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East Ridge Baseball Coach Has Jersey Retired at St. Olaf

East Ridge High School head baseball coach Brian Sprout is set to have his jersey retired at St. Olaf where he was a three-time conference MVP and two-time All American.

East Ridge High School head baseball coach Brian Sprout is set to have his No. 28 jersey retired at St. Olaf, where he was a three-time conference MVP and two-time All American, according to a post by Mike Ludwig on the St. Olaf College Baseball website.

The event was originally scheduled for Sunday, but it was moved to April 28 because of bad weather.

From Ludwig's post: 

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A two-time captain, Sprout was a twice an All-America selection, a three-time MIAC MVP and a four-time all-region and All-MIAC selection. He is the program's career leader in average (.408), hits (240), runs (201), at bats (574), home runs (39), triples (15), and doubles (58); and has the single-season records in hits (74), home runs (13) and triples (7). 

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