Baseball adds Juco Player from Navarro

[Donald Boyles]

Just received confirmation that Texas has added OF Weston Hall from Navarro JC.

Working on getting more info

 

[TexasBaseballBlog]

Very nice. I love the tear Walsh is on right now, but since he's a junior, he might be tipping the scouts off to his existence. I wonder how well Hall knows Thornhill since they are the same year and played so close to each other.

 

[Donald Boyles]

His stats so far,

.456 conference batting average, 12 steals, 2 hr, 2 triples, 5 doubles, .1000 fielding percentage

 

[scotas497]

Leander product, right?

 

[Donald Boyles]

Leander product, right?

Yes, he walked on at Navarro his Freshman year and earn a scholarship this year his Sophomore year.

 

[bbdude]

SOunds like the kid might be a goiod asset to the team. How common is it for JUCO guys to come aboard??

 

[Donald Boyles]

SOunds like the kid might be a goiod asset to the team. How common is it for JUCO guys to come aboard??

In baseball, it happens every year. Texas will get its based roster filled from the High School guys and then fill a need with a Juco. Weston will be here in the fall.

 

[Donald Boyles]

Here is some more info on Weston;

“He is a very, very athletic kid,” Navarro coach Whoa Dill said. “He can really play outfield with a good arm. He can really track them down. He's 6-1. He's probably 195 pounds. Strong kid. He's hit two or three home runs for us so far. He can really bunt. He can swing it. He’s a great athlete. Hall is going to do the small things and steal a ton of bags.”

Navarro center fielder Hall verbally commits to Texas on Wednesday night » Sports » Corsicana Daily Sun, Corsicana, Texas

 

[cheeseman]

Kid seems like a good grab for Texas. Nice batting average and good speed it sounds like. What's the learning curve between JUCO ball and Division 1 ball?

 

[TexasBaseballBlog]

Kid seems like a good grab for Texas. Nice batting average and good speed it sounds like. What's the learning curve between JUCO ball and Division 1 ball?

It all depends on the kid. The biggest adjustment is timing, as evidenced by Landon Steinhagen this year. It took him a while to adjust to Division I pitching, but now that he seems to have found his timing, he's really turning it on.

 

[Donald Boyles]

As TexasBaseballblog mention it all depends on the young man-Brandon Belt did not have a problem.