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Outfielder John Norwood celebrates with Vanderbilt head coach Tim Corbin after hitting the eventual game-winning home run in the third game of the College World Series finals against Virginia on June 25.

(Steven Branscombe-USA Today Sports)

Peapack and Gladstone native John Norwood, whose dramatic game-winning home run in the final game of the College World Series gave Vanderbilt its first national championship in baseball, has opted to skip his senior year and sign a free-agent contract with the Miami Marlins, according to a report from the Tennessean.

Norwood, a former Seton Hall Prep standout, was not selected in this year's Major League Baseball draft. The outfielder was drafted in 2011 out of Seton Hall in the 12th round by the Toronto Blue Jays but chose to attend Vanderbilt.

Norwood's eighth-inning home run in the third game of the CWS finals provided the winning margin in a 3-2 victory over Virginia. Norwood then had a productive run playing for the Cotuit Kettleers in the Cape Cod League this summer, batting .324 with three home runs and 12 RBI in 74 at-bats.