FLORENCE, Ky. - Former Indiana University Southeast baseball player and current Grenadier assistant baseball coach Beau Manning has signed a professional baseball contract with the Florence Freedom of the Frontier League.
Manning, a Louisville native who played at Christian Academy in high school, was offered a contract after playing last year for the Big Bend Cowboys of the Continental Baseball League in Alpine, Texas.
Last year, Manning was a valuable hitter in the Cowboys lineup batting .312 with 52 RBI and seven homeruns. He was also efficient at the plate with a .401 on-base percentage and only 14 strikeouts in 205 at-bats.