Cornwell Signs Contract to Play in Northwoods League

Oglethorpe University baseball player Matt Cornwell of Boca Raton, Florida has signed a summer contract with the Wisconsin Rapids Rafters of the Northwoods League.

The Northwoods League is a premiere collegiate summer league sanctioned by Major League Baseball that provides elite college talent an opportunity to hone their skills in a professional baseball atmosphere without losing their eligibility.

The Wisconsin Rapids Rafters acquire a player in Cornwell (pictured below) who starred at both the shortstop position and on the mound for Oglethorpe in a 2010 season that earned him All-Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference First Team honors. He started all 42 games for the Stormy Petrels and posted a .322 batting average with 22 RBI and 46 runs scored. As a pitcher Cornwell compiled a 7-4 overall record with a 6.22 ERA and tossed five complete games on the year. 

For more information about the Northwoods League visit their website here. To learn more about the Wisconsin Rapids, visit their on-line home here.