Cameron Maybin (born April 4, 1987 in Arden, North
Carolina) is a Major League Baseball player on the
Florida Marlins. He was the tenth pick in the 2005
First-Year Player Draft and in 2006 played center
field, for the Class A West Michigan Whitecaps. He
has been consistently ranked as the Tigers' (his
previous team) top minor league prospect.
Maybin played high school baseball for T.C. Roberson
High School in Arden, North Carolina. As a freshman,
he led his team to a state title and was named the
tournament's Most Valuable Player. The summer before
his senior season, Maybin won the Connie Mack World
Series batting title and World Series MVP award in
Farmington, N.M. Joe Hayden, his manager with the
Midland (Ohio) Redskins, said he had "the same
instincts in the outfield and at the plate" as Ken
Griffey, Jr., who Hayden also coached in the Connie
Mack division, an amateur baseball league for
players 18 and younger. Maybin was also named the
2004 Baseball America Youth Player of the Year.
He is the cousin of Minnesota Timberwolves guard
Rashad McCants and third cousin of Canadian Football
League running back John Avery.
