Ty Eitniear to play baseball at Owens Tech

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OTTAWA LAKE – Whiteford senior Ty Eitniear will play college baseball at Owens Technical College in northwest Ohio.

Eitniear signed a letter of intent on Friday, December 14, surrounded by family and friends.

Eitniear has played three seasons of varsity baseball at Whiteford, compiling 101 career hits and batting .347 and playing center field. He has played on three consecutive outright TCC championship teams. As a sophomore he led the Bobcats in batting average while being named First Team All-Region by The Monroe News. He was named First Team All-TCC in 2018.

Eitniear is a multi-sport athlete at Whiteford, having played football for four years with the Bobcats, helping them to a state championship in 2017 and being named All-Region this past season while starting 11 games at quarterback.

Here’s a look at his season by season stats heading into his senior baseball season:

YEAR G AB R H 2B 3B RBI SO BB SB AVG
2016 33 83 26 26 4 1 21 16 16 17 0.313
2017 30 114 32 49 2 0 11 10 10 21 0.430
2018 27 94 24 26 3 0 9 3 9 10 0.277
ALL 90 291 82 101 9 1 41 29 35 48 0.347

Owens Tech hasn’t had baseball since the 2015-16 season but is bringing it back for 2018-19. Eitniear will join the team for 2019-20.

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