EHS' Zach Lee Signs w/Kentucky

(PRESENT FOR THE SIGNING CEREMONY FOR EFFINGHAM HIGH SCHOOL'S ZACH LEE WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY IS FRONT ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT: SEAN LEE (dad), ZACH LEE, AND DENISE LEE (mom); BACK ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT: EHS HEAD BASEBALL COACH CHRIS FLEENER AND JACKSON LEE (brother))

Effingham High School senior Zach Lee has big goals. He's seen three other Effingham natives reach the major leagues as a pitcher recently and would like to be in that same company.

Toward that goal, Lee Wednesday signed a national letter of intent to pitch college baseball for the University of Kentucky. The son of Sean and Denise Lee, Zach plans to study Communications while working on refining his pitching skills.

Lee said he liked the campus and Wildcats Coach Nick Mingione. One goal is to help Kentucky to the College World Series.

Zach topped out at 94MPH during the sectionals last spring, but thinks there's room for improvement. Effingham Coach Chris Fleener said that kind of velocity is something special and he likes Zach's mechanics, too.

Greg Sapp spoke with Zach Lee after the signing ceremony. Here's their conversation...