BERKELEY — Pitchers are finding it more and more difficult to avoid getting reeled in by Andrew Vaughn.
The Cal junior is one of college baseball’s preeminent sluggers and an avid fisherman. Hat Creek, Fall River, Lake Shasta, the Sacramento River, Vaughn has fished them all. He’s good at it, too — nearly as gifted with a rod and reel as he is with a bat in his hands.
“You name it, I’ll fish it,” Vaughn said during a recent interview at Evans Diamond. “If I’m not playing baseball or going to class, I’m going fishing.”
Vaughn’s father Toby, who still throws batting practice to his son on occasion, said, “The kid can flat-out fish.