Even in the cold of January, GW’s baseball team suits up for offseason practice at their facility in Arlington, Virginia.
In the first installment of our newest photo series profiling GW’s student-athletes, The Hatchet got a behind-the-scenes look at the sights of the squad in action on the field and cracking jokes from the dugout.
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Sophomore southpaw Shugy Klein eyes the seams of the baseball in the palm of his hand.
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Senior left-handed pitcher Michael Foltz fires a pitch while the Colonials take infield reps on the diamond behind him.
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Sophomore catcher Tim Nicholson crouches behind home plate, preparing to catch a warmup pitch from the mound.
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Graduate student catcher Anthony Frechette takes a hefty hack during batting practice.
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Head Coach Gregg Ritchie raises his phone in the direction of his players standing before his camera’s lens. Ritchie has coached the Colonials for nine seasons.
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Volunteer assistant coach Bryan Liriano-Hernandez loads a baseball into a pitching machine for fielding drills.
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From left to right, utility player Alexander Wright and pitchers Anthony Germinerio, Austin Odell and Christopher Kahler smile for a picture as they hang inside the dugout.
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The bullpen is in motion with pitchers stretching and warming up with bands and weighted balls.
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Right-handed pitcher Connor Harris walks along the left-field line with a teammate during practice.
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Pitchers Anthony Germinerio, Austin Odell and Christopher Kahler watch practice from the dugout.