{"id":35183,"date":"2024-10-10T17:43:42","date_gmt":"2024-10-10T21:43:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=35183"},"modified":"2024-10-10T17:43:44","modified_gmt":"2024-10-10T21:43:44","slug":"aurora-resident-liam-bailie-jackson-commits-to-garrett-college-lakers-in-mchenry-maryland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/aurora-resident-liam-bailie-jackson-commits-to-garrett-college-lakers-in-mchenry-maryland\/","title":{"rendered":"Aurora resident Liam Bailie-Jackson commits to Garrett College Lakers in McHenry, Maryland"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Aurora resident and 18U Titans Baseball Club dual player Liam Bailie-Jackson signed his letter of intent last week to play for the Garrett College Lakers in McHenry, Maryland in September 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bailie-Jackson, who is both a middle infielder and a right-handed pitcher for the 18U Titans, impressed US coaches on the organization\u2019s recent fourteen-day excursion. He and his Class of 2025 teammates competed against ten different schools in New York, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, West Virginia, Ohio, and Maryland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Titans\u2019 Director of College Placement Denis Bailey, who coordinates the multi-state College Trip, said he believes that Garrett College is receiving a high-quality student-athlete who will thrive in Maryland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLiam is a hard worker who has all the potential to be a dual guy at the next level. I look forward to seeing his development this offseason in his final season with the Titans, especially how he will develop on the mound.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The talented Aurora ballplayer outlined why he committed to the NJCAA D2 school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI committed to the Garrett Lakers for two reasons: first, because they had the program that I wanted to study; and, second, because the college is in a quiet area that suits my personality.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 5\u20196\u201d, 185-pound shortstop and pitcher offered insights into his new life in McHenry, Maryland when he moves to the USA in September 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m looking forward to the variety of training methods and playing college baseball for the Lakers while studying Exercise Science at Garrett College.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bailie-Jackson, a Grade 12 student at St. Maximilian Kolbe Catholic High School, delineated his goals as a student-athlete: \u201cMy goals are to get stronger and improve my athleticism, to maintain a 3.0 GPA, and to be able to transfer to a 4-year program at the end of my Junior College studies.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

LBJ, as Liam Bailie-Jackson is known to his coaches and teammates, explained the value of the Titans\u2019 Annual US College Trip last month and how it influenced his decision-making regarding a US College baseball scholarship: \u201cThe Titans assisted with my college placement through the College Fall Tour which got me face time with the coaches and let me show my abilities during game time.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While reflecting on his youth baseball career, Bailie-Jackson noted what he liked best about being a Titan and playing in the Canadian Premier Baseball League.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAll the baseball friends that I have made and stay in contact with, along with the coaches that have helped me to achieve my goals.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He offered timely advice to younger baseball players in the community about achieving their own post-secondary goals as a student-athlete: \u201cMy advice to younger players would be to work hard, stick to the grind, and don\u2019t lose sight of your goals and dreams.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Jim Stewart<\/strong><\/p>\n\r\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Aurora resident and 18U Titans Baseball Club dual player Liam Bailie-Jackson signed his letter of intent last week to play for the Garrett College Lakers in McHenry, Maryland in September 2025. Bailie-Jackson, who is both a middle infielder and a right-handed pitcher for the 18U Titans, impressed US coaches on the organization\u2019s recent fourteen-day excursion. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[24,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35183","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-sports","category-sports"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3D2k4-99t","publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-12 00:50:48","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35183","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35183"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35183\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}