Baseball: Viewmont star will join Wolfpack
Most Utah high school athletes aren't especially fond of venturing far from home to participate in college athletics.
Viewmont High shortstop Chris Larsen is apparently not like most Utah prep athletes.
Larsen, a three-year starter for the Vikings, has signed to play baseball for North Carolina State next year.
"I know, it's a long way from home," Larsen said.
The ACC school was the only Division I program to offer a scholarship to Larsen, so he jumped on it, he said.
Salt Lake Community College and Southern Nevada also offered, but Larsen couldn't bypass the Wolfpack and the chance to play Division I baseball, he said.
He committed last September before signing in November, so he's not sure whether other D-I programs would have offered.
So how does a Utah kid get noticed by North Carolina State, of all schools?
"They saw me play at a tournament in Florida and I guess they they liked what they saw," he said.
Viewmont High shortstop Chris Larsen is apparently not like most Utah prep athletes.
Larsen, a three-year starter for the Vikings, has signed to play baseball for North Carolina State next year.
"I know, it's a long way from home," Larsen said.
The ACC school was the only Division I program to offer a scholarship to Larsen, so he jumped on it, he said.
Salt Lake Community College and Southern Nevada also offered, but Larsen couldn't bypass the Wolfpack and the chance to play Division I baseball, he said.
He committed last September before signing in November, so he's not sure whether other D-I programs would have offered.
So how does a Utah kid get noticed by North Carolina State, of all schools?
"They saw me play at a tournament in Florida and I guess they they liked what they saw," he said.
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