RICHMOND, Ky. – High school senior Mitchell Durbin has signed a National Letter of Intent to play baseball at Eastern Kentucky University in the spring of 2011, head coach Jason Stein announced on Tuesday. Durbin is a left-handed hitting corner infielder from Fairfield High School in Ohio.

“Following graduation and the draft of 2010, we will probably have two immediate needs and, as a left-handed bat with power and a corner infielder, Mitch fills both of them,” Stein said.

The 6’2, 200 lb Durbin was named Fairfield High’s Most Valuable Player in 2009. In 2008, he earned second team All-Greater Miami Conference and second team All-County honors while batting .377 with three home runs, 23 RBI, 24 runs scored, 13 doubles and a .662 slugging percentage.

The 1B/3B played summer ball for the Butler County Diamondbacks (18U), the Cincinnati Mustangs (17U) and for Team Ohio in the Midwest Baseball Classic. He led that team with a .452 batting average, 102 hits, 29 doubles, 12 home runs, 69 runs scored and a .752 slugging percentage.

A two-time All-Academic team member, Durbin has also been proficient in the classroom where he has maintained a 3.3 grade point average.

Durbin was coached at Fairfield High by Larry Price, whose son, Robby Price, played at EKU in the early 2000's.