sentences:  Sprowl attended George D. Chamberlain High School and was a star pitcher at the University of Alabama.In 1976, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Wareham Gatemen of the Cape Cod Baseball League, and received the league's Outstanding Pro Prospect award, and helped lead Wareham to the league title.Sprowl led the nation in strikeouts per nine innings in 1977, and was selected by the Red Sox in that year's amateur draft.