By brady

Posted on February 20, 2023

You came from a very baseball-oriented family with your father and brother both also playing college baseball. What was it like growing up like that?

When I was younger we’d be playing baseball about every day in the summer for like four or five hours a day and obviously, my dad put the ball in our hands at a young age, but he just wanted us to work hard at whatever we were doing. It was the same if it was hoops because all my brothers played basketball as well, but we all really fell in love with baseball.

Did you watch a lot of baseball games as well?

For sure. We went to a lot of Twins games in the summer.

What are your feelings going into your final season at NDSU?

We just want to let it all hang out, have no regrets and just leave it all on the field and hopefully win another championship.

Do you have any postgraduate plans yet?

I want to play this game as long as I can and if that doesn’t work out, I’ll find a job in the cities.

How do you try to lead here?

I think leading by example is the biggest thing. I also just try to make sure everyone is comfortable and feels welcome because there are a lot of guys on the team and sometimes people can feel left out. But I just tried to include everyone and help with camaraderie.

You guys have a ton of big games this year playing teams like Texas Tech, Arizona, Texas, Arizona State, what are your thoughts on that?

Seeing it just got me excited. We really have nothing to lose playing those games and we want to be in those games and that’s why we play Division I baseball. When I saw the schedule, I was super happy and we’re just excited about the opportunity.

Is there maybe a little bit of an extra edge playing teams like that?

Yes and just proving that you can play at that level. And when you play those big schools, you get to play in front of scouts and stuff like that.