By STEVE KRAH
Carter Mathison, a Homestead High School senior, has been selected as the 2021 Dick Crumback/Northeast Indiana Baseball Association High School Player of the Year.
The Homestead High School baseball program will also receive a $1,000 donation from the Crumback family and the Fort Wayne Baseball Federation in honor of Dick Crumback. Mathison will be honored at a Fort Wayne TinCaps game in June.
An Indiana University commit and lefty-swinging/throwing outfielder/pitcher for Spartans coach Nick Byall, Mathison is the second winner of this award following South Adams’ Grant Besser in 2019. The award was not given due to the cancellation of the 2020 IHSAA baseball season.
In 29 regular-season games, Indiana High School Baseball Coaches Association District D Player of the Year Mathieson hit .511 (47-of-92) with 16 home runs, five triples, 11 doubles, 51 runs batted in, 56 runs scored, 23 walks, and 15 stolen bases. He amassed a 1.864 OPS (.603 on-base percentage plus .1.261 slugging average). His average with runners in scoring position was. 618.
On the mound, he went 3-0 with a 1.43 earned run average, striking out 17 in 14 2/3 innings.
His fielding percentage was 1.000 with no errors, 24 putouts and two assists.
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