Corbin Brooksbank has two more years at McCallie, but he secured his future Monday with a verbal commitment to play baseball for College World Series finalist Vanderbilt.
“It’s a huge relief,” Brooksbank replied when asked if the pressure was off. “It has been my dream opportunity, and the offer gives me even more drive to work even harder – work on getting stronger and becoming a better baseball player.”
An outfielder and pitcher for McCallie, Brooksbank is expected to become only a pitcher for the Commodores, who won the CWS last year and reached the finals again this year.
“Vanderbilt has been his dream school although he had gotten an offer from Tennessee a couple of weeks ago,” Blue Tornado coach Greg Payne said. “I think he also had been scheduled to visit Georgia – maybe next month.”
Upon leaving the Vanderbilt campus Monday, Brooksbank first called Payne and then called Tennessee.