Matthew Jenkins signs with Santa Fe College

Lee Trawick [email protected] When young boys put on their first pair of cleats and feel the clay beneath their feet, baseball quickly becomes part of their dreams. At least, that was the case for Lafayette High School senior Matthew Jenkins. Unlike with many baseball greats, who began playing the sport as soon as they could walk, Jenkins was eight-years-old when he first picked up a baseball. However, it was evident he was gifted a bit differently than his peers. Jenkins always threw harder and farther than most. It would be two years before he would start pitching, however, the baseball dream had already consumed his thoughts. Jenkins grew up in Suwannee County, where he