AaronMcGeorge

• 2017 No. 76 JUCO Prospect (Perfect Game/Rawlings)

Outlook
Local product who returns to Lexington after two years in junior college…Not the most imposing figure on the mound but surprises hitters with a big arm…Low 90s fastball with quality breaking ball…Really good athlete…Will be a bullpen piece this season…Working his way back from a foot injury that sidelined him in the fall.

JUNIOR COLLEGE (WABASH VALLEY COLLEGE)
Played the 2016 and 2017 seasons at Wabash Valley College…Appeared in 14 games with 12 starts…Was 4-4 with a 3.79 ERA. Pitched 57.0 innings, allowing 51 hits, 24 earned runs, 19 walks and 41 strikeouts…Averaged 6.47 strikeouts per nine innings and allowed just four home runs…Rated No. 76 JUCO prospect by Perfect Game…Wabash was the region champion in both 2016 and 2017…Played for Rob Fournier.

HIGH SCHOOL
Four-year letterwinner…Had stellar career at Henry Clay HS in Lexington, Ky., earning First-Team All-City and Second-Team All-State in 2015…Was Second-Team All-State at Henry Clay HS in 2015…Played for Jordan Tarrence.

PERSONAL
Full name is Aaron Michael McGeorge…Born in Lexington, Ky…Son of Rob and Cindy…Has two older brothers, Robert (28) and Paul (24)…Several family members also attended Kentucky…Favorite MLB team is the Cincinnati Reds…Picked UK because of coach Nick Mingione and it also being his hometown school…Major is Kinesiology.