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Wednesday • March 5,15!
Codrington trying to overcome injur\
Pitcher John Codrington has
worked to recover from
"Tommy John" surgery.
By Jeremy Furtick
The Battalion
F i
I
ive years ago, the Texas A&M Baseball Team
signed John Codrington, one of the country’s
top pitching prospects. The Austin Bowie
High School product was completing his final sea
son and looked to be destined for greatness.
Drafted in the 19th round by the Florida Mar
lins, the right-handed fireballer opted to forgo the
majors and come to A&M as Baseball America’s
25th-ranked college newcomer.
As a freshman, Codrington appeared in 19
games and compiled a 4-0 record with one save.
Although he was not in the starting rotation, Head
Coach Mark Johnson said the freshman’s perfor
mance opened a lot of eyes in the conference.
“John pitched in quite a few games his first
year,” he said, “and gave us big-time hope of what
was to come as a sophomore.”
But things did not work out quite the way
Johnson or anyone else expected.
Codrington had arthroscopic surgery on his
pitching elbow in the fall of his sophomore year
to remove bone spurs. The surgery was a minor
procedure and was completed successfully, but
it slowed his progress in the beginning of the
spring season.
In Codrington’s second season, his game ap
pearances dropped to 12 and his record fell to 1 -
3. Although he managed to strike out one hitter
per inning pitched, he was not the pitcher he was
originally predicted to become.
Codrington still managed to enter his third
college season as the country’s 46th-ranked
prospect by Baseball America — still the envy of
hundreds of pitchers in college baseball. But an
other road block appeared in Codrington’s path.
He pitched in only five games in 1995 before
sitting out the remainder of the games with arm
problems. That May he went under the knife
again to have the infamous “Tommy John”
surgery performed on his right elbow.
The surgery, named after the former Major
League pitcher who returned to compete after the
procedure’s original trial, replaces a tom elbow lig
ament with a tendon stretching from elbow to wrist
in the forearm. The tendon is disconnected from
the wrist and wrapped around the elbow in a fig
ure-eight fashion to replace the damaged ligament.
“When I found out I was going to have anoth
er surgery I was scared,” Codrington said. “1 did
n’t know anything about the surgery or how long
it would keep me out, but I was really nervous.”
Codrington’s second surgery was also a suc
cess, but he and the coaches were skeptical
about the future.
“When you start having second surgeries in the
same arm there’s a lot less chance you’re going to
make it back,” A&M pitching coach Jim Lawler said.
Codrington said he began to feel better about
his return after he began rehabilitation.
“I had my doubts before I started rehab,
but after getting underway I started feeling
better and better each day,” Codrington said.
There was still a long road ahead for
Codrington, but Johnson said he made his
biggest impact on the team during his re
hab period.
“I am impressed with John Codrington
because he had the desire to keep fight
ing,” Johnson said. “He could have easily
just shut it down.”
Johnson was right. Codrington could
have quit easily. He was beginning a year
long rehab program after a surgery that
very few people completely recover from.
But that did not stop him.
Codrington was forced to redshirt his
would-be senior year after throwing only
eight innings in the 1995 season. That
meant a lot of time and practices would
pass him by during his rehab period., but
Codrington fed off the challenge.
“After all of the injuries and problems I’d
had in college, I couldn’t let myself quit,” he
said. “It made me work that much harder.”
Johnson said Codrington maintained
the desire to compete.
“What impressed me the most was
that he kept coming out to practice,”
Johnson said. “He took on a different kind
of leadership role.”
Codrington continued to attend prac
tices even though he could not throw.
“He didn’t have to do anything,” Johnson
said. “He didn’t even have to come to prac
tice, but he did. He stayed widi the team,
rooted for them and was loyal to diem.”
Lawler said Codrington was the Ag
gies’ biggest fan.
“He did it all — sat in the dugout during
the games and cheered the team on,”
Lawler said. “He wanted the guys to know
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Codrington wanted to be out there not pcetneseun
only to work his way back into the game, but also to
push his teammates.
After all of the long, hot days of rehab and missed
games, Codrington was ready to attempt the final
stage of his comeback last fall. Johnson said he did
not put any expectations on his pitcher.
“He hadn’t thrown in two years and was two
years removed from any competition,” Johnson
said. “Plus, he was experiencing a whole new
arm action.”
Codrington came out in the fall under the mi
croscope of coaches, trainers and teammates. He
put their concerns to rest by showing a velocity
recorded in the high 80s.
Junior pitcher Jamie Smith said it best.
“He’s just tough, really tough.”
The stage was now set for Codrington’s re
turn to the game he had come so close to los
ing two years before.
In the Aggies’ first game this season against
Southwest Texas State, Codrington made his first
appearance since March 19,1995. He pitched to “ly^^sf
final inning for the Aggies, sitting the sidedowil fcidized oq
in order and striking out one batter. Ity,toanotli
"When people see you fall and work so hardto How truly;
make it back and have success again, theycan'thdp M the go
but feel excited for you,” Lawler said. “Butnoont , ™t° spen
can appreciate it like John.” ndefensesp
Codrington said this experience has changed ™ lts P e °pl (
his view of the future. Once touted as a shoe-inr°™ nan T
Major League player, he had to refocus his sights.
“Obviously my goals haven’t changed," Co . . ,
drington said. “I still want to get drafted and play ijPP e
pro ball, but this experience made me puterm- ) ecorat j 0 ^
thing in my life in perspective. I put morefocus
on my education and started looking for a joW- phis man
ter I graduate in May. I realized there wasm0K-{u n j le( j$ I;m
life than baseball.” food dream a
Smith said Codrington is a very motiva
tional player.
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“He’s a very inspirational person,” Smith said isnativecou
‘He’s our leader on the field and in the clubhouse
Sawyer
Continued from Page 7
“I need to get my mind stronger
because, at this time, I don’t see
myself qualifying,” she said.
“Maybe it’s a sign. Maybe I needed
it. The injury has helped me out
100 percent, as far as getting my
mind sponger, because I realize
how much I miss doing what I do
best. I guess this was maybe my
wakeup call.”
With a new mindset and a
healing ankle, Sawyer is once
again primed to reclaim her spot
as one of the top track and field
athletes in the country. She will
run relays both this weekend and
at the College Station Relays the
following week and should then
be ready to return to the field
events that have set her apart
throughout her career at A&M.
“Adrian is extremely talented,
extremely gifted as a track and
field athlete,” Brown said. “We’re
going to focus on her real strength,
which is the long jump, and hope
that by focusing on it, her hurdles
will eventually come back and she
[will] run well in the relays. We just
have to make sure that we don’t
lose sight that Adrien Sawyer is an
elite long jumper.”
Canada
Continued from Page 7
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Canada acknowledges that this year
has been exceptionally good to her and
hopes that NCAAs are in her future.
“I have taken a lot of knocks since
I have been here and I almost want
to say this year has been my coming-
out year,” Canada said. “This year I
have experienced the most successes,
and I would love to qualify for the
NCAAs because it would be a great
way to end my senior year.”
While she may have already qualified
for two events at indoor NCAAs, Nelson
said Canada can at least qualify in four
other events at the outdoor NCAAs.
“She certainly is more focused thiifpinion differ
year. She still has outdoors and thereis tUnfortuna
a strong possibility she could qualify® londuras in t
other events,” Nelson said. She is anes
tremely hard worker, and she has to deed thoug
potential to be the best long jumperal mivedand
NCAAs. She will be very successM’
While Canada has the potential i« Kkons to all
keep adding her name to the A&MAl iwtired,yo
Time Performers list, she has been satis tees yearn
fied with her accomplishments thusfai
“A trip to NCAAs this year wout «y once we
be great to finish out my year with
bang,” Canada said. “But the truthis fcannotwt
I would just like to leave this Univei ceivedproj
sity and be satisfied with all ofn
athletic accomplishments.”
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