Tracking the Pro Career of UL's Dayton Marze

[raginsaints]

Hunter Ovens sounds like a good athlete.

[Parrott]

He is a very good athlete. Former prep All-America linebacker. Former MLB draft pick (Played CF in high school before moving to RF in JUCO). Former DI football player.

This old blog offers more on his background:

http://www.theadvertiser.com/apps/pb...Id=personaDest

[CajunT]

_ Hunter Ovens sounds like a good athlete. _

Ovens needs to pass 12 hours this summer to graduate. He has some work to do before he officially becomes a Ragin Cajun.

[Parrott]

My last post had part of a story I wrote in February about Ovens. My most recent blog now has the entire story.

Here is the blog link again:

http://www.theadvertiser.com/apps/pb...Id=personaDest

If he ends up also playing football, that would free up his scholarship money for another baseball player. The NCAA dictates that any multi-sport student-athlete that plays football must be on a football scholarship (once he plays in an actual game).

[NewsCopy]

Former Louisiana relief pitcher Dayton Marze signed with the Toronto Blue Jays on Thursday and received his assignment to the club's short-season Class A affiliate Auburn (N.Y.) Doubledays of the New York-Penn league.

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  After a stellar career at Teurlings Catholic High School and two solid years with the Ragin' Cajuns of the University of Louisiana, Dayton Marze found himself with a decision to make.

After leading all Cajun relievers with five wins during the 2010 season, Marze was drafted in the 14th round of the Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft by the Toronto Blue Jays with the 426th pick.

So Marze was faced with the decision of returning to UL or signing with the Blue Jays. In the end, the offer to play for the Blue Jays was just too good to pass up, so he inked a deal with Toronto and headed to the minors.

Although financial terms of the deal weren't disclosed, the Blue Jays will pay for the rest of Marze's education.

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