CSUN Signs Pitchers for Pair of Sports
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Cal State Northridge has signed two pitchers--one for baseball, the other for softball. One has little experience and the other has proven ability.
Jason VanHeerde, a 6-foot-5 right-hander from Eisenhower High, has committed to play for the Matador baseball team, for which he will be tried extensively as a pitcher for the first time.
In high school, VanHeerde batted .390 and as a catcher played well enough to earn a berth on a California team that competed in the Sunbelt Classic all-star series in Stillwater, Okla.
VanHeerde pitched only two innings for Eisenhower, yet managed to catch the attention of the Montreal Expos, who selected him as a pitcher in the late rounds of the June draft.
In softball, Northridge signed Kathy Blake, a right-hander from Paso Robles High who pitched 177 innings as a senior without allowing an earned run.
Blake had a record of 24-2 and pitched Paso Robles to a second-place finish in the Southern Section 2-A Division playoffs.
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