I grew up living the lifestyle of a military child, moving around constantly and making new friends. I started off being the son that hated moving and having to learn new faces, I am not going to lie about that but eventually I grew fond of it. I was starting to enjoy it mainly because I got to play sports all over the country and learn so many things from so many aspects of the game. I started playing baseball later than most kids my age, who usually started off around the age of six whereas I started around 13. Unfortunately moving around and playing sports all the time affected my schoolwork and my grades. I was never the smartest in class in fact I was a bit lazy. Baseball is something that impacted my life greatly once I entered high school. I started off high school in Lee County, Georgia where I played my first year of competitive baseball. We were seeded first in conference and were a class 4-AAAA school. In the previous six years the school had a student named Buster Posey who graduated, and went on to play for Florida State University on a full ride. Posey is now a starting catcher for the San Francisco Giant. With that being said it gave me a motive to perform well in school so I could make something of myself as well. I was never really into baseball, I grew up playing soccer and loving that sport. I enjoyed if from a very young age and played almost every year. To be completely honest I disliked baseball very much until one day my dad wanted to go throw in the yard and saw potential. We threw together for about an hour one summer after he kept asking me too, so eventually I did give in and I did go throw. He would try to teach me to pitch and I assume that I could throw pretty well based on the fact he told me I needed to try out baseball. I only played about two years of organized baseball before my first tryout for my high school so you could say I was a bit nervous. Being a military kid I was new, never really played