
Nottingham is the first Terriers player to be drafted during Valencia’s eight years as coach. “We helped raise them on the baseball field. “It’s special because I have watched these kids grow up, graduate,” Valencia said. Redlands coach Estevan Valencia tried to put Nottingham’s draft selection and impact on the program in perspective. He was named the league’s Player of the Year and won CIF-Southern Section Division 2 honors. Nottingham led the Terriers to a share of the Citrus Belt League title, the team’s third consecutive. It gave me motivation to work hard and to deal with it. “When I got hurt, it was scary,” Nottingham said. That didn’t stop Nottingham, who returned after just five months in what was supposed to be a 9- to 12-month recovery. He suffered a knee injury midway through his junior season and the prognosis was for a lengthy rehab. That Nottingham played out his senior season was a feat in itself. “We came up short in CIF but I still think it was a great year overall.” It was a great year for the whole team,” Nottingham said the day after being selected by the Astros. Nottingham is the Daily Facts All-City Baseball Player of the Year. The Terriers catcher was good enough to win a scholarship offer from the University of Oklahoma and special enough to be drafted by the Houston Astros. Nottingham just had that kind of season, not to mention that kind of career, with Redlands High School. This relationship is not possible based on lifespan dates.REDLANDS – It won’t be easy to replace Jacob Nottingham.

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Sheriff Department Reserves for several years and was also a special officer for the Montpelier Police Department/Special Officer for two years.Ī resident of Hartford City since 1964, Ray was twice Past Master of Blackford Lodge #106 F. He had also been a Captain with the Blackford Co. In 2009, Ray retired from the Industrial Maintenance division of Tyson Foods, Portland. He also continued his schooling at Ivy Tech and Ball State University. He moved to Hartford City as a young man to graduate from Hartford City High School in 1966. Nottingham, Jr., 71 passed away early Tuesday morning, Februat his home after a long illness.īorn in Huntington W.Va., on July 7, 1947, he was one of four children of Ray, Sr.
