FAYETTEVILLE — Dylan Leach observed from afar as freshman Robert Moore quickly grew into a valuable player on the University of Arkansas’ baseball team this year.
Now Leach, a 5-11, 190-pound, 17-year-old catcher from Carthage, Texas, is planning to follow Moore’s path to the Razorbacks.
Leach said Wednesday he will graduate high school early and enroll at the UA a year earlier than expected. Originally committed to the Razorbacks’ 2021 recruiting class that would be eligible to play in 2022, Leach now hopes to be in the mix for playing time next season.
“We kind of said, ‘Why stay in high school a year and the drafts are going to get all messed up, when we can go to college a year early and get three years under your belt and get drafted?