Baseball: Ex-Cajun baseball player hurt in combat

Daily Advertiser, September 13, 2011

Former UL baseball player John Coker is recovering from combat wounds sustained in Afghanistan, an Oklahoma television station reported Monday.

The outfielder from Muskogee, Okla., played two seasons with the Ragin’ Cajuns, ending with an NCAA Regional appearance in 2005.

Citing information from his mother, Stacy Coker, KOTV-Ch. 6 in Tulsa reported that Coker “was badly hurt while on duty’’ with knee, leg and pelvis gunshot wounds.

The one-time San Diego Padres draft choice had 29 steals during the 2004-05 school year, when he also led the Sun Belt Conference in both triples (10) and runs (82).

Athletic Network Footnote: Click here for John R. Coker, Jr.’s AN profile.