The pressure is on as the ball is thrown toward the catcher’s glove. You’re hoping the batter doesn’t make contact for a hit, but they do. Players everywhere scatter, whether it’s for a ball launched somewhere in the sky or towards the white bases around the field. The audience is in awe as it’s game on.

Connor Ferguson was named Athlete of the Week, in the Houston Chronicle for the week of April 5th after an amazing turn of events on the baseball team’s previous game.

“I pitched against Cy-Falls last week and they got like five or six hits, I forced strikeouts and then I was three-for-six hits late in the series and we won, it was a big win because Cy-Falls has been our rival, it was a pretty big deal,” Ferguson said.

Ferguson has had plenty of time to practice and improve his skills considering his start at a really young age.

“I’ve played baseball my entire life. It’s a sport I’ve really gotten to love, I started when I was probably three, my parents signed me up for it and I’ve stuck with it ever since,” Ferguson said.

He’s so passionate about baseball that it appears to be second nature to him; even distracting him from all his worries.

“When school’s not going my way or my day isn’t going how I want it to go, I’m down, baseball’s a good way to pick me up,” Ferguson said. “To take my mind off things for a few hours, let’s me step back and evaluate the situation that I’m in and I go in with more of a mindset. Yeah, it’s something that I enjoy.”

Even with the experience, long practices, motivation and passion, a player still needs a coach and teammates to support him through the games and help him get better.

“Coach Sedeno is an awesome coach and we have some great players. We’ve really grown together as a team and I think that’s going to pay off in the long run,” Ferguson said.

All together baseball is a sport that has impacted Connor’s life for the better, in terms of motivation it kept him focused and determined to achieve an a amazing future.