Jtilley said:
Surprised UNCW was able to keep a guy that hit 27 HR's and 75 RBI's last year, good for them.
Read his bio and caught that as well. Noticed he went to a 1A high school, might have flown under the radar some besides a local scout finding him. I also went to a 1A HS that ended up having three guys drafted off a team, one including Dustin Ackley, but he even transferred to a 4A school his sr year trying to get noticed.Alex Gee said:Jtilley said:
Surprised UNCW was able to keep a guy that hit 27 HR's and 75 RBI's last year, good for them.
And was drafted out of high school. He really bet on himself and won.
I played golf against Dustin in 7th and 8th grade and we got paired up in most matches. Said he was just dicking around becasue it didn't make sense to play middle school baseball with how much he was going to play in the summer. Worked out pretty well for him haha. Good dude and family.Jtilley said:Read his bio and caught that as well. Noticed he went to a 1A high school, might have flown under the radar some besides a local scout finding him. I also went to a 1A HS that ended up having three guys drafted off a team, one including Dustin Ackley, but he even transferred to a 4A school his sr year trying to get noticed.Alex Gee said:Jtilley said:
Surprised UNCW was able to keep a guy that hit 27 HR's and 75 RBI's last year, good for them.
And was drafted out of high school. He really bet on himself and won.
Where are you from?tau06 said:I played golf against Dustin in 7th and 8th grade and we got paired up in most matches. Said he was just dicking around becasue it didn't make sense to play middle school baseball with how much he was going to play in the summer. Worked out pretty well for him haha. Good dude and family.Jtilley said:Read his bio and caught that as well. Noticed he went to a 1A high school, might have flown under the radar some besides a local scout finding him. I also went to a 1A HS that ended up having three guys drafted off a team, one including Dustin Ackley, but he even transferred to a 4A school his sr year trying to get noticed.Alex Gee said:Jtilley said:
Surprised UNCW was able to keep a guy that hit 27 HR's and 75 RBI's last year, good for them.
And was drafted out of high school. He really bet on himself and won.
Yep, that is what his parents told mine during matches. We both played 1 man in middle school golf, I was at Pilot Mountain/East Surry. South Stokes had some really good golf programs as well through the years.Jtilley said:Where are you from?tau06 said:I played golf against Dustin in 7th and 8th grade and we got paired up in most matches. Said he was just dicking around becasue it didn't make sense to play middle school baseball with how much he was going to play in the summer. Worked out pretty well for him haha. Good dude and family.Jtilley said:Read his bio and caught that as well. Noticed he went to a 1A high school, might have flown under the radar some besides a local scout finding him. I also went to a 1A HS that ended up having three guys drafted off a team, one including Dustin Ackley, but he even transferred to a 4A school his sr year trying to get noticed.Alex Gee said:Jtilley said:
Surprised UNCW was able to keep a guy that hit 27 HR's and 75 RBI's last year, good for them.
And was drafted out of high school. He really bet on himself and won.
His dad didn't want him being overused as a pitcher in middle school, that is part of the reason he transferred in HS too. He was a scratch golfer too though, one of those guys that was good at anything he did.
Jtilley said:
Surprised UNCW was able to keep a guy that hit 27 HR's and 75 RBI's last year, good for them.
Hemlock produces a ton of guys lol. East Surry was good at everything back then, probably still are now as well.tau06 said:Yep, that is what his parents told mine during matches. We both played 1 man in middle school golf, I was at Pilot Mountain/East Surry. South Stokes had some really good golf programs as well through the years.Jtilley said:Where are you from?tau06 said:I played golf against Dustin in 7th and 8th grade and we got paired up in most matches. Said he was just dicking around becasue it didn't make sense to play middle school baseball with how much he was going to play in the summer. Worked out pretty well for him haha. Good dude and family.Jtilley said:Read his bio and caught that as well. Noticed he went to a 1A high school, might have flown under the radar some besides a local scout finding him. I also went to a 1A HS that ended up having three guys drafted off a team, one including Dustin Ackley, but he even transferred to a 4A school his sr year trying to get noticed.Alex Gee said:Jtilley said:
Surprised UNCW was able to keep a guy that hit 27 HR's and 75 RBI's last year, good for them.
And was drafted out of high school. He really bet on himself and won.
His dad didn't want him being overused as a pitcher in middle school, that is part of the reason he transferred in HS too. He was a scratch golfer too though, one of those guys that was good at anything he did.
UVA is pretty loaded too. I completely forgot about Chris Arroyo, JUCO guy they have that D1 loves and isn't surprising that he's on this list.Jtilley said:
ACC is LOADED, along with Texas A&M.
They're going to be sick. Arguably the best offense in the country last year bringing back all those pieces.CLTWolf said:UVA is pretty loaded too. I completely forgot about Chris Arroyo, JUCO guy they have that D1 loves and isn't surprising that he's on this list.Jtilley said:
ACC is LOADED, along with Texas A&M.
Dude was getting major buzz from the D1 guys back in the fall. Played for Fitz-Gerald, dad of our former commit that was drafted by the Rangers. That program is loaded year in and year out.
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