Anaheim Angels draft Weedon
in 37th round
by Misty Volaski

It is every little boy's dream getting drafted for a major league baseball team.
Nordhoff senior Trevor Weedon will get to live that dream, should he decide to sign with the Anaheim Angels, who picked him in the 37th round of the draft Wednesday.
Weedon said he wasn't sure if he would sign with the franchise just yet.
"I would have to start in the rookies, and make my way up to the major league," he said. "I might go to (California State University) Chico instead. But I have 15 days to make the decision."
Weedon, who's played baseball for 13 years, said it's always been his dream to play major league baseball. He played P.O.N.Y. baseball in Ojai as a kid, and later joined Nordhoff's baseball team in his freshman year of high school.
As the Rangers' catcher, Weedon and his team made it to the CIF playoffs each year. However, they never made it past the second round. "One year we drew the top-seeded team, so we got eliminated in the first round," Weedon said. "But this year we did OK."
In between baseball seasons, the 2002 Ojai Youth of the Year fills his days with football. "I don't work because I play baseball and football and I have lots of practices to go to," he said.
Though an injury kept him out of several games this year, he returned just in time for a key game against Oak Park, helping the Rangers move to the second round of the CIF playoffs.
"My football career is probably pretty much over. I miss it already from last season, though," Weedon said. "But I have more of a future in baseball."
Weedon said of being picked for the Angels, "It's not like Noah (Lowry)'s thing were you're picked, like, second and you get a million bucks," Weedon said. "I knew they wanted me, but I found out at lunch at school today that they actually did pick me. That was pretty cool."

© 2002 The Ojai Valley News

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