Coming out of high school in Washington, Ill., Mason McCoy was overlooked and under-recruited. He had no college offers to play baseball and decided to apply to Illinois Central College to pursue a nursing career.
Illinois Central coach Brett Kelley offered him a spot on the team. He hit .390 (2014) and .382 (2015) in two seasons at the junior college and was twice named a NJCAA All-American. He transferred to Iowa where he performed so well the Orioles selected him in the sixth round of the 2017 draft.
"I've always kind of been that way. I've always kind of been the under-the-radar guy," McCoy said on Glenn Clark Radio June 7. "It's been that way since the beginning, kind of overlooked, maybe undervalued. ... I'm kind of used to it by now. So, I wasn't really worried about it. I had to go in and play my game and the rest will take care of itself."
