Fifteen-year-old Trent had ascended to the highest level of competitive youth baseball, practicing daily and traveling throughout Texas, Florida, and California for tournaments.
The outfielder made the varsity team as a freshman, a rarity in the Lone Star state’s ultracompetitive high school landscape.
Trent—who asked that his last name not be used for this story—was big and mature for his age and unintimidated by older players. He had a great first scholastic season with plenty of home runs, yet fell out of love with the game years before he was on any college coach’s radar, his father said….
The Human Costs of Ultracompetitive Youth Sports
