Spring 2004 Edition

Front Cover

Learning Support Services Celebrates 25 Years

Hagi - Living the Dream

A Gift of Love

Ana Rosales

Campus News

Distinguised Alumni

Faculty News

Ferris

New Athletic Director

Baseball

Athletics

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past issues:

Fall 2003 Scene

June 2003 Scene

The death of sophomore pitcher Josh Miles last fall was devastating to the Schreiner baseball team. Miles, who was killed in an auto accident on Nov. 24 in Del Rio, was a leader on the team—a young man who was respected and liked by all his teammates, said Coach Joe Castillo. “He was a quiet leader, but he did all of his leading on the field. It was a tremendous blow to us all year long,” Castillo said.

To help fill the void that Miles left behind, the team decided to dedicate the 2004 season to Miles. “We decided Josh would want us to play as hard as we could. Even though he wasn’t there physically, he was there in spirit,” said junior baseball player Ray Amaro. “We played the best we could. It helped us play better knowing that we were dedicating it to him. He was our motivation. Even though we didn’t win a lot, everyone came together, and everyone became friends.”

The team finished its season 10–29 overall and 4–17 in the American Southwest Conference. “Even though we did win more ball games than we have in the past or in the last couple years, it still wasn’t a great year because it wasn’t filled with his joy around the team or anything like that,” Castillo said. “Josh would have been one of our go-to guys this year. His loss was tremendous to us. We were looking forward to him being one of our main guys as a pitcher.”

Sophomore baseball player Chase Kimball said the team’s record doesn’t reflect how the team really played. “Our record was not good at all— but anyone who went out there and watched any of our games, knows we were good. We could have given up but we didn’t because we knew Josh wouldn’t want us to give up,” Kimball said.