A Connection to Baseball and Each Other

Category: "Inspire" Stories

Date: May 29, 2020

Since sharing an update on Janet Frederick’s cancer fight, many people asked about her son, Carter, a terrific baseball player who has earned a scholarship to his dream school, Auburn University. Due to the coronavirus, Carter’s high school senior season had to be cut short. But in his last game, he hit an emotional home run with his mom there watching. Here’s a newspaper article that details that game.

 

Carter loves baseball to his core — and Janet has always been his biggest fan. We wanted to share some photos of the two of them, and of Carter in his new Auburn Tigers uniform.

Carter Auburn

We’re all looking forward to closely following his baseball career!

 

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