Hayden Gray '17 Recruiting Profile

I've always been interested in learning in the field of biomedical engineering, and prosthetic research. I've always been a leader on every team I've played on, being in such a crucial position on the field. I've played on many different travel teams in Michigan around where I lived in Oxford. I've faced many types of adversity, and have seen them as opportunities to learn from, to help with playing on teams in my future. I've been working extremely hard to be an extremely defensive catcher, with wide eyes for extra outs, and an offensive powerhouse. Since I've moved to Skiatook Schools in Oklahoma, I've learned much more about the game of baseball than I have my entire life. I've faced much more difficult competition, making me learn how to play the game at a much higher level than before. I'm very adaptable to my surroundings, for example, my first two years of high school baseball, I was in a baseball program that relied heavily on individual effort. This taught me to work as hard as I could on the field, to produce runs. My last two years of high school, I've become apart of a program that is determined to make their own runs. I've learned many key components of playing "small ball". This helped me become a player willing to sacrifice an at bat for the team. I've played through adversity, and have overcome many things in my baseball career, and would love to continue learning from the game I fell in love with at the next level.