OMAHA, Neb. -- Luke Heimlich, the Oregon State pitcher convicted in 2012 of molesting a 6-year-old female family member, released a statement Thursday that he would not travel with his team to the College World Series.
The Beavers are seeded No. 1 at the CWS and will open the tournament Saturday against Cal State Fullerton. Heimlich, 21, removed himself from competition last week as Oregon State prepared to play Vanderbilt in the Corvallis, Oregon super regional.
The left-hander then went unselected in the Major League Baseball draft this week.
"For the past six years, I have done everything in my power to demonstrate that I am someone my family and my community can be proud of, and show the one person who has suffered the most that I am committed to living a life of integrity," Heimlich said in a statement released by a family friend.