ORUTerry Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 Working class: ORU's Juan Martinez inherited father's strong ethic Juan Martinez leads ORU with a .381 batting average and 62 RBIs, and ranks second on the team with 14 home runs. SHERRY BROWN/Tulsa World (excerpt) By JOHN E. HOOVER World Sports Writer 5/29/2009 Last Modified: 5/29/2009 3:56 AM Coming out of junior college, Juan Martinez at first wanted to go to Cal Irvine, which has been college baseball's No. 1-ranked team most of this season. Later, he strongly considered Fresno State, the team that won last year's national championship. Instead, he chose Oral Roberts. Something about the ORU program and coach Rob Walton just seemed to blend with Martinez' hard-hat personality and dawn-to-dusk work ethic.... Link to Tulsa World Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Titan Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 Great kid, great story. The state of California sure has been good to us when it comes to baseball players! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 30, 2009 Share Posted May 30, 2009 Great kid, great story. The state of California sure has been good to us when it comes to baseball players! OT, you preach it and I'll turn the pages! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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