RHP Takoda Metoxen Joins Memphis Baseball

Nov 19, 2015 | Baseball

Takoda Metoxen, a right-handed pitcher from Franklin High School in Wisconsin, will join the Memphis Baseball program as a member of the 2016 class, head coach Daron Schoenrock announced Wednesday.

"Takoda projects as a power pitcher with good feel of his secondary pitches. He has the work ethic and drive to be successful and we anxiously await his arrival," head coach Daron Schoenrock said.

Metoxen plays for the Rawlings Hitters in Wisconsin, despite missing time in 2015 because of an injury. In 2014 for the Hitters he compiled a 2.35 ERA with 54 strikeouts in 41 2/3 innings pitched. He had a pair of double-digit strikeout games, including a season high 15 Ks in a seven-inning outing. He had a 4-2 record and one save. Metoxen is also a member of the football team.

He is the son of Shannon and Leigh Ann Metoxen and is an American Indian from the Oneida Tribe out of Green Bay, Wisconsin.