LHS Pitcher Drew Lanning Picks Hanover College

The Tigers' pitcher held several offers to continue his academic and athletic career.

Drew Lanning. Photo provided.

(Lawrenceburg, Ind.) – A Lawrenceburg Tigers baseball star will play college baseball just a little over an hour down the road.

Senior Drew Lanning has verbally committed to continue his academic and athletic career at Hanover College.

Lanning held offers from multiple schools including Wilmington College, Oakland City University, Thomas More, West Virginia Tech, Spalding, Crown College, Cedarville University, and University of Findlay.

Lanning is a three-year varsity baseball player and a member of the Florence Y'alls Elite 17U/18U team. As a junior, he led the EIAC in strikeouts and threw a no-hitter in Lawrenceburg’s opening sectional game.

He finished his junior season ranked among the strikeout leaders in Class 3A.

Lanning also stars in the classroom, where he maintains a 3.75 GPA.

He plans to study Electrical Engineering at Hanover. 

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