Green Bay, Wis.– The Bullfrogs announce the signing of teammates from the University of California, Berkeley in Jonah Davis and Connor Jackson.
Jonah Davis will be joining the Bullfrogs following his freshman season with the Golden Bears. Davis is a 5’10” outfielder out of La Jolla, California. The left-handed hitter attended Francis W. Parker High School where the Lancers won the 2014 CIF State Championship and he earned First Team All-League Performer (2014-2015), Team MVP (2015), Offensive Player of the Year (2014), and Defensive Player of the Year (2012 and 2013). He is also nominated for the Francis Parker HS Athletic Hall of Fame. Davis has a couple of walks and a run scored in his five trips to the dish this season.
Connor Jackson is a right-handed, freshman pitcher from Orinda, California where he attended Miramonte High School. He was the epitome of a Student-Athlete, receiving All-League honors as a senior and named to California’s All-Region Team. All the while, winning the Will Newton Award, the Scholastic Award, and an AP Scholar Award. Jackson comes from a strong baseball family. Connor’s older brother, Brett, was a first round pick of the Chicago Cubs in the 2009 MLB First Year Player Draft. Another older brother of his, Drew, was drafted in the 5th round by the Seattle Mariners in last year’s draft.
The Bullfrogs will open the 2016 season at home on May 31st against the Wisconsin Rapids Rafters. Single game tickets for the season go on sale at 9am on Friday, April 29th. For more information please call the office at (920) 497-7225 or visit www.greenbaybullfrogs.com
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The Green Bay Bullfrogs are a member of the finest developmental league for elite college baseball players, the Northwoods League. Playing its 23rd season of summer collegiate baseball in 2016, the Northwoods League is the largest organized baseball league in the world with 18 teams, drawing significantly more fans, in a friendly ballpark experience, than any league of its kind. A valuable training ground for coaches, umpires and front office staff, more than 140 Northwoods League players have advanced to Major League Baseball, including Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer (WAS) and MLB All-Stars Chris Sale (CWS), Jordan Zimmermann (DET), Curtis Granderson (NYM), Lucas Duda (NYM) and Ben Zobrist (CHC). All league games are viewable live via the Northwoods League Website. For more information, visit www.greenbaybullfrogs.com.