William McKenna '16 Recruiting Profile

I love baseball and want to play at a school that has great baseball and great academics.  Although I am now enrolled at Nazareth Academy in Lagrange, IL and so was ineligible for my Junior season of high school baseball, I was on the team and received our teams Sportsmanship Award.  I've had baseball success at Nazareth, Mount Carmel and Top Tier.  I’m a versatile player who can catch, play MIF, hit, steal bases and gets great grades.  If you want upside, I am 5' 10" and 165, but I'll grow.  My Dad was this size in HS and 6' 2" / 240 in college.  In class I am an "A" student who ranks 19/188.  Whether in Honors Chinese, AP Physics or any other class, I get great grades no matter how tough my practice, travel or game schedule may be.  I also know how to be a successful student athlete.  My brother majors in Chinese and spent time as a baseball player at Notre Dame.  My sister goes to Princeton and plays ice hockey.  One uncle captained Yale's football team and another played in the CWS with Auburn.  I know that to be a student athlete you need skill, but you also have to work hard every day, keep learning and be disciplined on the field and in class.  That’s me.