CdM duo earn all-state recognition

Corona del Mar High graduates Josh Bradbury and Barrett Sprowl have

been named to the All-California team by Cal High Sports.

Sprowl was selected to the second team for schools of all sizes as

well as the first team for medium-sized schools. Bradbury was named

to the first team for medium-sized schools.

Sprowl, a first baseman who plans to try out for USC next season,

was named CIF Division IV Player of the Year and the Pacific Coast

League’s Most Valuable Player as a senior. Sprowl, a second-team PCL

selection as a junior, led the Sea Kings in hits (53), doubles (15)

and batting average (.500). He was second on the squad in on-base

percentage (.583) and slugging percentage (.806), and tied for second

in RBIs (25). He was named to the Daily Pilot Dream Team the last two

years.

Sprowl was also named to the Louisville Slugger High School

All-American team by Collegiate Baseball, which honors the top 36

players in the nation, earlier this month.

Bradbury, a three-time Dream Team selection and the Player of the

Year and league MVP as a junior, led CdM with 11 home runs this season. He finished with 24 RBIs and a .376 batting average. Of his

33 hits this season, 18 were for extra bases.

Bradbury’s 11 home runs were one shy of the school single-season

record held by Ty Harper and Eric Wiethorn in 1999. Bradbury finished

with 21 varsity dingers, three shy of the school’s career mark of 24

held by Harper.

Last year, Bradbury was a shortstop and third baseman, but

shoulder tendinitis limited him to the designated hitter role this

year.

He was a first-team All-CIF Division IV selection.