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Brett Marshall - Baseball - University of Kentucky Athletics 24

BrettMarshall

  • height 6-4
  • Weight 225
  • class Redshirt Sophomore
  • Hometown Louisville, Ky.

• Mission Trip to Panama (Summer 2017)
• SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll (2017)

Outlook
Is back throwing off a mound after undergoing elbow surgery last spring…Had legitimate chance to win a mid-week starter role before going down with injury…Plus makeup in the locker room and on the mound…Comes from a winning high school program…Cerebral pitcher on the mound, understanding how to set hitters up…Very even-keeled demeanor.

2017
Redshirted the season.

HIGH SCHOOL
Named USA Today All-Area First Team, First-Team All-State, and First-Team All-Region as a senior … Led team to three district championships in a row from 2014-16 … First-Team All-Region and Second-Team All-State as a junior … Two-time 7th Region Player of the Year runner-up following his junior and senior seasons … Two-time KHSAA first-team All-American … Earned three letters in baseball … Coached by Rick Arnold … Has volunteered with the St. John’s Center and the Special Olympics.

PERSONAL
Full name is Brett Baron Marshall…Major is Communication…Son of John and Lynne Marshall…Older brother, Tyler, was an infielder on the UK Baseball team from 2015-17…Father, John, played professional baseball with the Philadelphia Phillies and Texas Rangers organizations and played baseball at Kentucky from 1986-88…Both parents attended UK…Has worked as a volunteer with the Special Olympics and other organizations…Favorite MLB team is the Boston Red Sox…Wears No. 24 in honor of favorite player Ken Griffey Jr.

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