Local baseball athlete transfers to UF

Alexa Duarte reporter2.riverbendnews@gmail.com Matthew Jenkins is a local baseball player to his hometown in Suwannee County. Jenkins played with Suwannee High School up until his junior year in 2022. Over the summer, going into his senior year of 2023, Jenkins played travel ball. Jenkins stated, I was at Suwannee and didn't get to much playing time but was dominating in travel ball said Jenkins. “College scouts and coaches kept asking why I didn't play much at Suwannee and I had no reasoning of why.” Jenkins then decided it would be best for him to leave Suwannee and join Lafayette High School's baseball team. Jenkins joined Lafayette's baseball team with the help of Dawson Mock and