Community college baseball: McCanne to play for Gauchos

COSTA MESA - Former Orange Coast College baseball player Josh

McCanne will continue his athletic and academic careers at UC Santa

Barbara this fall, Pirates Coach John Altobelli said.

McCanne, who was drafted by the Colorado Rockies after his senior year

at Mammoth Lakes High, redshirted at OCC in 1999 and played for the Bucs

in 2000 and 2001.

His .401 batting average in Orange Empire Conference play was the best

mark by a Pirate this spring and earned him a spot on the OEC’s second

team.

Overall, the first baseman was OCC’s second-best hitter with a .377

batting average, tallying 61 hits in 162 at bats. His 12 doubles and 35

RBIs also ranked second on the team.

He hit .268 as a freshman, hitting a pair of home runs while playing

third base.