GRANITE QUARRY — Will Sapp has maintained a sense of humor in what has frequently been a discouraging recruiting process.
Sapp, East Rowan’s senior center fielder, began a hitting streak on March 17 and extended it to 17 games when he went 3-for-4 against South Rowan in an NPC tournament semifinal on May 4.
“Then I went 0-for-3 against West Iredell in the championship game to end it,” Sapp said. “Wouldn’t you know it — that’s the game Wingate came to see.”
East coach Brian Hightower gets more agitated with recruiting than he does with umpires. Hightower is convinced Sapp will be a productive college hitter and a dynamic center fielder, but Sapp will be heading to Wingate without a scholarship in his pocket.
He’s an excellent student who will be getting some academic scholarships, but his baseball future will come down to tryouts during which he’ll have to prove he belongs on a team that won the SAC tournament and played in the Southeast Regional.
“I’ll be rooming with Luke Thomas (East’s catcher signed with the Bulldogs last fall), and that should help both of us,” Sapp said.
Lots of coaches like Sapp. The knock on him when it came down to finding baseball scholarship dollars is he’s 5-foot-10, 150 pounds. Coaches wish he was bigger and stronger and they wonder how much he’ll be able to hit at the next level.
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