Seniors CJ Beatty and Troy Brown Selected to All Valley Team
The awards for the 2010 Lancer baseball team kept coming last week as Senior CJ Beatty was selected to the 2nd Team All Valley and Senior Troy Brown was selected to the 3rd Team All Valley. The list is compiled of the best players in the Inland Valley and it does not discriminate between divisions.
Senior Troy Brown
Brown was a stalwart centerfielder for Western Christian who came to the Lancers as a transfer from Alta Loma. Defensively he was outstanding the entire year making great play after great play. His ability to track down balls in the gap frustrated opponents the entire season not to mention his knack for the diving catch.
Offensively, Brown was a difference making addition to the lineup as he hit .463 on the year and led the team with 39 runs batted in as he led the charge for the Lancers 3rd straight league title. According to Head Coach Mark Gabbard, “we have traditionally had very good centerfielders here, league MVP’s even. Troy has carried on that legacy and has put himself good company. He is one of the better ones I have coached at the college and high school level.”
Senior CJ Beatty
Senior CJ Beatty will add his 2nd Team All Valley award to a long list of others he has achieved in his high school career:
• 2008 (Sophomore) 1st Team All-CIF and 1st Team All-League
• 2009 (Junior) 1st Team All-League and League Pitcher of the Year
• 2010 (Senior) 1st Team All-CIF, League MVP, and Inland Valley All-Star
Beatty leaves the Lancer program as the most highly decorated baseball player in recent history and possibly ever. He has accepted an invitation to play at Azusa Pacific University next year where he will most notably receive a free education.
"If it wasn’t for Western, I don’t know where I’d be – but now, I have a future. I was overwhelmed by the love and compassion that I felt from the kids at school and all the teachers. They loved me unconditionally. I was surrounded by people that helped support me, not just academically, but spiritually and emotionally. Teachers took the time to listen to my problems – they were always available and I knew they really cared about me. I had never felt this way before. Because of Western, I now plan to go to college and major in communications, perhaps specializing in sports broadcasting."