As No. 1 Oregon State (54-4) gets set for play in the College World Series, it'll do so without ace pitcher Luke Heimlich. The junior lefty was the Pac-12 Pitcher of the Year, but reports surfaced last week that he pleaded guilty to felony child molestation when he was 15 years old.
The fallout has included Heimlich going undrafted -- which previously would have been an outright shock -- and now he has released a statement about not attending the College World Series (via oregonlive.com):
"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.