Nipawin ballplayer reflects on career, All-American honours
A baseball player from Nipawin just concluded his college career at the University of Texas at Tyler (UT Tyler).
Kyle Froehlich ended his college eligibility at the NCAA Division II level, as his team fell to the eventual champion Tampa Spartans in the Finals bracket of the College World Series (CWS).
“I think our approach in the playoffs was just to play hard, play loose and have fun, we’re out there playing a kid’s game, so don’t make it anything more than it is. Obviously, in those games, there’s a little bit more adrenaline and the focus is a little bit higher, but that’s what makes those games fun. You see that Tampa won it after beating us, and it just makes you think, dang, if we won that game, could we have been there too, but that’s part of the sport. I think we know that we had a really good team and a good season, so I don’t think you can really compare yourself to them, but you know that you were playing with the best at your level,” Froehlich told northeastNOW.
“In the moment, you don’t know what’s gonna happen after the season is done, so one of the things I told the guys while we were in our playoff run was to not think about what’s next, because at the time, none of it matters. We just wanted to be as present as possible and enjoy every single moment that we had together as a team, which was a lot of fun.”
