Le Mars Community senior pitcher Brett McInnis signed on Wednesday to continue his baseball career at Southeastern Community College in West Burlington.
McInnis has made baseball a big part of his offseason as well getting to compete in various camps that have improved his skills. He says competing in those camps provided him the opportunity to be on Southeastern’s radar.
McInnis says a visit to campus proved that the people in the program were very welcoming.
The high school road has been a winding one for McInnis who went 0-6 with a 9.42 ERA as a sophomore and turned that to a record of 2-6 with an ERA of 4.32 and 96 strikeouts as a junior. McInnis says the work he has put in at the high school level opened up this opportunity.
Le Mars head coach Kendall Candor says that work ethic is what separates collegiate athletes from their competitors.
Coach Candor also says that the constant improvement from McInnis was great to see.
McInnis has one more season of high school ball to continue the process of improving. He says that involves getting bigger and stronger.
McInnis will have a great resource to lean on in Coach Candor who played at Buena Vista University after his high school days in Le Mars. Coach Candor says he is trying to prepare McInnis for the big jump in talent level.
McInnis says he hopes that an opportunity like this opens the eyes of younger baseball players to fully invest in the sport.
Southeastern Community College went 45-15 last season ending their season in the region championship.
