According to a report in USA Today, Bryce Harper will skip his last two years of high school and enroll in community college with hopes of becoming eligible for the 2010 Amateur Draft. Harper was recently profiled in a Sports Illustrated cover story. I put together a few interesting bits on Harper recently.
From USA Today:
Harper plans to take a high school equivalency test and enter the draft in 2010 or 2011, Ron Harper said.
"Bryce is always looking for his next challenge," Ron Harper said. He's going to pursue his education, too. He's going to get pushed academically and athletically."
Harper hit .626 with 14 homers, 55 RBI and 36 steals last season for Las Vegas High School.
His photo is on the cover of the June 8 issue of Sports Illustrated, along with a headline that compares him to LeBron James, the Cleveland Cavaliers basketball star who received superstar hype in high school before getting picked first in the 2003 NBA draft.
Ron Harper said his son pushed to leave high school early.
"He was thinking about it, he initiated it," the father said. "He said, 'Dad, why can't I take my GED and do this?"'
Players become eligible for the draft at age 16 if they have completed high school.
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