Iona Prep Rolls Out Welcome Wagon for MLB's Colin Moran ’10

New Rochelle, N.Y. (June 29, 2018) – More than 50 Iona Preparatory School baseball fans, including former teammates and coaches—even his father and sister were in attendance—traveled to Citi Field this week to cheer on recent Iona Prep baseball star Colin Moran, a graduate of the Class of 2010 and now the starting third-baseman for the Pittsburgh Pirates.

In a media interview before facing off against the Mets on June 26, the Rye native said he had not just learned how to be a better player at Iona Prep, but also a better person.

“Everything they teach a young man is pretty important,” Moran told the Journal News. “My values in life I learned there.”

After graduating from Iona Prep, where he hit just under .400 with two home runs while serving as the team’s closer, Moran continued his baseball career at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. There, he made the freshman All-American team and was the ACC player of the year as a junior in 2013.

That same year, the Florida Marlins drafted Moran as their first-round pick, making him the sixth pick overall. He was traded to the Houston Astros in 2015 and joined the Pirates earlier this year. He now wears No. 19 and is the starting third baseman, currently hitting .265 with seven home runs and 29 RBI.

Moran is the third Major Leaguer to emerge from Iona Prep, joining older brother and class of 2006 alumnus Brian (taken by the Seattle Mariners in the 2009 Draft), who currently pitches with the Los Angeles Dodgers AA affiliate Tulsa Drillers, and now-retired 1999 graduate Brian Slocum, who was drafted 62nd overall by the Cleveland Indians in 2002.

“Iona Prep is so tremendously proud of Colin and we’ll always be here cheering him on,” said Brother Thomas R. Leto, President of Iona Prep. “We’ve committed more than 100 of our scholar-athletes to collegiate athletics over the past few years, including 31 this year alone, but it’s always inspiring and uplifting to watch our young men like Colin succeed at the highest level.”

About Iona Preparatory School
Reaccredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges & Schools in 2015, Iona Preparatory School K-12 sits on 37 acres of suburban green in New Rochelle, N.Y., where it educates young men to be moral and ethical leaders. Iona Preparatory School is a Catholic community inspired by the charism of Blessed Edmund Rice as expressed in the Essential Elements of a Christian Brothers Education. We develop young men into moral and ethical leaders who are dedicated to Christian service and who strive for spiritual, intellectual and physical excellence. Iona Prep was recently named as Westchester’s only all-boys Catholic school to make the “NY top 100 private schools list” on niche.com. The Centennial Campaign for Excellence is a $10 million capital campaign that will greatly enhance the arts and technology programs for all students. Brick-and-mortar components include the addition of a 435-seat auditorium and an expansion of the Upper School’s Paul Verni Fine Arts Center. At the Lower School, the Library and Technology Center would be completely updated and renovated with a focus on storytelling and STEM education. For more information, please visit IonaPrep.org and to hear our story, visit IAmIonaPrep.com.

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