{"id":2584,"date":"2008-06-15T17:13:04","date_gmt":"2008-06-16T00:13:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/?p=2584"},"modified":"2008-06-15T18:52:08","modified_gmt":"2008-06-16T01:52:08","slug":"usa-junior-national-team-player-profile-7-bj-hunhoff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/?p=2584","title":{"rendered":"USA Junior National Team Player Profile 7 – B.J. Hunhoff"},"content":{"rendered":"

Young USA Junior Players Ready for ISF Jr. World Championships<\/strong><\/p>\n

Seventh in a series of Player Profiles of USA Jr. National team members, who will be competing in the ISF Jr. World Championships at Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada, June 20-29, 2009. Ballparkradio will be broadcasting from Whitehorse, June 26-29, 2008.<\/p>\n


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\n#5 B.J. Hunhoff<\/strong>
\nHeight: 6′ 0″
\nPosition: Pitcher – L\/L
\nHometown: Harrisburg, South Dakota<\/strong><\/a>
\n2479 miles from Whitehorse<\/a><\/p>\n

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Did You Know?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Born April 13, 1989
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Plays baseball for the University of Sioux Falls
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 What inspires you to play softball? \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I just love the competition and it is a game I have played since I was little.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Favorite pro team: Arizona Diamondbacks
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Dream career: Opening up a softball academy in the Midwest
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Favorite Quote: “Live life to the fullest, you never know when it is going to end.”
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Hero: My dad and my grandpa
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\nAccomplishments<\/strong><\/p>\n

2007 USA Softball Men\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s National Team
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Finished second at ISF Men\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s World Cup in Prague, Czech Republic
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Finished first in inaugural American Challenge Series<\/p>\n

2007 ASA 18U Sioux Falls Rookies
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 National Champions<\/p>\n

2007 ISC 19U McDermotts of Baltimore
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 National Champions
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Named league\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Most Valuable Pitcher<\/p>\n

2007 NAFA 23U Kegel Knights of Fargo, N.D.
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 National Champions
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Named division\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Most Valuable Player
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\nCoach’s Corner<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Hard throwing left-hander who is considered one of the top young American hurlers. Won every major title in age group tournaments in 2007, including the ASA 18-under, ISC 19-under, and NAFA 23-under.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

— Coach Gary Mullican<\/p>\n

Editor’s Notes:<\/em><\/p>\n

Links to other coverage of BJ Hunhoff here at Fastpitchwest:<\/strong><\/p>\n

BJ Hunhoff – Carroll Forbes Scholarship Recipient<\/a>
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\nB.J. Hunhoff makes Team USA roster<\/a>
\nWe added some Editor’s notes to this story, reprinted after the jump.<\/p>\n


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Editor\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s notes: <\/strong>We got our first look at BJ Hunhoff in 2005, when he was the youngest player on the USA Jr. Men, when they played in the So Cal Alliance league weekend, to help prepare for the ISF Jr. Men\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Tournament on Prince Edward Island. While some of his teammates were getting out of high school, he was barely out of middle school. But even then, you could see the potential. We saw him again recently, in January 2007, at the U.S. Olympic Training Facility in Chula Vista, once again with the Jr. Men. He had grown and matured a great deal in a couple of years, and had gone from being the youngest, to one of the oldest players on the team. Many of the other fresh faced kids were now looking up to him as a leader on the team, the way rookies in MLB look up to veterans who\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve played in the World Series. He had \u00e2\u20ac\u0153been there\u00e2\u20ac\u009d, having competed on the international stage. He was someone they could count on to tell them what it was like. How it was to face the likes of Canada, New Zealand and Australia. To tell them just how good the players like Adam Folkard were. And how they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d better work hard to prepare.<\/p>\n

And now, just six months later, BJ is packing his bags for \u00e2\u20ac\u0153the Show\u00e2\u20ac\u009d\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6.for ISF competition in Europe as part of the Big Club, the men\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s team. Once again, BJ Hunhoff is back to being the youngest kid on the block; the kid brother whom the older kids let play. Because he can.<\/p>\n

After reading the above article in the Sioux Falls newspaper, I read it again. The kid\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s words stayed with me:<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153You have to do it all on your own time, and you have to be dedicated,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d he said. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Your results are from your own commitment and the work you put in.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

Words to live by \u00e2\u20ac\u201d for all of us. He gets it. He understands what it takes to succeed, even at the ripe old age of 18. Wiser than his years. We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re rooting for you, kid.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Young USA Junior Players Ready for ISF Jr. World Championships Seventh in a series of Player Profiles of USA Jr. National team members, who will be competing in the ISF Jr. World Championships at Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada, June 20-29, 2009. Ballparkradio will be broadcasting from Whitehorse, June 26-29, 2008. #5 B.J. Hunhoff Height: 6′ 0″ […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[17,15,22],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2584"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2584"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2584\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2584"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2584"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}