So keep stacking days and Good things happen from there . Yeah , so I definitely did face um some challenges , you know , in the recruiting process and making sure that I got my name out there . Um , I think , at least where I'm from in Orange County , there's a lot of talent there .
Um , and I'm not saying that it was certain when I came here that I would be playing my freshman year , but I knew I would have a , a fair shot to do so . So , that was something that was in my mind when I was getting recruited . And just through , you know , hard work before I got here and after I got here continuously working , uh , I was able to play every game last year .
So , I was really fortunate , um , to work with a , a great travel ball program that had a lot of connections to , you know , colleges and universities across the country . Um , so , you know , when I was at the , the point where I started , uh , You know , being at the right age to get recruited , they were really helpful for me in getting my name out there , making sure I was taking the right steps , um , to , you know , play in college one day . It was probably my , uh , the end of my freshman year in high school or , you know , the start of my sophomore year that my recruiting process really started .
Um , so , you know , when I was at the , the point where I started , uh , You know , being at the right age to get recruited , they were really helpful for me in getting my name out there , making sure I was taking the right steps , um , to , you know , play in college one day . It was probably my , uh , the end of my freshman year in high school or , you know , the start of my sophomore year that my recruiting process really started . Um , so I've been playing with a , uh , travel ball , travel ball organization for , had been probably about 2 years at that point .
I think I , like you said , I played in every game . Um , so that was just , that was something that I was thinking about when I was getting recruited as well . I mean , there were , um , a lot of programs that I could have gone to where it's like , OK , maybe , maybe I do play my freshman year , maybe I don't .