Monday, December 20, 2010

Former QB Headed to Braves

This one happened a few days back and snuck under the BGA radar. ...

Eddie Lucas '04, who played jayvee quarterback as a Dartmouth freshman before giving up the game to concentrate on baseball, has signed a free agent contract with the Atlanta Braves, and published reports suggest he will have a good opportunity to make the team's opening-day roster.

After leaving the gridiron, the 6-foot-3 shortstop went on to be the Ivy League Player of the Year in his final season, won the Alfred E. Watson award as outstanding male athlete at the college, and was drafted in the eighth round by the Kansas City Royals after his final season.

He just finished his sixth year in the Royals' system. (career stats)

From a story in the Atlanta Journal Constitution:
The Braves signed a better-than-usual crop of minor league free agents including infielder Ed Lucas, 27, who hit .286 with a .362 on-base percentage in seven seasons in the Royals organization. He hit a career-high 13 homers in 99 games in 2010 at Triple-A, and the Braves believe he’ll compete for a utility infield/backup shortstop role.
Lucas also gets a mention here.
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Pete Lembo, a popular Dartmouth assistant from 1994-96, will be formally introduced this morning as the new head football coach at Ball State. Lembo, the head coach at Elon for the past five years, spoke with the Times News in North Carolina last night and had this to day:
“These FBS jobs are incredibly hard to get. This is something you just can’t say no to."

“I’ve had other opportunities to leave but chose to stay because of how strongly I felt about what we were doing at Elon. I would have been very happy continuing to build the program at Elon.

“But this is a totally different opportunity at a different level.”

Lembo is 79-36 in 10 years as a head coach.
Elon
2006–5-6
2007–7-4
2008–8-4
2009–9-3
2010–6-5
Lehigh
2001–11-1
2002–8-4
2003–8-3
2004–9-3
2005–8-3
At Elon: 35-22
At Lehigh: 44-14
He was the 2001 Eddie Robinson National Coach of the Year, the 2001 Patriot League Coach of the Year and the 2007 Southern Conference Coach of the Year.

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