Prospect profile: Kindred Atwood of Bridgton Academy

Bridgton Academy right-hander Kindred Atwood (Ayer, Mass.) is committed to the University of New Orleans.

The ambition from the outset was to venture south.

For anyone who hails from New England and is good enough to earn an athletic scholarship from a Division 1 college program located below the Mason-Dixon line, more often than naught, you jump at the opportunity.

Kindred Atwood never once hesitated in doing just that. The Bridgton Academy post-graduate from Ayer, Mass., was able to spark the interest of the University of New Orleans coaching staff and, as a result, he will be heading to the Crescent City next year.

“I always knew that I would like to go to college down south because I’m not a big fan of the cold,” said Atwood, a 6-foot-3, 200-pound right-handed pitcher. “UNO was a school that when I was deciding on where I wanted to go to college, it was a school that I knew I could succeed at as well as challenge myself.”