After his arrest for allegedly beating an 84-year-old man, a college baseball player is no longer enrolled in the school he played for.
Owen Hayes, 21, played for Master’s University, a private non-denominational Christian university competing in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), in Santa Clara late last month when he allegedly entered a shift in a bar and hit the older man.
Hayes turned in earlier this week to Clarita Valley Sheriff’s station and was indicted for crime of crimes that probably produced great bodily harm, with bail set at $ 50,000.
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A baseball that lies in a glove on the grass. (Getty Images)
The school confirmed to TMZ that Hayes is “no longer” enrolled there.
“When violations arise, we follow established procedures to ensure that appropriate action is decisive. We are grateful that such behavior is very rare among our students who come to TMU because they want to honor the Lord,” the school continued.
A collection of baseballs in front of batting practice. (Jamie Schwaberow/NCAA -Photos via Getty Images)
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His profile page is also closed down on the school’s athletics site.
The alleged incident took place at DOC’s Inn on February 27. Video gained by TMZ Sports shows a group of young men surrounding the 84-year-old before the older man is sucking from behind.
The alleged victim was allegedly knocked unconscious from blows and admitted to the hospital with a skull fracture and brain haemorrhage.
TD Ameritrade Park during the game between Vanderbilt Commodores and Mississippi State Bulldogs during the division of the baseball championship held in Omaha on June 29, 2021 in Omaha, Nebraska. (Jamie Schwaberow/NCAA -Photos via Getty Images)
Hayes was a corner fielder who studied sports management at the school.
