Damon Sandoval '22 Recruiting Profile

Remarkable things that have influenced who I am currently are my family, coaches, and mainly my father. My father is a hard-working man and is someone who has always taught me to keep working hard and that my dad puts 100% in everything. He taught me that nothing can beat hard work and dedication. Not only is my Dad a big part of my life and my life, but my coaches have been very big advocates for me as well. My coaches have always looked out for the best interest in my health and my future. I was interested in baseball at the age of 4. I always as a young baby and kid growing up would remember watching baseball and eventually started to play the sport that I was so intrigued by. As a younger kid, I was always around sports and played Baseball, Basketball, and football, but baseball is my passion and a daily part of my life. I live at the baseball diamond and baseball has grown to be apart of my daily life. I've learned that in this sport that means everything to me and that I need to work for anything that I want in life. I also learned that this isn't a one-day thing and that baseball is a craft and I need to perfect it. My academic goals are to be the top of my class and to always get great grades as well as in college, my education is very important to me because nobody can take away knowledge and intelligence. There have been many obstacles in my life in multiple forms whether it was in my academics or sports. Yet the feeling of having something or someone holds me back is something that I won't tolerate in my life. Some unique characteristics that I have are I hate not being first and the feeling of not being where I should be at. My experiences and feelings are my fuel, I don't like to be outworked and I won't allow anyone outworks me.