Photos courtesy Amanda Franks

The Activity Room at Winnfield Senior High School was once again filled as two senior athletes signed letters to attend two different colleges.  One is Canyon Compton who will be headed to South Arkansas Community College for his studies and to play baseball with the Stars.

Coach Damion Herron describes the senior as “the best pure hitter I’ve coached in my 19 years in this business.  He’s an extremely hard worker who has put in many hours in the batting cage.  He’s a very coachable player.”  The “pure hitter” comment is borne out by his junior year batting average of .406.

His parents are Josh and Toni Browning, his father Cody Compton.  The Tigers’ MVP in his junior year, Canyon won the Clay Ferrand Award in his sophomore year and was invited to play in the Dominican Republic with professional coaches and players.

He was a starter for the WSHS varsity team in his freshman, sophomore, junior and senior years and the first three years was named All-District.  (The senior year is still in progress).  For his junior year, he led the team with his .406 batting average as well as leading in doubles, home runs and RBIs.  He was LSWA All State as a junior.  He has been with his travel ball team D5 for 10 years under Coach Eddie Parkman.