Josh Hand- Tigers taking the next step: athletes commit to college

May 19, 2022

Josh Hand is a senior at Independence and has committed to play baseball at the Division I level at Virginia Tech, where he will continue his academic and athletic career.

Q. What is your full name?

A. Josh Hand

 

 

Q. What Grade are you in?

A.  12

 

 

Q. Where did you commit  for college?

A. Virginia Tech

 

 

Q. How long have you been playing your sport for?

A. I’ve been playing baseball since I was four years old.

 

 

Q. What has your athletic career looked like? 

A. I played baseball, basketball and football until freshman year, then I focused on baseball and football throughout my high school career.

 

 

Q. When did you decide that committing for a sport was something you wanted to do?

A. My goal from elementary school was to play either baseball or football in college, and I worked towards that goal through middle and high school. 

 

 

Q. Do you have a favorite memory from this sport?

A. My favorite memory in baseball was winning the state championship my junior year with Independence.

 

 

Q. What are you most looking forward to in college (sports or academics)?

A. I’m most looking forward to playing baseball because I’ll get to see a very high level of competition to compete with.