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BASEBALL: Coon Returns to Nashville with Salt Lake Bees
BASEBALL: Coon Returns to Nashville with Salt Lake Bees
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The Salt Lake Bees, who own the best record in professional baseball at 22-2, will bring their first place Pacific Coast League team to Nashville May 2-5 to play the Sounds at Greer Stadium. Bradley Coon, a former Trevecca All-American, is with the Bees and is hitting .344 in his first Triple-A season.
The first game of the series will be on Friday at 7 p.m. and feature fireworks after the game. Saturday’s game, with fireworks as well, will start at 6 p.m. Sunday’s game starts at 2 p.m. and Monday’s game is a special 10:30 a.m. start.
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The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim selected Trevecca Nazarene University and NAIA All-American Brad Coon with the 463rd pick in the 15th round of the 2005 Major League Baseball Amateur draft.
The 6-foot-1 175 pound Coon was Trevecca’s center fielder for two seasons and was named the TranSouth Athletic Conference and NAIA Region XI Player of the Year as a senior. Coon set six new records as a senior, three single season and three career marks. Coon set the single season and career records for stolen bases (51 season, 96 career), stolen base attempts (55 season, 106 career), and triples (8 season, 15 career).
Coon, who throws and bats from the left side, hit .377 with 72 runs, 20 doubles, eight triples, four home runs, 42 RBI, 39 walks, and stole 51 of 55 stolen base attempts as a senior. As a junior he hit .421 with 69 runs, 14 doubles, seven triples, seven home runs, 51 RBI, 23 walks, and stole 45 of 51 stolen base attempts. He had a .469 on-base percentage and a .631 slugging percentage. For his career at Trevecca Coon was successful on 96 of his 106 stolen base attempts.
Coon is the highest draft pick in Trevecca baseball history. Former teammate and Hendersonville, Tenn. native B.J. Jenkins was taken in the 28th round last season by the San Diego Padres.
Coon was a standout for Orem Owls of the Pioneer Rookie league in 2005. He led the team with 19 stolen bases and had a .300 batting average in 61 games. Coon was selected to play in the prestigious Arizona Fall League in 2005 after a standout summer with the Owls.
In 2006 Coon played for the Class-A Cedar Rapids Kernels of the Midwest League. In 124 games he hit .278 and led the Angles organization with 55 stolen bases.
Coon split the 2007 season between Rancho Cucamonga Quakes of the Advanced-A California League and Double-A Arkansas Travelers of the Texas League. Coon was selected to the 2007 California League All-Star game. The native of Euclid, Ohio ranked amongst the California League leaders in stolen bases all season. Coon led the Angels organization with a combined 56 stolen bases in 2007.
The 6-foot-1 175 pound Coon was Trevecca’s center fielder for two seasons and was named the TranSouth Athletic Conference and NAIA Region XI Player of the Year as a senior. Coon set six new records as a senior, three single season and three career marks. Coon set the single season and career records for stolen bases (51 season, 96 career), stolen base attempts (55 season, 106 career), and triples (8 season, 15 career).
Coon, who throws and bats from the left side, hit .377 with 72 runs, 20 doubles, eight triples, four home runs, 42 RBI, 39 walks, and stole 51 of 55 stolen base attempts as a senior. As a junior he hit .421 with 69 runs, 14 doubles, seven triples, seven home runs, 51 RBI, 23 walks, and stole 45 of 51 stolen base attempts. He had a .469 on-base percentage and a .631 slugging percentage. For his career at Trevecca Coon was successful on 96 of his 106 stolen base attempts.
Coon is the highest draft pick in Trevecca baseball history. Former teammate and Hendersonville, Tenn. native B.J. Jenkins was taken in the 28th round last season by the San Diego Padres.
Coon was a standout for Orem Owls of the Pioneer Rookie league in 2005. He led the team with 19 stolen bases and had a .300 batting average in 61 games. Coon was selected to play in the prestigious Arizona Fall League in 2005 after a standout summer with the Owls.
In 2006 Coon played for the Class-A Cedar Rapids Kernels of the Midwest League. In 124 games he hit .278 and led the Angles organization with 55 stolen bases.
Coon split the 2007 season between Rancho Cucamonga Quakes of the Advanced-A California League and Double-A Arkansas Travelers of the Texas League. Coon was selected to the 2007 California League All-Star game. The native of Euclid, Ohio ranked amongst the California League leaders in stolen bases all season. Coon led the Angels organization with a combined 56 stolen bases in 2007.
4/29/2008, 9:13 PM