You Never Know
June 30th, 2008 - byLast Monday night NCSA got an excited call from Dion Dinsmore, one of our former recruiting coaches and scouts, telling everyone to make sure we had the College World Series on TV. Dion was settling in at home to watch Game 1 when he realized the starting pitcher for Fresno State was NCSA alum, Sean Bonesteele. NCSA’s eyeballs were glued to the television for the week watching Fresno cap off perhaps the greatest upset in the history of college sports.
I had a chance to catch up with Sean on Friday to discuss his incredible experience.
Brian: Any one moment that really stuck out?
Sean: The whole thing was an absolute blast. You grow up as a kid, even all through high school I remember watching on ESPN thinking I wish I could be there, I wish I could be one of those guys. I was thinking of taking the trip out there my senior year just to watch.
Just going to the field and seeing all the fans, signing autographs and playing with the guys that you spend hours and hours a day with. It’s just an awesome experience and then to see everyone play well is just amazing.
Brian: What did you think of the much discussed skullet?
“I guess it worked for us, but I wouldn’t recommend it anyone doing it for karma purposes.
Brian: How did your recruiting experience play out?
Sean: I’m glad how it turned out in the end, obviously I wanted to go to a top 25 school so I could compete and try to get to a World Series. I guess I got kind of lucky. But going to showcases and getting my name out there I think really helped in the process.
I remember you guys [NCSA] saying take every opportunity, take every chance and make the most of them. Play well in the showcases and make sure that I got my name out there for the coaches to see and that’s what I tried to do.
Brian: Any advice you would like to share with future recruits?
Sean: Dream big, Fresno St. wasn’t really on the map until this year. So if you see a school you are interested in and you see a school that you can play for and you think it has a shot to compete, go for it. Don’t just go for the big name schools in the Pac 10 there are a lot of other good teams out there.
