Chattanooga Lookouts catcher Mark Kolozsvary named to U.S. Olympic team

Photo by Jennifer Stewart of MLB Photos via AP / Chattanooga Lookouts catcher Mark Kolozsvary has been selected to represent the United States in the upcoming Tokyo Olympics. Photo by Jennifer Stewart of MLB Photos via AP / Chattanooga Lookouts catcher Mark Kolozsvary has been selected to represent the United States in the upcoming Tokyo Olympics.

By David Paschall July 2, 2021 1 min read

Chattanooga Lookouts catcher Mark Kolozsvary has been named to the U.S. Olympic team.

Kolozsvary (pronounced COLES-very) is a 25-year-old former University of Florida standout. In 26 games with the Lookouts this season, he is hitting .269 with three home runs and 20 RBIs.

U.S. Olympic baseball players will convene under the guidance of manager Mike Scioscia in Cary, North Carolina, for training on July 16. They will play in three exhibition games July 18-20 before heading off to Tokyo, with all three exhibition contests streamed online at USABaseball.com.

Team USA will open its Olympic schedule against Israel on Friday, July 30, and play Korea the following day before entering into bracket play.

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David Paschall

David Paschall has covered sports at the Chattanooga Times Free Press since 1999 and wrote for the Chattanooga Free Press in the nine years before that. David has mostly covered college athletics, with a focus on the University of Georgia from 2000 to 2019 and the University of Tennessee since 2020. He grew up in Chattanooga and is a graduate of the Baylor School and Auburn University. David has received multiple writing awards and has served as a Heisman Trophy voter since 2003. He has also worked in radio in Chattanooga and has been on the SEC Network's "Classic Rewind" series since 2014. David and his wife, Kelly, have three children — Conner, Emily and Spencer.

Contact David Paschall at dpaschall@timesfreepress.com or 423-757-6524.