When making his college decision, Kyler McIntosh said he wanted to play baseball somewhere with much warmer weather to practice and train year-round.
McIntosh, an incoming junior at Columbus North, will get that opportunity after he announced his commitment to Alabama State.
Alabama State is familiar with the McIntosh family. His brother Hunter, an assistant baseball coach at North, played there from 2013-16.
"I’ve been around Alabama State a lot with my brother going there, so I’m really close with the coaches there already," McIntosh said. "I love it down there just because how much I went down there, so I’ve gotten used to it. They gave me a good offer as a two-way position player and a pitcher, so it was hard to turn down."
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Playing mostly second base, McIntosh batted .277 with five doubles for the Bull Dogs this spring. He also saw some action on the mound, going 1-1 with a 2.27 in 12.1 innings over four appearances, including one start, for a team that went 22-8 and won the Conference Indiana championship.
Alabama State is a Division I school located in Montgomery and is a member of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC). The Hornets finished the regular season 28-26 this spring.
McIntosh is excited for his future opportunity.
"I can’t wait. It’s always been a dream to go to the next level and to play Division I," McIntosh said. "It climbed, and I kept getting better. I always wanted to go to college and play baseball. It’s super-exciting, and it’s been a dream of mine, but now, it becomes a bigger dream and now it’s the Majors or even Single-A ball just to get that far now."
