FAYETTEVILLE — Arkansas baseball picked up a commitment Wednesday from a two-sport standout at Bentonville.
Kam'ron Mays-Hunt committed to the Razorbacks as a pitcher less than a week after receiving a scholarship offer from Arkansas coach Dave Van Horn. Mays-Hunt will be a senior in the coming school year. He transferred to Bentonville from White Hall prior to his sophomore year.
“I was very excited to get the offer,” Mays-Hunt told WholeHogSports.com earlier this week. “It’s a great school and I really like Arkansas. What was great was I got a chance to go down and visit with him one-on-one and tour everything. That was the first time I have ever really had a one-on-one visit like that and it was really good.”
Mays-Hunt (6-0, 175 pounds) has flourished this summer as a pitcher for the Arkansas Sticks travel team that includes nine other players committed to SEC programs, seven to the Razorbacks. Mays-Hunt runs 6.5 seconds in the 60-yard dash and his fastball touched 91 mph during an event at Fayetteville High School two weeks ago when Van Horn was in attendance.
In addition to Arkansas, Mays-Hunt had received interest from the baseball programs at Tennessee and Missouri, according to his recruiting profile on Perfect Game.
Mays-Hunt also is a top receiver for Bentonville's football team. He had 36 receptions for 553 yards and 6 touchdowns as a junior, and has received football scholarship offers from Central Arkansas, Illinois State and Missouri Western State.
Arkansas offered Mays-Hunt the same week Eau Claire, Wis., right-handed pitcher Tanner Kohlhepp announced he was de-committing from the Razorbacks' 2018 class. Verbal commitments are non-binding.