Daniel Pinson Commits to the University of Virginia

Daniel Pinson held down the fort in the middle of the lineup and in relief pitching during the magical Trinity baseball run down the stretch last year. Pinson, who was a consistent pitcher who you could count on  to mow opposing hitters down late into games out of the pen, and also consistently was able to gun down guys from Right Field last year, actually didn't have his best moment of the year on the mound. In the State semi-final game against Flint Hill, Pinson came up to bat in the top of the 8th inning (the first extra inning for high school), and ripped the 0-1 pitch down the left field line of Shepherd's Stadium for the eventual game-winning homer that propelled Trinity into the State Final, in which they lost 8-3, to St. Chris. Even in the State Championship defeat, Pinson was a vital part. He came in the game early in relief of Matt Jamer, and threw 4 scoreless innings, which kept St. Chris silent the rest of the way. Now a senior, Pinson was looking at  various colleges. Earlier this month, he went up to the University of Virginia for a visit. There, they had him throw a few pitches to look at his mechanics and to see how fast he could fireball it into the catcher's mitt 60 feet away. The radar gun up there in Charlottesville clocked Pinson's fastest fastball in at 92 miles per hour, which even at the professional level, some pitchers can't get too. Virginia, a prestigious baseball school, is usually one of the Top 10 baseball schools in the nation every year. After examining Pinson some more, they offered him a scholarship. Pinson mulled it over for a bit, and officially committed to the University of Virginia on a baseball  scholarship earlier this month.Pinson's commitment marks now the second current Trinity baseball member to commit to a  Division 1 College, the other one being staff ace Tyler Johnson, who committed to the University of South Carolina last year. This is the program's 3rd D-1 commit in the last year, the third one being Matt Jamer, who is currently a freshman at Virginia Commonwealth University.