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Notre Dame High School, he tried out without knowing a single person on the team. After playing first base his first year on the freshman team, he was promoted to varsity in his sophomore year as a pitcher.

“Somebody slid into second base and had a very serious injury to his ankle, and they were really worried about losing any more pitchers,” Thomas said. “It was their number two pitcher at the time, so he ended up getting promoted as a result, and he was tested early because he was facing varsity guys sooner than they had originally planned.”

At first, Wilson was hesitant and he would have to refrain from hitting. However, he realized that pitching was where his future was and accepted his role.

According to fullertontitans. com, Wilson won the team MVP award in 2014 as a senior with a 1.06 ERA. That year, he signed with Saint Mary’s College in Moraga, California to play baseball.

Shortly after, Wilson discovered that what he had mistaken for growing pains, was a broken bone in his knee that required surgery the summer after he graduated high school.

However, that did not stop him from traveling north to play baseball, where he faced more hard times in Moraga.

Wilson felt ready to compete, but his coaches thought otherwise. After a suggestion to redshirt, he sat out for his first season of college ball. It was then that he decided to come back to Southern California and play for Pierce.

“Saint Mary’s wasn’t the right fit for me. It didn’t feel like my place. I didn’t feel comfortable there so I transferred back to Pierce,” Wilson said.

Last year was Wilson’s first season at Pierce. However, he began to doubt his abilities and second guess playing baseball.

“I was just pitching to pitch, thinking this might be my last year of baseball,” Wilson said. “Overcoming my own thoughts that I am not good enough was probably my biggest obstacle. Then when I got past that, by the end of last year, that’s when I started to figure things out.” for the full story visit: theroundupnews.com