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...Fernandez no-hit Maine March 18 and then tossed his third consecutive shutout March 22, striking out 15 batters in a 4-0 victory over Florida--the same Gator squad that had pounded out 40 runs and 38 hits in its previous two games...
Despite his current success at Miami, Fernandez made a gutsy decision to turn down a guaranteed professional contract. He was the first first-round draft choice since 1979 to turn down the major leagues...
While football's Barry Sanders, Timm Rosenbach and Bobby Humpherey and basketball's Jay Edwards are leaving school before graduation to make their riches in the professional ranks, Fernandez reflects a growing trend of high school stars who are taking advantage of NCAA baseball as an alternative to the bus rides of the minor leagues...
Hopefully, Fernandez won't either. But even if he does, he will always have his education and his four years of college at Miami...
...Fernandez postponed his dream of pitching in the majors, just as Harvard's Lane MacDonald and Allen Bourbeau postponed their dreams of playing professional hockey for one year to graduate from Harvard...and lead the Crimson to a national championship...