and was clearly a very very good natural athlete. I also played softball one summer against Kevin Nixon (former BB player). He was big but this was in the day where weight lifting was not used widely outside of football. That dude could crush a softball. I was 5'11" and about 210 pounds and was in pretty solid and thought I could hit a ball a long way. Ut was these two experiences that helped me to let go of any Uncle Rico dreams of actually being able to compete with these guys in their chosen sport.

Just being the best on your high school team or even being all league/region does not mean you have what it takes to compete at the D1 level.