| Eastfield College Head Baseball Coach Michael
Martin announced recently that three of his players have signed
scholarship agreements during the NCAA’s early signing
period. Three sophomore players, Enrique Lozano, Zack Love
and Steven Hill, announced their intentions late last week
and all have formally signed NCAA national letters of intent.
Lozano chose St. Edwards’s University in Austin, Texas,
while Love and Hill both chose Stephen F. Austin State University
in Nacogdoches, Texas.
A Garland native and 2003
Metro Athletic Conference All Conference Player, Lozano
said he’s looking forward to playing for St. Edward’s.
He chose the Division II program after meeting the coaches
and team members. “It seems like a good all-around
community,” said Lozano of the St. Edward’s
Hilltoppers.“ The school has only about 5,000 students,
and they say you eventually will meet all of the other students.”
He continued, saying that the University of Texas at Arlington
also considered him, but he really wanted to get a little
further away from home for a little while. Lozano was pleased
with the fact that he will get an excellent private school
education without paying the private school price.
“Stephen F. Austin
was my first choice, and they made me the best offer,”
said Love, a sophomore outfielder from McKinney. “I
think the program is going to be outstanding and the best
fit for me. 2006 will be their (SFA) year back; they haven’t
had a program there in 10 years. Donnie Watson wants to
come out and make history.” Love is excited about
being a part of that effort.
 Catcher
Steven Hill, a business major, is originally from Houston.
He stated that he went to Stephen F. Austin, toured the
school and met the coaches before he made the decision that
SFA is where he wants to be. Hill added that he had been
working with Eastfield Assistant Baseball Coach Tim Meadows
and had looked at Texas Christian University and the UTA;
ultimately he chose SFA. Hill said that the attitudes and
coaching style seemed to be much like those at Eastfield.
“They (the coaches) work hard to win and are there
to discipline the students.”
Eastfield’s Martin
is very pleased with the choices his players have made.
“It’s great that they signed early. In the spring,
they can go out and play baseball without the added pressure
of worrying about signing with a four-year program. These
guys will be key players to our success in the spring. We
have tried to instill in these young men the ideas that
hard work and perseverance pay off. This is a great example
for our entire program of that dedication.”
Seated from left to right: Enrique Lozano,
Zack Love and Steven Hill, with Coach Michael Martin, head
baseball coach.
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Eastfield College head baseball coach Michael Martin announced
today that open tryouts for the Eastfield College Baseball
team have been set for Thursday, June 3, 2004 at Harvester
Field on the campus of Eastfield College. The tryout will
be split into two separate sessions, the first of which is
for pitchers and catchers. This session will begin at 9:00
am. The second session, for all other position players, will
begin at 1:00 pm. Anyone interested in playing baseball at
Eastfield College is urged to attend. There will be a sign-in
procedure, so players need to allow time for completing that
before the start time for the tryout.
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