Nikhazy, who started for four years at West Orange and then excelled in three college baseball seasons for Ole Miss, was selected by the Cleveland Indians as the No. 58 pick in the second round of the Major League Baseball Draft on Monday. The lefty pitcher, who set an Ole Miss record for wins in a season with a 12-2 record this year, is the first Orlando area product picked.
It’s the latest accomplishment for a guy who rolled a skateboard to his college classes and was likened by a travel ball coach to Jeff Spicoli, the Sean Penn surfer dude character in the movie Fast Times At Ridgemont High.