Hampden-Sydney College Virginia

My son goes to H-S and he absolutely loves the school. The baseball program is on the rise. Coach Kinney has been conference coach of the year two of the last three years. You can pm me if you have questions. What position does your son play?

mm77 - OK, I sent you a pm, not sure how this works, I hope you get it! Thanks for getting back to me! Here's a link to a picture of him that was in the Baltimore Sun taken at a Spring Break Tourney in Tampa, he's #15, and yes, he got the other kid out! http://image.vmixcore.com/60/831/25/8765732/117/60/87/6...1feaa197eb2ac354.jpg

MightyMom,
I sent you a PM.

MightyMom,.....
GREAT name!


Welcome to the HSBBW!!

You might also try a PM to bballmomssr, whose son is a freshman there now. Since he left high school, haven't seen this poster around here any more, but a PM might reach her.

We also have a former teammate who is a freshman there. If you would like, you can PM me your contact info and I'll pass it along to the player via his family.

I have known Coach Kinne since he was an assistant at Mary Washington.

He not only is a fine gentleman but he is also an excellent baseball man as shown by his record at HS.

I am not that familiar with the academics and the school atmosphere other than it is a smallish school and has a good reputation

mm77. Congratulations to your son. Wish him the best of luck at Hampden-Sydney. We may be playing them next spring on a pre Florida trip to VA. Do you know anything about Bethesda-Chevy Chase HS? Austin Ziskie (P/1B) just committed to us the other day for next year. Should be a great addition.

MightyMom, congrats on your son's choice. My son will be a freshman at Washington and Lee in the fall. ODAC is a good conference and HSC has a nice program. See you at the field next spring!

Thanks to everyone who got back to me, your input was very helpful. My son was under a lot of pressure from the in-laws to attend Dickinson, but he was steadfast about HSC. It is the perfect place for him academically, socially, and politically (he's a bit of a conservative). He picked it even though he was guaranteed to play at Dickinson, but at HSC he's taking his chances. I think he'll be fine. To anyone familiar with the baseball kids at HSC, young Mr. Z. H., the freshman 1st baseman, is a great spokesman for the school. I had the chance to talk with him for a long time and if he's representative of the rest of the kids there, we have made a great choice! Go Tigers!

Special note to Shortstopmom . . . my son's name is Dwight . . . I began cheering for for Mighty Dwighty when he was a little boy, now when he comes up to bat, everyone cheers for Mighty Dwighty! That's where MightyMom came from!

That young freshman you speak of swung a very good bat. He's a fine catcher, as well, and it would not surprise me to see him back behind the plate in 09.

MightyMom...hopefully you will make it down for one of the LC-HSC games next year.

Congrats to your son, MightyMom. I hope he is happy at HSC. My baseball playing son just finished his sophomore year there. He has made some wonderful friends. Lots of talent graduating this year, so there will be plenty of opportunities for hard-working freshman next year. And Coach Kinne has demonstrated a willingess to let freshman play.

You won't really call him "Mighty Dwighty" out loud at college games will you?

The Frat boys, a tremendously clever, and usually sauced, group would wear that one out.

Good luck to you son; our guys at CNU play them every year. A good program, a very conservativce school. Great academics.