Windham High School 2012 graduate Cody Dube was drafted #301 by Baltimore Orioles last week. Dube just graduated from Keene State College (D3) with a Bachelor’s of Science in safety and occupational health with a 3.28 GPA.
For Keene, Dube earned several awards:
Little East Conference First Team, Little East Pitcher of the Year, All Region
First Team for New England, All American Third Team, Strength and Conditioning
All American, New England Senior All Star. During his senior year he had an ERA
of 1.2, with a career at Keene of 2.68.
Dube has always wanted to play
professional baseball. He has wanted to go to the next level after stepping up.
In 2015, Dube played for Sanford Mainers which is part of the NECBL. In the first
month of the season, Dube was seen by several scouts. His success earned him a
spot on the NECBL All-Star team and the pro scouts also saw his performance
there.
Dube received an email from Atlanta
Braves and did a workout/showcase in the fall of 2015. He then started getting
emails from other teams and was asked to complete questionnaires. In total,
Dube heard from 25 teams. Although he was excited, Dube took things one step at
a time and that meant finishing college at Keene State.
In the last few weeks, Dube received
several calls from scouts inquiring about his interest in the Major League
draft. He also did three workouts before the draft for the Pittsburgh Pirates,
New York Mets and Philadelphia Phillies.
The Orioles first saw Cody play in his
first game for Keene State in March while the team was in Florida.
Cody left for Maryland this past Monday.
He will be subjected to a team physical exam and then expects to be playing for
the Single A Aberdeen Ironbirds. Cody’s opportunity to hit the big fields will
occur during spring training 2017.
Some other interesting facts about Cody
Dube:
Best baseball memory: Senior year of
high school a 12-4 loss to Scarborough in semi-finals and a great group of kids
to play with.
Piece of advice to kids that want to
play pro: Work hard and take each step one at a time. Never take anything for
granted. Keep the goals small and achievable and success will come.
Growing up favorite professional baseball
team? Red Sox. He may have to change his alliances later on, but feels that you
don’t lose who your favorite childhood team was.
Cody’s parents, Randy and Andrea are
obviously excited and taking a page from Cody’s book, taking each day one at a
time.
“It’s been a whirlwind since last week,” said Randy.
