Luke Maile

Luke Maile
Tampa Bay Rays
Catcher
Born: February 6, 1991
Edgewood, Kentucky
Bats: Right Throws: Right

Luke Richard Maile (born February 6, 1991) is an American professional baseball catcher in Minor League Baseball for the Tampa Bay Rays' organization. Before his professional career, Maile excelled in amateur baseball for Covington Catholic High School and the University of Kentucky.

Career

Maile attended Covington Catholic High School in Park Hills, Kentucky, where he played for the school's baseball team. Maile set school records for batting average, on-base percentage, hits, walks, runs scored, runs batted in, doubles, and triples.[1] He was named the Cincinnati Enquirer‍ '​s Player of the Year in three of his four years at Covington, and was named Kentucky's Mr. Baseball in his senior year.[2]

The Red Sox selected Maile in the 43rd round of the 2009 MLB Draft,[3] but he did not sign. Maile had asked the Red Sox for more money than they wanted to offer.[2] Maile enrolled at the University of Kentucky, where he played college baseball for the Kentucky Wildcats baseball team. In 2012, his junior year, Maile won the Southeastern Conference (SEC) Player of the Week Award twice, was an All-SEC Second Team member, and was a semifinalist for the Golden Spikes Award and the Dick Howser Trophy.[4]

The Rays took Maile in the eighth round, with the 272nd overall selection, of the 2012 MLB Draft.[4] In 2014, he played for the Montgomery Biscuits of the Class AA Southern League.[5] The Rays promoted the Durham Bulls of the Class AAA International League.[6]

Personal life

Maile was married on November 1, 2014.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Lexington, KY local and state news by the Lexington Herald-Leader - Kentucky.com". kentucky.com. Retrieved March 2, 2015.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 http://archive.cincinnati.com/article/AB/20090816/SPT0106/908170339/Red-Sox-won-t-sign-Maile
  3. ↑ http://archive.cincinnati.com/article/20090611/SPT0302/306110041/Red-Sox-draft-CovCath-s-Maile
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Luke Maile picked in eighth round by the Tampa Bay Rays". Retrieved October 25, 2014.
  5. ↑ A. Stacy Long (May 25, 2014). "Biscuits' Maile continues hot hitting streak". Retrieved October 25, 2014.
  6. ↑ A. Stacy Long, Montgomery Advertiser (August 31, 2014). "Biscuits' Maile jumps up to Bulls". Retrieved October 25, 2014.
  7. ↑ A. Stacy Long (August 29, 2014). "BISCUITS NOTES: Maile will skip AFL All-Star Game". The Montgomery Advertiser. Retrieved March 2, 2015.

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