Q: How long have you been playing baseball? 

A: [I’ve been playing for] 15 years now.

Q: Why do you play?

A: It’s always been my sport since I was a kid, and I’ve always stayed with it. It’s the most fun I’ve ever had, on the team and with the brothers. 

Q: Do you model your game after anyone?

A: I model it after a few people, a few pitchers in the MLB, like Jacob DeGrom, I look up to him and a few others. 

Q: How has playing impacted your high school years?

A: It’s been great, gives me something to do after school, plus work and it’s been really fun. Every practice I always have fun, I’m never bored and we always have a good time after. 

Q: What has been your favorite memory from playing for Rock Ridge?

A: Last year against [Loudoun] Valley, when we played them at their school, it was a two-nothing game and I was pitching and we were going zero-zero.

Q: Do you have any major highlights or takeaways from this game?

A: Everybody needed to stay hot. We were hitting really well tonight, [it was] probably our best hitting game of the year, and if we keep this through the season we are going to pick up way more wins than we expect.