A Little Bit of Bragging

The UW-Superior baseball season is just around the corner...in fact, they have their first official practice on Sunday. But that doesn't mean the team hasn't already been preparing. The team hosted a baseball camp for elementary-high school kids the weekend after Christmas, another camp two weekends ago, and will start another 5-weekend (3 sessions each over Sat/Sun) hitting and pitching academy...and you can't forget about the time in the weight room and captain's practice. Whew.

Eddy has worked incredibly hard to turn around his team's record. As most of you know, Eddy was suppose to start his job at UWS the day Isaac was born. So he was wrapping up a 9-year career of being CSS's assistant, starting his dream job of being a head baseball coach, and adjusting to being a new dad. He inherited a team that won 3 games the previous season. He was hired so late in the summer that he wasn't able to recruit any players, and even still won NINE games that first year. Eddy and his assistants hit recruiting hard and recruited 26 players for his second season, and won 17 games, which is the most wins UWS baseball has had since 1974. The team has bigger goals this season.

On a website that Eddy tracks, there was an article on season previews. Under Eddy's conference, the WIAC, the article had this to say:
"Perhaps lost in the WIAC headlines is what Wisconsin-Superior (17-23) head coach Eddy Morgan, a former St. Scholastica assistant and recruiting coordinator, has done in his short tenure. Morgan inherited a 3-35 (0-24 WIAC) program in 2007. Last year Superior had its highest win total since 1974, and now the Yellowjackets are in the mix for their first appearance in the four-team WIAC tournament. Last year UW-Superior beat UW-Oshkosh for the first time since 1973, serving notice that UW-Superior shouldn't be overlooked any longer."

The team has a blog and will be updating it throughout the season. Check it out here.

I am preparing myself to be the wife of very busy baseball coach. There will be a lot of time when it's just Isaac and I. It's easy for me to get frustrated and lonely. My hope is that, on those days, I'll come back to this post, to remind myself how proud I am of my husband.

Go Yellowjackets!