Sam Newkirk '18 Recruiting Profile

I love baseball.  It is my passion and my dream is to play college baseball.   I am going to do the work my dream a reality.  I want to find a school that allows me to develop as a baseball player,  but more importantly prepares me for my life after baseball.

I am a young Senior, I turned 17 in July.  I worked on strength and agility this past summer, adding  10 - 15 pounds to my frame.   I am conditioning 5 days a week to improve my power and arm strength.

My Freshman year was my first year catching.  I caught part time for my freshman team.  As a Sophomore, my coaches wanted me to be the starting catcher for JV and the back-up catcher for Varsity.  A third of the way through the season I earned the starting job on Varsity and played Varsity full time the rest of the year.  

Converting to catcher shows how flexible and coachable I am as a player and teammate.  I was able to learn and be successful at a new position in a short time.  It also shows that I am not selfish and I will do whatever my team needs me to do.   On my summer team I play many other positions:  left field, third base and first base.