kuntryboimike wrote:Matthew Baptiste – LB, 6-0, 215, Virginia Beach, Va./Ocean Lakes HS
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Four-year letterwinner at Ocean Lake High School … finished his career with 244 tackles … earned All-Beach honors as a junior and senior … recorded 32 stops, including 10 tackles for a loss as a freshman … finished his sophomore season with 42 tackles and nine tackles for a loss … as a junior, he finished the year with a career-best 94 tackles, two sacks, two interceptions, a safety, a blocked field goal and a forced fumble … finished off his career at Ocean Lakes by posting 74 tackles, two sacks, a safety, a blocked field goal and a fumble recovery … son of Ken and Helen Baptiste … intends to major in pre-med.
I don't know why I didn't notice this earlier, but my wife and I know the Baptiste family from her time teaching at Ocean Lakes. She taught this guys older brother. Joe, at Ocean Lakes (he played at Elon). They are a good family and I think he'll fit in well at Liberty.
