Pella Christian senior three-sport athlete Caleb Van Arendonk has signed his national letter of intent to continue his academic and baseball careers at Central College next year.

As a junior for the Eagles baseball team, Van Arendonk recorded a .351 batting average, a .448 on-base percentage and 0.561 slugging percentage. Helping lead Pella Christian to their first appearance at the State Tournament since 1994 this past summer, he posted team-highs in RBIs with 30, doubles with 12, and at-bats with 114. Van Arendonk said that the coaching staff at Central was a big reason he chose to stay close to home.

“I think they’re gonna be building something really special and I just want to be a part of that. And also another thing is that it’s good to have the college search off my shoulders, so now I can be focused on basketball and also my senior baseball season.”

Hear more from Caleb Van Arendonk about his signing with Central on Today’s Lely Radio Sports Page.