The El Modena Excessive Faculty (Orange,  Calif.) baseball clubhouse is getting a facelift courtesy of star alumnus Freddie Freeman.

The star Los Angeles Dodgers first baseman donated $500,000 to the crew to place towards a brand new clubhouse. The $1.1 million mission, scheduled to be completed in the summertime of 2023, will function a 1,440 square-foot space that features a locker room, crew assembly space, coach’s workplace and new batting cages, in response to ABC7.

Freeman performed two seasons of varsity baseball for El Moderna, in response to MaxPreps. He shined as a senior each on the plate and on the mound, hitting .417 with 5 residence runs and 10 stolen bases whereas pitching to a 6-1 file with a 1.27 ERA and 59 strikeouts in 44 innings. A pitcher/third baseman, Freeman was named the Orange County Register’s 2007 Participant of the 12 months. He was a second-round choice by the Atlanta Braves that summer time.

He’s amongst a handful of alumni from El Moderna to play sports activities professionally. Others embody Olympic runner Michael Terry, who competed within the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, and soccer participant Jeff Spek, who performed within the USFL for 2 seasons and NFL for one.

El Moderna’s baseball crew is on the rise. After three straight years of sub-.500 baseball, the Vanguards went 22-10 final season and reached the Remaining 4.

They may work to develop off that success this spring after which have the Freeman-funded facility able to go for the next 12 months.

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