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Cadet coach Dan Roberts knew he wanted Hendricks long before his senior season started. When Hendricks’ father, retired Army veteran Art Hendricks, first suggested playing for the Academy during Trey’s junior year, his son was reluctant. But after visiting West Point—which was...
“West Point pretty much promised me, ‘You are going to bat third, play first and pitch a game every single weekend,’” Hendricks says. “So that was kind of [what tempted me]. I didn?...
But playing right away wasn’t enough if it meant he couldn’t keep playing after graduation. So after procuring a congressional nomination and gaining acceptance to arguably the most selective university in America, Hendricks said no.
“It was never really in the front, because I always wanted to play baseball,” Hendricks says. “If I would’ve gone there, I could never play pro baseball, because you have the four-year commitment after you graduate.?...
Hendricks wanted to reach the big leagues, and he thought Harvard could help him get there.