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Knoxville’s Lance Daugherty will play baseball next spring for Mount Mercy College. Daugherty has played a number of different positions during his high school career but last season settled in at first base and pitcher. Daugherty was second on the team in batting average last year with a 408 average. He also led the team with 48 R-B-I. On the mound Daugherty has a four-point-seven/five E-R-A with 18 strikeouts. Mount Mercy is an N-A-I-A school and is a member of the Midwest Collegiate Conference