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Q: What is one goal you have for yourself in baseball?

A: My baseball goal is to work hard to be better every time I step on the field. Eventually, I'd like to play baseball in college to be one step closer to achieving my dream of playing professional baseball.

Q: What do you like to do when you're not playing baseball?

A: I like to go to the gym to work on specific movements and build muscle to help reach my strength potential specific to baseball. I enjoy playing other sports for my school team, especially football. I have a part time job that helps me save money for my baseball travels. I also enjoy working with the younger baseball players in my small community by offering catching clinics with my brother and offering pitching and hitting lessons. School isn't always considered fun, but it takes up a big chunk of my time because I carry a pretty heavy load of honors classes. 

Q: What's the dumbest thing you've heard from spectators in the stands?

A: The most consistently dumb things that I hear in the stands when I'm pitching or hitting are "Hit a homerun!" or "Just throw strikes!" I don't have a homerun approach often because I am focusing on hitting the ball hard, to the opposite field. On the mound, obviously I am trying to throw strikes. But that bit of advice isn't going to help me throw more strikes. Baseball is a lot harder than it looks to the spectators. 

Q: What is the best advice you've been given by a coach or mentor?

A: I have been given a lot of good advice over the 11 years I have bene playing baseball. But, the best advice I have ever been given is that baseball is a game of failure. You are going to fail in baseball. You won't always have the best batting average or outcome. But, if you focus on the good parts of your game and always keep your head high, work hard, and don't dwell on the things you did wrong when you get back out there for the next inning or at bat. In other words, just have fun. 

Q: What has baseball taught you that you can apply in life outside of athletics?

A: Baseball has taught me how to deal with failure. You're going to fail and you're going to have to figure out how to adjust, improve, and move forward to the next opportunity, big or small. 

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