JESTER TO PLAY IN S.C. LEAGUE

  Former Tompkins Cortland Community College (TC3) second baseman Rodney Taylor Jester  has been selected to attend The Beach League Junior College Player Showcase league this summer in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
   The league has an affiliation with the Atlanta Braves and also selects showcase players to play in tournaments in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Cuba and the Dominican Republic.
   Rodney left for Myrtle Beach June 4 and league competition at Myrtle Beach runs through July 7 under the direction of league owner Marty Radford.
  One of the major events for Junior College players in this league takes place July 4 when the Beach League hosts a Junior College Player Showcase as part of the All-Star Day at Pelicans Field  where over 40 four-year schools from Division I, II, III and the NAIA will be at the stadium recruiting top unsigned players.
  Jester was selected to play in this league by TC3 assistant coach Billy Crowe who was formerly an all-star catcher in the Texas Independent League and also was a participant in the Beach league  several  years ago. Rodney was requested to attend this distinguished league as a result of his completed studies and outstanding offensive and defensive play at the Dryden, NY community college.
  During the past two years at TC3 Jester was named co-captain and also received the honor of having his picture placed on the college's website header, facebook and twitter account.
  When Jester was selected for the college website TC3 Sports Information Coordinator Peter Voorhees said "this is the most visible image we have in athletics and it stays up for a year honoring the best returning player on each team."
  Jester is his freshman year at TC3 batted .333 with an On Base Percentate (OBP) of .349 and a Slugging Average (SLG) of .405.
  During his sophomore year at TC3 he ended as one of the top three batters with a batting average of 339, OBP of .402 and SLG of 458. His fielding percentage playing mostly second base was .887 and he completed 20 double plays.
  At one point during the 2015 spring schedule Jester lit up the collegiate scoreboard at Broome County Community College April 14 by getting seven hits in eight at bats in a double header between TC3 and Broome as he ripped three doubles while going 4 for 5 with four RBIs in the first game. He continued with the hot bat by going 3-for-3 and scoring two runs in the second game.
  Not considered a long ball hitter and dishing out mostly  singles and doubles Rodney the week before the Broome double header went 2-for-3 with a single and his first career home run deep over the left field fence that proved to be the winning run for TC3 over Onondaga Community College.
  Jester graduated from Tri-Valley Central School in 2013 and was named MVP by high school varsity baseball coach John Rusin who said at that time that Rodney, "had the type of season most players dream of and most coaches pray for," and "I have to be honest with you, he's the best glove I have ever coached."
  Rodney joins the Beach League as a member of the Riptide team coached by Luis Reyes and expects to continue summer travel league baseball when he returns to New York with a collegiate team playing out of Saugerties which is an affiliate team of Beach League baseball.
                                                      

 

Former Tompkins Cortland Community College (TC3) second baseman Rodney Taylor Jester will be flashing his defensive and offensive skills during six weeks of play in the Player Showcase Beach League at Myrtle Beach, South Carolina starting June 5 and ending July 7.