 walks and 28 strikeouts, stealing 4-of-7 bases … Fielded .957 with four errors and three outfield assists … Also pitched in six games, posting a 0-1 record and a 13.50 ERA in six innings, walking 10 and striking out six … Totaled 20 multi-hit games and 13 multi-RBI games as a sophomore, ranking third on the team … Hit all over the order, including No. 2 (seven times), No. 5 (28 times), No. 6 (five times) and No. 7 (four times) … Defensively, played 17 games in rightfield, 19 games in leftfield, one game in centerfield and seven games as the designated hitter … Named CollegeBaseballInsider.com National Player of the Week after a four-game stretch where he batted .588 (10-for-17) with four homers and 16 RBI, adding two doubles, one triple, seven runs and a 1.529 slugging percentage … Flynn had a career-high six RBI in a win over Indiana, before belting three homers and adding nine RBI in a doubleheader vs. Southeast Missouri State … As a freshman in 2009, appeared in 26 games with 10 starts, totaling one homer and eight RBI on the year, highlighted by a five-RBI game against Long Island … Had a double in his long at-bat against UT Martin … Also pitched in three games as a freshman, tossing a scoreless innings of relief vs. West Virginia and Ohio State … Finished the year batting .191 (9-for-47) with three doubles, one triple, one homer and eight RBI, drawing five walks and striking out nine times … Wore No. 15 for the Eagles.
High School
Earned four letters for coach Herb Hammond at Henry Clay High School, where former UK first-team All-American outfielder Collin Cowgill (2005-08) played … Named first-team All-State as a senior, also earning the honor as city of Lexington player of the year … As a senior, hit .461 with 53 hits, 42 runs, 12 doubles, 11 homers and 42 RBI, leading the state in homers … Was named the 11th Region Player of the Year … A two-time all-city selection.
Personal
Full name is Cameron Jon Flynn … Born on February 24, 1990 in San Diego, Calif. … Son of Jon and Natalie.