As a high school student, putting pen to paper never felt so good for Tucker Webb.<\/p>\n
The Keystone senior made his college baseball dreams official Nov. 21 as he signed with Lake Erie College.<\/p>\n
This is something Webb has wanted for as long as he can remember. The recruiting process was also something he was thrilled to put to an end.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt feels like a huge relief,\u201d Webb said. \u201cI\u2019ve been working toward this ever since I can look back at it. It\u2019s been a very stressful, long process if I\u2019m being completely honest. I\u2019m really happy and relieved that I found a really good place to call home for the next four years.\u201d<\/p>\n
As long as the process can be, it didn\u2019t take long for Lake Erie to feel like home to Webb. He visited campus earlier this month and immediately knew it was his future home.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe coaching staff by far,\u201d Webb said on what stood out. \u201cWhat they\u2019re trying to reach and the history that these new coaches have is unbelievable. Their philosophies on everything are amazing. The campus was beautiful, and all of their athletic facilities were amazing.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs soon as we wrapped up that visit, I knew I was going to go home and talk to my parents and make a decision to end up playing baseball at Lake Erie.\u201d<\/p>\n
Webb had a junior season to remember. He batted .474 with 36 hits and 34 RBI and earned Division V first-team All-Ohio honors. What we\u2019re seeing now is something he has visualized and worked hard for since the age of 10.<\/p>\n
At a young age, Webb was admittingly a basketball kid. It\u2019s a sport he still loves to this day, but he didn\u2019t play last year to focus on baseball. It was a tough decision that paid off. His work ethic is a huge reason why he\u2019s moving on to the college ranks.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt just shows you don\u2019t have to be the strongest, biggest or fastest,\u201d Webb said. \u201cIf you put your head down and just work as hard as you can to get to a certain place, God has a plan that everything is going to work out.\u201d<\/p>\n
Webb is the second Keystone player to commit this fall after junior Ryan Younglas committed to oledo in October. Both players were named All-Ohio last year on the way to leading the Wildcats to a district final appearance.<\/p>\n
With Webb and Younglas returning this season along with a strong core around them, Keystone is poised for another big year this spring.<\/p>\n
This has been a special offseason to say the least considering the Wildcats\u2019 senior leader now has a college home. He\u2019s looking forward to what his teammates and the younger players in the program can do next.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s really exciting. It\u2019s really good for the program,\u201d Webb said. \u201cNot just for this team, but for teams in the future to know they can do it.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As a high school student, putting pen to paper never felt so good for Tucker Webb. The Keystone…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":41853,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[136,138,137,305,25118,25119,25120,19155,293,726],"class_list":{"0":"post-41852","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-erie","8":"tag-erie","9":"tag-erie-headlines","10":"tag-erie-news","11":"tag-high-school-sports","12":"tag-hs-baseball","13":"tag-keystone-wildcats","14":"tag-lagrange","15":"tag-lorain-county","16":"tag-ohio","17":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41852","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41852"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41852\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41853"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41852"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41852"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41852"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}