Durant senior baseball player Cameron Ellis has verbally committed to Southeastern University.

Ellis, a left-handed pitcher, also considered Marshall, Palm Beach Atlantic, Maryville and Belleview. He said he chose the Fire, an NAIA program located in Lakeland, because of the rapport he built with Southeastern players during a campus visit.

“The guys there were great,” Ellis said. “They were more interested in me as a player and as a person. They welcomed me with open arms.”

Trapped behind a plethora of senior pitchers last season, Ellis logged just 26 2/3 innings on the mound as a junior. He went 2-2 with a 3.94 ERA, striking out 27.

Ellis said he had a good summer playing for the Bullets Baseball 18-under squad, and he expects to be a heavy contributor on the mound for the Cougars this season.