Kevin Youkilis, former Sycamore HS and UC Bearcats star, elected to Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame

Kevin Youkilis, the former Sycamore High School and UC Bearcats standout, is among four former Boston Red Sox players elected to the team's 2018 Hall of Fame class.

Youk's reaction via Twitter:

Youkilis will be inducted next May along with Derek Lowe, Mike Lowell, the late John Frank "Buck" Freeman and non-uniformed inductee Alphonso "Al" Green.

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"Wow, I'm extremely honored, extremely humbled and feeling a little bit shocked," said Youkilis. "I think just to be in the select company of some of the legends that I got a chance to talk to when I was coming up through the Minor Leagues and the Major Leagues and being around them and seeing the history of their playing careers probably means the most to me. I still can't believe it." Youkilis, who was drafted and developed by the Red Sox and was part of the 2004 and '07 champions, is thrilled that he will go into the team's Hall of Fame with two former teammates."It's something you never really think about when you play the game and to be inducted with teammates that you've won with and got to carry trophies with is probably the most meaningful out of all of this," Youkilis said.

Youkilis announced his retirement from baseball in 2014 following a Major League career that lasted 10 seasons.

He has since worked as a special assistant for the Chicago Cubs and as the owner of Loma Brewing Company in Los Gatos, California, with his brother, Scott, also a Sycamore alumnus.

Youkilis had his No. 36 retired by the Bearcats in 2015.

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