Most years, Robinson’s baseball team produces athletes that end up committing to D1 colleges around the country. For Sam Hyman (26′), a varsity pitcher since his freshman year, his goal is to be the next. His coach, Alexander Barron, explains what he brings to the team.
“Sam brings a high level of energy and excitement to the team, with his skillset and what he’s able to do in a game. He has the ability to impact the game in a positive way for us at any moment and it seems like the other players feed off that,” Barron said.
Playing since the age of nine, Hyman has been working towards becoming a college level pitcher. His teammate, Santiago Rojas (’26), speaks on his hard work that has been noticed by his team.
“Sam’s been really good for us, being able to compete against any team and any situation and keeping us in the game at all times,” Rojas said. “He’s going to have no problem competing at the college level, wherever he decides to play.”
Between playing travel baseball, practicing hitting on his own time and going to the gym, his pitching speed is up to 86. According to Baseball Scouter, the average D1 pitching speed is 85-90 mph. Even though he’s in range for college baseball, Hyman isn’t done improving yet.
“I want to get to at least 90 mph, hopefully more,” Hyman said.
Another goal of his is to keep his ERA under two. ERA stands for Earned Run Average, or how many runs the other team gets against the pitcher per inning. Along with this, Hyman hopes to hit at least 5 home runs throughout this season. All of this hard work is to be able to continue his dreams of being able to play baseball throughout college, then hopefully after that as well.
“For college I’ve been looking at UT, USF and UCF. I want to stay close to home,” Hyman said.
With a weighted GPA of 4.15, Hyman has been focused on baseball but also staying consistent with school. His advice for other student athletes around the community is to not procrastinate. This is important because it’s okay to focus on sports, but you can’t get to college level without the grades to match.
“It hasn’t been bad balancing school and baseball so far,” Hyman said. “Just make sure to do your work when you can and not let yourself get behind.”
Keeping up his grades to hopefully be able to get to college level, Hyman’s main focus is being able to play at least through college. Through the 2025 Spring season, Hyman hopes to continue to build his talent and stay focused.
“I do hope to go pro one day; I have been working my whole life to build up to it,” Hyman said.
