Thomas Floyd checking in........

Thomas Floyd is a freshman from nearby Travelers Rest, SC.  Floyd is an outfielder and will be providing updates usually once a week.

When I first arrived on campus this past fall, one thing was on my mind….baseball. I couldn’t wait to meet my teammates and start working out with them. When we had our first day of BP in the fall, I was amazed at how many balls were hit out. (At my high school you were lucky to see maybe one ball go out every practice and I thought,’ you’re not in TR anymore Thomas’).

I immediately disregarded that we were a really young team and started thinking about how many games we would immediately win starting out the season. The first game was kind of a shocker to me. I never would have imagined the game turning out like it did. It woke me up and made me grow up a little and see that although we have talented upperclassmen, the majority of team is young guys. With youth comes stupid mistakes, many of which I have been guilty of; but it also brings a lot of room to improve.

During the weekend series against NGU I saw a lot of improvements as a team. I saw a flicker of brilliance in the innings where we would scrap out 6 runs or a freshman would step up and make a great play. The point I am trying to make is that although the way our season has started out has not looked too great, we have a whole lot of games to be played and a whole lot of talent just waiting to be unleashed.

With the combination of our senior leadership and improving underclassmen, I look forward to our next practices and games, where we WILL improve.


Thomas Floyd