Photo courtesy GPMB

By Tanner Smith

Baseball

Grande Prairie local committed to Edmonton Collegiate Riverhawks

Jul 22, 2024 | 12:08 PM

A recent Grande Prairie high school graduate and minor baseball player will attend post-secondary in Edmonton this fall, while hitting the diamond with the Edmonton Collegiate Riverhawks.

Kallan Taylor-Gagne will be attending the University of Alberta, pursuing a bachelor’s of kinesiology, while pitching for the Riverhawks.

Different from the Edmonton Riverhawks, the college team is made up of local post-secondary students; competing on either the varsity team against other teams in the Canadian College Baseball Conference (CCBC), or with the Junior Varsity team playing top high school programs, and other JV programs inside the CCBC.

Taylor-Gagne will now have to attend the Riverhawks training camp and tryout, to determine if he starts the season on either Varsity or JV.

Locally, Grande Prairie Minor Baseball will miss his impact, as he’s very involved in the community taking part in the Minor Baseball mentor program; working with young kids and those with disabilities.

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His team, the U18 AA Reds are also currently third in the province.

In a post on social media, Grande Prairie Minor Baseball wished Gagne the best of luck in this “exciting new chapter in your baseball career.”

Taylor-Gagne, and the entire GPMB graduating class (CC: GPMB)