Submitted By Ottawa Knights Baseball Club
Alex Guy (C) of the Ottawa Knights signed his national letter of intent to play with Jefferson College in Watertown New York and will become a member of the Cannoneers this fall.
“We expect Alex to come into our program and compete right away as a freshmen on the ball field” said Head Coach John Northrop of the Jefferson Cannoneers. He went on to say “My staff and I look forward to getting to work with Alex next August and expect for him to make an immediate impact on our roster.”
After Guy had identified Jefferson College as an appropriate school that would help further his academic and baseball goals he expressed his interest using the Ottawa Knights Field Level program to facilitate an introduction.
And once Coach Northrop was aware of the intent, he watched Guy’s SkillShow player video and paid particular attention to him during the four game set last fall when the Ottawa Knights college prospect team played the Cannoneers.
The Jefferson Cannoneers baseball team has a history of recruiting Canadian players. On the 2014-2015 roster, the Cannoneers had seven of the 30 players who were Canadian born.
Guy joins a growing list of the Ottawa Knights 2016 cohort that are going on to play baseball at the collegiate level. Other players that have committed include Alex Beattie (RHP – Carleton), Justin Emond (MIF – Herkimer NY), Keenan Fox (OF -Jefferson, NY) and Nestor Tapia (OF – Global Institute of Technology, NY).
When asked about what Guy can expect from Jefferson College, Coach Northrop said “Alex can expect to continue his athletic development throughout our program working hard to continue playing college baseball after a two year career at Jefferson.”