Andrea Shenton, mother of FIU junior third baseman Austin Shenton, had a secret she dared not reveal to her son, at least not yet.
She visited Austin in Massachusetts in July, just as he was dominating the Cape Cod league, hitting .372 and winning postseason MVP honors in college baseball’s top summer circuit.
Once the summer season ended, Shenton went home to visit his family in Bellingham — a small Washington town 90 minutes north of Seattle and 20 minutes south of the Canadian border. It was only then that Austin’s parents — Andrea and father Dana — sat him down for a talk.