DePaul’s club baseball team has come a long way—from non-existence to starting their first full season. For many of the guys who took interest in the team, the lack of a team was a gap that needed to be filled.
“I was extremely angry that we didn’t have a club when I joined, another guy tried to start one my freshman year but he gave up on it. Luckily Kevin had the tenacity to get the job done,” saidTyler Hendry, junior short- stop.
Whether it was tenacity or just a pure love for baseball, president and founder of the team, Kevin Crittenden, certainly worked hard to put the team together.
“When I applied to DePaul I was told there was a club baseball team. That must have been the group of guys in the spring that couldn’t quite get off the ground. So I decided to change that after my first quarter here,” he said.
It wasn’t an easy road to be a club sport. After drumming up enough interest there were still many proverbial hoops to jump through for the school to allow them to be recognized.
This is a team run by students, ready for their first full season as a DePaul club sport and on Sept.17, their first tryout because just because they exist doesn’t mean they are complete.
“After last season our outfield and rotation really need some help. Our infield has really come together over the summer but we still have those two holes,” Crittenden said. “I’ve been talking with a lot of our prospective players and it looks like all our needs will be met for the start of the months.”