宾州州立大学阿宾顿分校 baseball player Ryan McCarty led the entire NCAA Division III in seven categories including home runs 和 hits.
阿宾顿,爸爸. — 宾州州立大学阿宾顿分校 baseball player Ryan McCarty led the NCAA Division III this season in hits (100), batting average (.529), 全垒打(29个), 双打(27), RBIs (91) 和 runs (89), 和 he set a new Division III single-season record for total bases (220) through 40 regular-season games 和 four more in the United East Conference Tournament.
McCarty, an infielder who also pitches for 阿宾顿's baseball team, was named to two weekly national honor rolls for his performance in early May. The senior was tabbed as the shortstop on the D3baseball.com National Team of the Week 和 also was named as a National Player of the Week honorable mention by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association.
The four-time all-conference selection was the United East's top player of the year for the first time in his career.
He has been interviewed by reporters from the 费城调查报 和 KYW 新闻radio.
In his lengthy interview in the Inquirer, McCarty credited his success to his mental acuity, honed by studying YouTube videos from hitting coach Steve Springer 和 sports psychologist Ken Ravizza.
"I've been working from a mentality st和point in the game. I follow guys like Steve Springer 和 Ken Ravizza who preach this sort of freedom in the game. There's a lot less stress involved," he said.
"I was able to separate, 不仅仅是每次击球, but during my at-bats I was able to separate each pitch 和 stay very focused,麦卡蒂说. "That allowed me to hit a lot of the pitches that were sort of mistakes 和 capitalize on pitches like that."
Ravizza 和 Springer both emphasized the importance of being present in the moment.
"[That's] more important than anything,麦卡蒂说. "Some people when they wake up in the morning are already trying to process the game in their head, 和 it can cause stress trying to think into the future too much."
下个月, McCarty will play for the Harwich Mariners in the Cape Cod League, the top summer collegiate league in the nation. He is eligible for the Major League Baseball draft in mid-July. If McCarty isn’t selected in the draft, the Bucks County native could find his way into the minor leagues as a free agent.
About 宾州州立大学阿宾顿分校
宾州州立大学阿宾顿分校 provides an affordable, accessible 和 high-impact education resulting in the success of a diverse student body. It is committed to student success through innovative approaches to 21st-century public higher education within a world-class research university. 有3个以上,000名学生, 宾州州立大学阿宾顿分校 is a residential campus that offers baccalaureate degrees in 23 majors, undergraduate research, the Schreyer honors program, NCAA Division III athletics 和 more.
