Ontario Blue Jays' Lukas Touma commits to USC Upstate

Ontario Blue Jays RHP Lukas Touma (Toronto, Ont.) has committed to the University of South Carolina Upstate. Photo: Twitter

April 24, 2020

Official Ontario Blue Jays News Release

The Ontario Blue Jays are excited to announce that RHP Lukas Touma (Toronto, Ont.) has committed to further his academic and baseball career at the University of South Carolina Upstate (NCAA DI - Spartanburg, SC).

Touma joined OBJ as a 17-year-old and has become a staple in every OBJ Pitching Rotation that he is a part of. He is a graduate of William Lyon MacKenzie Collegiate Institute location in Toronto.

Touma will join a strong Spartans program that was off to a hot start in 2020 under a new coaching staff lead by Mike McGuire. He will look to hop into the rotation for USC in 2021 and make an immediate impact for them. Touma will also battle it out with OBJ teammate, David Coleman in the Big South for years to come.

Touma is the first Ontario Blue Jays player to attend the University of South Carolina Upstate.