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Hopewell Valley Student Podcasting Network 

Show Name:  I-95 Rundown

Episode Title:  The Phillies

You are listening to I-95 Rundown  with your host Charlie Mott

In this episode of I-95 Rundown  we discuss: Trea Turner

Segment 1: Early Career

• Turner attended Park Vista Community High School in Lake Worth, Florida, where he played for his school's baseball team.
• The Pittsburgh Pirates selected Turner in the 20th round, with the 602nd overall selection, of the 2011 Major League Baseball (MLB) draft.
• Turner opted to play college baseball for the NC State Wolfpack baseball team in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I.
• As a freshman in 2012, Turner switched positions from shortstop to third baseman. That year, he had a .336 batting average and a .432 on-base percentage and recorded 57 stolen bases while only being caught stealing four times.
• His 57 steals were more than the team totals of 158 Division I teams,[1] and set an NC State record.
• He also tied the ACC record for steals in one game with five.[6] Turner was named to the All-Tournament Team in the 2012 ACC Tournament.
• He was named to the All-ACC first team, and was named a second team All-American by Perfect Game and a third team All-American by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association and Baseball America.
•  He was...