Knights’ MVP Dane Lund to return in 2014
From Press Release
The Corvallis Knights of the West Coast League have signed catcher Dane Lund, their 2013 Most Valuable Player, for the 2014 season, general manager Bre Kerkvliet announced Wednesday.
Lund is redshirting at Oregon State this spring following his transfer from San Jose State. He will be the first four-year Knight since the inception of the WCL in 2005.
A native of Astoria, Lund was also first-team all-WCL in 2013 after helping lead the Knights to their third league title. He hit .343 (48-140) in 46 WCL games, with no homers and 16 RBIs, and tied for second in steals (25-for-26) and sacrifice hits (11). He led the Knights in average and was sixth in the batting race.
He had a team-best .452 on-base percentage and struck out just 12 times in 162 total plate appearances. He also had 26 walks.
Lund hit .261 (30-115) in 38 games for the Knights in 2012, with a homer and 13 RBIs. He hit .259 for Corvallis in 26 games in 2011, with no homers and six RBIs.
He transferred to SJSU for the 2013 season after spending two years at Mt. Hood Community College, and hit .241 (19-79) in 32 games, with a homer and eight RBIs. Lund was a NWAACC all-star for Mt. Hood in 2012, when he hit .311, with no homers and 20 RBIs.
The Knights open the 2014 season on June 4 with a nonleague game at Goss Stadium. They start the WCL campaign at Bend on June 6.
