It was fairly the Friday night time for UCF’s John Rhys Plumlee.
Plumlee is an outfielder for UCF’s baseball group, who had a house recreation Friday night time for Memphis.
Plumlee can be the group’s beginning quarterback, and because the scheduling gods would have it, UCF’s Spring Recreation was scheduled for Friday night time as effectively.
That made for fairly the busy night time for the athlete.
Plumlee was within the beginning lineup for the Knights, getting the beginning in middle subject and batting ninth within the lineup. He opened the scoring within the backside of the third inning, when his triple to left-center subject knocked in Cole Russo and Drew Faurot to provide the Knights an early 2-0 lead:
It was the primary triple of his college baseball profession.
Plumlee would rating moments in a while a single from catcher Ben McCabe as a part of a five-run inning that gave UCF a 5-0 lead into the fourth.
Plumlee exited the sport within the later innings, as a result of it was time to strap on the pads:
Plumlee missed the beginning of the sport, however put up some massive numbers from the pocket as effectively. The QB hit on 10 of his 17 passes for 236 yards and a pair of touchdowns, together with this deep shot to Kobe Hudson:
After the pair of video games, Plumlee talked about the experience:
“It’s one thing that I’ll always remember,” Plumlee stated. “Coach Malzahn, I bear in mind being on the cellphone with him after I was within the switch portal and telling him, ‘Hey, coach, I need to play soccer however I additionally need to play baseball.’ He gave me his phrase. For him to observe via with that, and to undergo the lengths he’s gone via — and (UCF baseball coach Greg) Lovelady, too — to provide me the chance to do what I like to do is de facto particular.”
Plumlee additionally shared this on social media, which put his night time into perspective:
How spectacular was his efficiency? It caught the eye of probably the most notable two-sport athletes in MLB and NFL historical past, none apart from Deion Sanders:
Not a nasty night time in any respect for a school athlete.
And possibly a busier night time than you had.
