FFP70: How has Matt Milone navigated rough seas to find smooth sailing on the baseball diamond?

How has Matt Milone navigated rough seas to find smooth sailing on the baseball diamond?

Welcome to The Freshman Foundation® Podcast where we help young athletes BE READY for every next step in the game of life through mental performance coaching.

My guest in this episode is Matt Milone, a college baseball player who has endured about as much adversity as one young athlete can. He’s been through every level of collegiate baseball starting in Division 2 where his first school’s athletic program was shut down due to COVID in 2020.

After transferring to the Junior College and Division I levels, Matt has found security and success at SUNY Maritime, a Division 3 school in the Bronx, New York.

Focusing on what he can control, Matt had an extremely productive 2023 season. Sticking with that formula, he hopes to have another great season in 2024 with the goal of making it to professional baseball.

So, what was your biggest takeaway from my conversation with Matt?

My biggest takeaway is that resilience is perhaps the greatest skill that any athlete can have. Sometimes, circumstances derail our plans and we can only control our attitude, preparation, and effort as we persevere through difficulties.

Matt is a case study in resilience. It might have been easier to give up on baseball when COVID shut down his school’s baseball program. Rather, he continued to pursue his dream of playing baseball while finding ways around and over roadblocks.

I want to thank Matt for sharing his story with us on this episode. He’s a great role model for any young athlete that wants to succeed at the next level.

You can follow Matt on Instagram at mattmilone13.

To learn how you can BE READY to dominate the leap from high school to collegiate athletics, visit https://michaelvhuber.com/course.

Thank you for listening. We’ll see you back soon for Episode 71.