Ron Prettyman takes over as the head of college baseball for the NCAA. (Indiana State)

NCAA’s Prettyman Discusses The Issues

Ron Prettyman wants to move the needle for college baseball.

For years, Dennis Poppe led the charge for college baseball in the NCAA hierarchy, doing his very best to take the fast-growing sport to levels some never saw coming. Then, the NCAA replaced the now-retired Poppe with Ivy League graduate Damani Leech, who vacated his post this past summer for a can’t-turn-down type of opportunity with the NFL.

That set of events brought the NCAA to a familiar face in Prettyman. Prettyman has had a long-standing relationship with college baseball. His son, Ronnie, was a standout player at Cal State Fullerton,[…]