Chris Becerra '23 Recruiting Profile

My goals for college as of now are pretty straight forward; I want to play baseball and I want to study medicine. Ive played baseball since I was 5, and I want to continue to play the sport that I love for as long as I can. Playing at the college level is my final goal in my baseball life, the hoLt grail of everything I’ve worked and played for in my years of playing this sport. As for medicine, it’s something I’ve always been fascinated by, and I feel like pursuing a career in medicine would be a fulfilling life to live.

I believe that what makes me a good candidate for any team isn’t just my skill or desire to play. It’s not my ability to be a team player, it’s not that I’m a nice person and that I get along with my teammates. What I believe my  best trait for being a good candidate is that I’m coachable. If someone tells me I’m doing something wrong or out of order, I work to fix it. If someone tells me to change something to improve it, such as hitting stance or the way I grip a certain pitch, I work to change it and improve on that change. Anyone can be a baseball player with desirable skill, but what makes someone an even better player is that capacity to understand that something can be done better if you allow yourself to be coached 

I believe that what sets me apart from other candidates is that I can work through difficult situations, whether it be academics or sports. I have worked my way through some difficult situations, especially during my junior year of high school. Whether it be losing three teachers for the same class in less than a whole school year, making extremely hard to keep a decent grade, or playing high school baseball for a coach who didn‘t care one bit for helping me work towards my goal of playing college baseball, who only played his favorite players just for the sake of making it to state (“we” won state), I didn’t let that affect me.  Instead, I’ve been studying and working even harder than before to improve and become better. My ability to overcome challenges such as this is what I believe sets me apart from others.