The Lake Erie Crushers of the independent Frontier League have signed outfielder Wayne Bond Jr. (Allegany County '07) for the 2009 season. The Crushers, located in Avon, Ohio, are preparing for their first season in the 12-team independent circuit.
Bond played collegiately at Ball State University and Lincoln Trail College. He was named first-team All-Mid-America Conference in 2008 as a senior at Ball State. Bond topped the Cardinals in home runs (14), runs batted in (55), at-bats (211), hits (69), stolen bases (14) and getting hit by a pitch (14). The Pendleton, Ind., native closed the regular season on a 27-game hitting streak. In the outfield, Bond posted a .986 fielding percentage with two errors in 138 chances.
As a junior, Bond had a team-high 15 stolen bases and started 52 games in the outfield. He finished second on the team with a .309 batting average. The former Pendleton Heights High School standout started his collegiate career at Lincoln Trail College. He was an all-conference performer in the Great Rivers Athletic Conference as a sophomore with a .403 batting average.
Bond played in the New York Collegiate Baseball League during the summer of 2007 for the Allegany County Nitros. He batted .275 in 37 games and drove in 18 runs. Bond led the Nitros with a .384 slugging percentage and he tied for the club lead with 12 doubles. The '07 Nitros finished third in the eight-team Western Division with a 24-17 record and advanced on to the Western Division playoffs. Bond hit .308 in a three-game playoff series against the Geneva Red Wings.
Thursday, January 8, 2009
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