Lots of good stuff out there about young men who chose to attend college and play baseball and having lots of success in careers on and off the field, I know of some folks here whose son's success stories are pretty impressive, but they don't like to talk about it openly, that's fine.
Wanted to tell you about son's very good friend Herman Demmink, from Midlothian, VA, attended and graduated from Clemson U. Herman was drafted but unfortunetly his pro career didn't last long due to injury. Herman, while playing baseball and going to classes, also became a personal trainer, he was responsible for the team remaining healthy during the 2006 year the team went to Omaha. Jack put him in charge of working with the team in the gym and it minimized, actually it eliminated injuries that year.
Anyway, Herman also acquired his masters, and just recently was hired by UT as the baseball trainer (and another sport for woman) and in this off season works with 3 MLB pitchers plus milb players. I do beleive his goal is to become a MLB trainer and I have no doubt he will someday achieve that goal.
He's actually picked up a following, but a guy can work only so many hours in the day.
Anyone have any stories to share?
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