It was a surreal, however acquainted second for the Brown household Thursday afternoon as Newton senior Caden Brown penned his letter of intent to play baseball at Southern College.
Brown signed to the Jaguars baseball program in entrance of a packed auditorium of pals, household, coaches and teammates. The signing was three years after his brother, Justin Brown, graduated from Newton earlier than enjoying baseball at Berea School.
Following in his brother’s footsteps by being able to play on the subsequent stage is one thing Brown doesn’t take with no consideration.
“It’s particular as a result of it’s simply repeating the bloodline,” Brown stated. “My mother and father having the ability to say that they’d two children that performed faculty baseball — not even the league, simply faculty baseball — is God given. Not everybody will get the chance to play ball at school, not to mention the Division I stage. It’s one thing particular to hold the bloodline and do what my brother did and extra.”
Brown’s signing is a second he famous he has been ready on for a very long time.
“It’s only a nice feeling. That is one thing you dream of since once you first began enjoying ball,” Brown stated. “Lastly made the choice to go to the following stage after highschool. On a regular basis shouldn’t be assured, you simply need to stay it.”
The conversations Brown had with the Southern teaching employees went a great distance in him finally deciding to signal with the Jaguars.
“Between Southern and my different presents, Southern was the very best private connection,” Brown stated. “Southern was the one one the place I had an actual sit-down dialog about life with the coaches. Ever since I touched down in Southern it was house, and I already knew about seven or eight guys already at Southern which might be part of the group.
“It’s type of simpler to make the choice once you already know individuals [there]. Within the 2025 class coming in, I already know three, 4 or 5 children which have already signed and are able to go. There’s a brotherhood that’s already there.”
Brown nonetheless has yet one more season to go for Newton, however the senior put up robust numbers a 12 months in the past. He led the group with a .359 batting common to go together with a pair of house runs.
Brown at present performs a number of positions for the Rams, however shared that he plans on enjoying each methods (outfielder/right-handed pitcher) when he joins Southern subsequent 12 months.
When wanting again on his time at Newton, Brown shared that his most memorable moments as a Ram had been on the times after they had been intensive and after they had been getting pushed essentially the most.
“What’s loopy is that my favourite moments are the times the place it is sluggish [and] lengthy winded,” Brown stated. “These are the times the place you speak to one another, get in with one another and there may be simply that brotherhood. Everyone seems to be attending to know everyone. That’s the most tight-knit day you will get as a result of everyone seems to be there as a unit and we’ve got to study to be with one another and be higher.”
