Calvin Tkaczyk '22 Recruiting Profile

Baseball has played an important role in my life. It has taught me life lessons in teamwork, leadership, building on achievements, learning from failure, and the effort it takes to become a better athlete. These lessons carry over into my football season where I am a DE and LT.  A consistent comment made by my coaches throughout the years is that I am a very coachable player. I watch game film and use technology to work on areas of improvement.

This year I was our starting third basemen and our closing Pitcher.  Striking out 51.3% of the batters I faced.  Several times I was brought into the game with runners on base with 1 or 2 outs and was able to get us out of the inning with no runs scored, three of those times the bases were loaded.  In our District Semi-final, I was brought in with 2 outs with runners on in a 2-2 game and struck out the third out.  Our team scored the winning run in our final at bats and I struck out 3 batters in the final inning and our team won 3-2.  I'm also a reliever/closer for my summer team and was recently put in with 2 outs and bases loaded and was able to pitch an out to get us out of the inning.

In 2019, our varsity baseball team won districts and were regional finalists that lost to the team that would end up winning the State Championship. One of my favorite moments was hitting a 2 RBI single to drive in the winning run in our district title game. I was fortunate to have the opportunity to play an impactful role as a freshman to help our team win. 

I love the game and enjoy visiting Major/Minor League and Collegiate stadiums on our Spring Breaks. I know it takes substantial effort to play at the next level, so I work out regularly in our converted pole barn that has batting cages, turf, a pitching machine, and weight training equipment. 

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