Britton Yoder (Owasso, Okla.) has signed a letter of intent to continue his baseball career at Northwestern beginning in the fall of 2017.

Yoder, the son of Josh and Staci, is a 6-3 pitcher/outfielder from Claremore High School in Oklahoma. Yoder has earned three varsity letters in his career. Yoder was named to the All-Metro honorable mention team as a junior by the Tulsa World newspaper, was an All-District 5A-4 outfielder, and was also named to the Oklahoma All-State Underclassmen team as a sophomore. Yoder won the Zebra Award for Community as a junior. Yoder also won the Team Hustle award as a sophomore.

Yoder, a potential valedictorian in his class, plans to major in Psychology/Biblical Studies while at Northwestern.

[media photo="22912"]"We are really excited to have Britton join us," said head coach Brian Wede. "He is the type of kid that excels in every area of his life. Baseball wise he is a tremendous pitcher with very good velocity and is a potential high level two-way player for us. He has the size and athletic ability to be an impact player for many years both on the mound and in the outfield."