The Central Ohio Knockouts would like to congratulate Makenzie Schmidt from River Valley High School, Laney Mollenkopf from Bucyrus High School and Taylor Hancock from Marion Harding High School. All three will receive $500.00 scholarships from the Marion Merchants Baseball Club. Makenzie played 3 seasons for the Merchants/Knockouts and will attend Bluffton University this fall. Laney played 3 seasons for the Merchants/Knockouts and will attend Bowling Green University this fall. Taylor played 4 seasons for the Merchants/Knockouts and will attend Findlay University this fall. Congrats to these outstanding young ladies and their families. All three played for coach Eric Shirk.

         The Marion Merchants Baseball Club would like to congratulate Ty Endsley from Marion Harding, and Scott Foster from Pleasant High School. Both received $500.000 scholarships from the Marion Merchants Baseball Club. Ty will attend Tiffin University this fall. Scott will attend Ohio State University this fall. Ty and Scott played in the Marion Merchants organization for 10 years and both were coached by Tom Endsley. Congrats to these outstanding young men and their families.