Medina grad on SUNY Cortland baseball team that is on a special trip to the Dominican
Contributed Photo – Xander Payne
The SUNY Cortland baseball team, whose roster includes Medina High graduate Xander Payne, is spending this winter break week in the Dominican Republic for a combination of preseason diamond work and community service projects.
Payne is a junior pitcher for the Red Dragons majoring in Sports Management.
This is the third time the Cortland baseball team has made the preseason trip to the Dominican.
In addition to practicing and playing exibition games against Dominican teams, the Cortland players will be holding youth baseball clinics, donating baseball equipment such as shoes and pants and doing community service work by helping with local housing projects.
The players will also be learning about the country’s culture by visiting some historic sites and also get the opportunity to learn a little Spanish.
The Red Dragons will open the season at the D3 Showcase in Greensboro, North Carolina February 19-22.
