Owen Henne’s recruiting path:
0 D1 offers
2 D3 offers
1 D2 offer (@SHGriffBaseball)
Now: Drafted in the 6th Round by the St. Louis Cardinals.
You don't need everyone to see your potential. You just need one coach to take a chance. Never. Give. Up.
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When I was younger, I watched a lot of my teammates sacrifice their dream of playing college baseball or professionally.
We all hung out.
We all practiced.
We all wanted to chase girls.
It was that age where our hormones started kicking in.
In fact, we would go to the mall...just to get phone numbers.
And, you would get clowned if you didn't get any numbers.
One day, one of my mentors, a shortstop at UC San Diego, from my hometown, pulled me aside and gave me advice I'll never forget.
He said:
"You'll have time for girls later.
Right now, your girlfriend should be the gym."
Then he smiled and said,
"Oh yeah... if you become a really good player, there will probably be plenty of girls chasing you later anyway." 😂
I listened.
He was 100% right.
Instead of chasing distractions...
I chased my dream.
Looking back, he wasn't telling me to avoid relationships.
He was teaching me about priorities.
That conversation stayed with me all the way to the major leagues.
Now let me pass that same advice down to you.
If you're a talented player, ask yourself one question before making a decision:
"Will this move me closer to my dream... or farther away from it?"
If the answer is farther away...
It's probably a distraction.
Because there's one thing I learned playing this game;
Protect your dream.
You'll have plenty of time for everything else.
Thank you for reading.
- Jermaine Curtis
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Someone passed this advice down to me. Maybe it's your turn to pass it on.
Every training camp I had at Washington State University, Coach Leach would share the same story.
The story of two kids. The rich kid and the poor kid.
The rich kid has two choices. He can become spoiled, entitled, lazy, and expect everything to be handed to him because he has been given more. Or he can take every advantage of what he has been given—resources, coaching, opportunities—and use it to become even better.
The poor kid has two choices too. He can say, “I never had a chance. Nobody gave me anything. The world is against me.” He can feel sorry for himself and use it as an excuse. Or he can say, “I may not have what they have, but I am going to outwork everybody.” He can become tougher, more driven, and more relentless than everybody else.
It was a powerful message in a locker room full of people from different backgrounds, different families, and different life experiences. Some guys came from wealth. Some came from almost nothing. Some had every opportunity. Others had to fight for every inch.
But despite all of those differences, everybody still had the same choice.
You can take ownership and use what you have as fuel.
Or you can become victim-minded. You can look for excuses, blame your circumstances, become entitled, and convince yourself that because of what you have—or because of what you do not have—you cannot become what you want to be.
It is not about how you start. It is about what you choose to do with how you start.
The rich kid can waste what he has been given or use it to build something greater. The poor kid can use his circumstances as an excuse or as fuel.
In the end, greatness does not come from starting with more or less. It comes from which person inside of you that you choose to feed.
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Congratulations to 2025 INF @BillickCharlie on his commitment to @AVCAthletics. Charlie is a talented switch hitting shortstop. Charlie has a smooth stroke from both sides of the plate and has projectable athleticism as an infielder. Congratulations to Charlie and his family!
Getting warmed up for Senior year. What happened to that little boy and his brother (JT) I was playing catch with in the yard?! -sigh-Enjoying the ride.
@BillickCharlie Getting warmed up for Senior year. What happened to that little boy and his brother I was just playing catch with in the yard?! -sigh- Enjoying the ride. 6’1” 185 SS - Committed
@LASHYBILLS@PicturesFoIder She’s so unintelligent she can’t even come up with a good line. All she does is repeat what he says, which shows you how stupid she actually is. Low class small minded loser.