[edit] Introduction

Cameron Coffey was born in Houston, Texas to the parents of Kevin and Kathy Coffey. He attended Village Middle School and Houston Christian High School where he not only did well in baseball but was a star student. Following high school Coffey had been given a full scholarship to Duke University where he intended to play before signing his contract with the Orioles. His agent is Rob Martin of Icon Sports.

Cameron Coffey was the drafted in the twenty-second round of the 2009 MLB draft by the Baltimore Orioles. He signed the largest contract of any player drafted outside the tenth round in MLB history. Coffey is currently in Baltimore's farm system with the Gulf Coast League Orioles. He recently underwent Tommy John surgery in his senior year of high school and is still recovering. His procedurce took place in Alabama by the famous Dr. James Andrews who is renowned in the sports world for his great Tommy John Procedures.

[edit] Sources

• "Coffey Gets Unprecedented Deal". http://www.myfoxhouston.com/dpp/sports/mlb/090813_coffey_signs_with_orioles. Retrieved 2009-08-20. 
• "BaseballAmerica.com: Blog: Baseball America Draft Blog » Blog Archive » How Cameron Coffey Got $990,000". http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/draft/?p=1498. Retrieved 2009-08-20. 
• "O's on Deck: Updates on the Orioles' 2009 draft picks - Baltimoresun.com's Dean Jones Jr. blogs about minor league baseball - baltimoresun.com". http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/sports/minors/blog/2009/08/updates_on_the_orioles_2009_dr.html. Retrieved 2009-08-20. 
• "- MASNsports.com". http://masnsports.com/2009/08/more-signing-info.html. Retrieved 2009-08-20. 

This biographical article relating to a American baseball pitcher is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. v • d • e