Reply to "Trinity University/ McMurry University"

From a student's perspective at Trinity, I have loved my choice. I will say from the beginning that I chose Trinity mainly due to academics and not baseball (that's not because we don't have a solid program which Krakatoa just illustrated, I completely agree with everything he said). I make the point though that I picked the school mainly for reasons other than baseball because if I asked myself if baseball ended tomorrow (injury, couldn't cut it, etc.), where would I be happiest?

The academic path I have chosen for myself is not the easiest, and this spring season I don't have much time to do anything besides baseball, work out, and study. There might be easy classes at Trinity... I just haven't found them . My point--don't come here if you aren't willing to work academically and athletically. The coaches are very understandable when it comes to academics and they know what comes first. Having said that, they want an honest effort on both fronts. For example, they might know you're working hard academically, but they still want you to get in your lifts whenever possible. I too am a pitcher and deal mostly with Coach Smith. He's an easy guy to talk to and we continue to have dialogue about mechanics, school, work outs, etc. He understands priorities.

Purely speaking on the academic front, the teachers are great. They strongly encourage students to stop by after class hours. Each teacher is required to have "office hours" where students can come by to ask questions. Also, most (if not all) classes have teach assistants or peer tutors who also hold office hours. Coming from a private high school, I loved being able to feel comfortable walking into a teacher's office and I couldn't be happier that Trinity has continued that as well.

The program's history and success speaks for itself. The team gets along well (pitchers with position players too), and there is definitely a competitive undertone to practices. We're all competitors. My style of pitching is... unique in that I'm short and don't throw hard. However that doesn't mean I don't get a chance to succeed. Pitchers throw in scrimmages every day (one pitcher will throw once a week-maybe twice, usually anywhere from 3-5 innings), and that allows us to show what we've got. I know exactly where I stand and I'm comfortable and pleased with that-Coach Smith has been great about that.

Pitcher practices are a little bit shorter than position players but we also have more "options" to work outside of practice-yoga, crosstraining/pilates, 2-3 nights a week of pitcher special workouts, and some more stuff.

PM me if you have any specific questions.