College baseball is officially underway and two former Pirates had outstanding performances last weekend. Lucas Shaw (2006) was 5-for-5 in a doubleheader for Mesa State College and Hayden Rovegno(2008) threw a complete game two-hitter for Central Washington University. You can follow the former Pirates by using the "Alumni Web" page on this website.
Few Highline players have had as big an impact or received as many accolades as Ben Guidos from the Class of 2006. Ben was named the Seamount League MVP, Seattle Times All-Area, First Team All State and State 3A Player of the Year. We caught up with Ben recently and he fielded a few questions about his baseball career as a "Rat" and a "Dawg.".
A regular feature to our team website is being instituted with a visit with former Pirates who had (or have) had a major impact with playing at the next level. The first in our series is Nic Crosta, class of 2001. Nic was a first team all-league selection for three years and earned All-State and All-American honors as a senior. He won the Seamount League Triple Crown as a junior and was heavily recruited by virtually every D-1 Major college in the Fall of his senior year. Nic signed with the University of Texas Longhorns in November of his senior year and then was pounded by professional scouts that Spring. It was not uncommon to see 4-5 scouts hanging out at Moshier on game day and sometimes even at our practices. Nic played two seasons at Texas and has a National Championship ring to his credit. He transfered to Santa Clara University to finish his college career and then played two years of professional baseball in the San Diego Padres organization before returning to Santa Clara to earn his Business Degree. Nic now resides in San Jose, California with his wife Quinn and works for Practice Pulse an On-line Medical Data Back-up solutions provider, as a regional sales manager. Nic recently agreed to an interview and provided an interesting perspective on his post-Highline baseball career.