Cougar News
Baseball - Wed, Feb 17, 2010
MCU Baseball Signs Two Lone Oak HS prospects.
Photo Identification for Edwards/Turner Signing: Back row: Tyler Pittman (Mid-Continent assistant coach and recruiting coordinator); Ted Turner (father of Jesse Turner); Jill Turner (mother of recruit); Shawn Yarbrough (Mid-Continent head baseball coach); Nancy Edwards (mother of Michael Edwards); Tyler Owen (Mid-Continent assistant coach); Daniel Edwards (brother of Michael Edwards; current MCU player). Front row: Jesse Turner and Michael Edwards (Lone Oak High School recruits).
Mayfield, KY - Mid-Continent University baseball coach Shawn Yarbrough has signed outfielder-utility player Michael Edwards and right-handed pitcher Jesse Turner, both from Lone Oak High School (Ky.), to NAIA Letters of Intent to attend MCU, beginning with the 2010-11 academic year and play for the Cougars beginning in 2011.
Both players currently are completing their senior years and will play baseball for Coach Geno Miller in the spring of 2010 before coming to MCU in the fall. Edwards, 6-0, 160 pounds, is the brother of former LOHS star and current MCU shortstop Daniel Edwards, and Turner, 5-10, 220 pounds, also played third base for Lone Oak.
Both players were members of Lone Oak's Second District championship team in 2009, along with future MCU infielder Drew Harrison, who signed his Letter of Intent in January and current MCU players Daniel Edwards and Allen Haase.
Yarbrough comments, "MCU is extremely excited to have both Michael (Edwards) and Jesse (Turner) on board with our program. Both players are outstanding young men and provide a solid foundation for our new junior varsity baseball program."
