Just a few months ago, the Oregon baseball team didn't count on needing Ray Soderman for the 2018 season. And just a few weeks ago, the Ducks weren't sure they could count on the junior college transfer.
But three weeks into the season, it's Soderman holding down the starting catcher spot for the UO baseball team, which opens a four-game series against UC Davis in PK Park on Thursday at 6 p.m.
"It's a great story," UO coach George Horton said.
The unanticipated departures of 2017 catchers Matthew Dyer and Slade Heggen created an urgent need for the Ducks at the position last summer.