Derek Jeter Field in Kalamazoo, Michigan (Photo courtesy of Ibraheem Adams)The captain of the New York Yankees - and a lock for the Hall of Fame - graduated from Central in 1992, the same year he was drafted by the Yankees. Then in November of 2011, the local school board approved naming the school's baseball field after Jeter,
according to Mlive.com. The
official sign was posted at the stadium in April of 2012.
"I used to live right behind the school and to myself, I always thought it was my field because I spent as much time on that field as at home. And now it actually says it is my field. It's really kind of bizarre. It's an honor and it means an awful lot to me and an awful lot to my family,"
Jeter said at a dedication ceremony.
