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The Battalion I 2.27.15
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Cancer survivor gets hero’s
treatment with baseball team
Dartmouth visits
undefeated A&M for
weekend series
By Seth Stroupe
The Texas A&M baseball
team has been dominant in
the young season and sits at a
perfect 9-0 with an average mar
gin of victory of more than seven
runs per game, which is why it
may seem odd that the program
is now looking for some outside
help for this weekend’s series
against Dartmouth.
Elias Gomez, who signed an
official letter of intent Thursday
with Texas A&M, is not your
typical division one baseball re
cruit. For one, he’s only in the
eighth grade. Gomez is a stu
dent at College Station Middle
School, who readily admits that
he has little experience in the
game of baseball.
Even though he calls himself
a fan of the Aggies, he says he’s
never really followed the sport
and doesn’t have a favorite play
er. When asked if he’d rather be
a pitcher or a position player, he
says he’s really only interested in
hitting.
But proficiency in the sport of
baseball is not the reason that the
Aggies have brought the young
Gomez on board. Instead, the
Aggies were won over by his
story and his courage. Gomez,
who was put in touch with Texas
Elias Gomez
A&M through Team Impact, is
a cancer survivor. And although
his attributes might not show up
in the box score this weekend,
head coach Rob Childress is cer
tain that Elias already exemplifies
everything he wants in a player.
“Our definition of the word
relentless here at Texas A&M
is this — we are physically and
mentally tougher than all others
at all times, even in the midst
of adversity,” Childress said to
Gomez at the presser. “That’s
something that has really stood
out to me in learning your story
is that word, relentless. You are
relentless and we feel very hon
ored that you’re a part of our
program.”
Childress said he is certain
Texas A&M’s newest addition
will be a game changer for the
Aggies.
“We feel truly blessed that we
found somebody that can take us
from being good to really being
great,” said Childress.
“We now have someone in
Elias Gomez who has the po
tential to be a real impactful part
of our program”
In an extensive Q&A session
conducted by his new team
mates, Elias revealed that his
favorite TV show is “Adven
ture Time,” his favorite food is
pepperoni pizza and his favorite
subject is science. Gomez even
went as far to imply that he is
already very intrigued by the
prospect of potentially pursuing
further studies in the realms of
biochemistry and engineering.
But that is for another day.
Today Elias is an official mem
ber of the Texas Aggie baseball
team and he’s up for whatever
challenge or responsibility that
title may bring.
“I’m honored to be here be
cause Texas A&M has been my
favorite university for a long
time,” Gomez said. “I like to try
new things and I think that this
will be a really great experience
for me.”
Gomez will be on hand Fri
day as the Aggies host the Dart
mouth Big Green in what will
be the visiting team’s season
debut.
Junior AJ Minter will get the
start on the mound at 6:30 p.m.
at Blue Bell Park. Two more
weekend games are scheduled
for 2 p.m. Saturday and noon
Sunday. All three games are
available to be streamed live on
SEC Network Plus.
Tanner Garza — THE BATTALION
Rachel Fox delivers a pitch during a complete game win Wednesday.
Softball preps for final
stretch before SEC play
By Milkyas Gashaw
The T exas A&M
softball team will play
their final string of games
this weekend before the
start of SEC play as they
host the Texas A&M In
vitational.
Boston University (0-
5) is up first in a double-
header starting Friday.
The Terriers do have fa
miliarity on their side as
they played the Redbirds
of Illinois State last week
end, but fell 6-5. The Ag
gies will play them again
at 5:15 p.m. Friday.
Illinois State (6-9) is
the second game of two
Friday, and it enters the
tournament losing two
of its last three, however.
one of its losses came in a
4-1 defeat at the hands of
No. 1 Florida. On Satur
day, the Redbirds kick off
the second Aggie double-
header at 3 p.m.
UTS A (12-4) will face
A&M once at 12:15 p.m,
Sunday, and the Road-
runners have gotten off to
a solid start this season.
Their most notable
victory came from Tex
as Tech in their second
game of the season. The
Roadrunners have a trio
of batters in Kendall Bur
ton, Courtney Buchman
and Megan Low who are
all tied for the team lead
in home runs with five,
one less than SEC leader
and Aggie Tori Vidales.
Jade Smith leads the club
with a .477 batting aver
age.
The No. 23 Aggies
(13-4) rebounded quite
nicely after its loss to
No. 2 Oregon, winning
six straight contests. The
freshman duo of short
stop Kristen Cuyos and
third baseman Tori Vida
les have been more than
able to carry the load for
Head Coach Jo Evans,
with Vidales leading the
SEC with six home runs.
A play to watch could
be sophomore Abby
Donnell — a usual re
lief pitcher — who went
3-for-3 from behind the
plate with a double this
Wednesday.
First pitch against BU
begins at 3 p.m.
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