 January 26, 2010 - Aug. 7, 2009
To round out the week, freshman infielder Jason Mahood relays his summer experience in San Rafael after an injury kept him from playing ball on the east coast.
Hey everyone, this is Jason Mahood, letting you know about my summer from San Rafael, CA. I'm going into my second year at USF and unlike most of my teammates, I spent my summer at home after breaking my wrist in early April. Before breaking my wrist I had been scheduled to play in the Cal Ripken Sr. League on the Alexandria Aces with fellow Don Jonathan Abramson. However, after getting a MRI that revealed a broken bone in my wrist, what would have been my first collegiate summer baseball experience was not to be. After getting the diagnosis I was pretty bummed out and was forced to shift my excitement about playing summer ball to focusing on getting healthy for the fall.
I ended up being in a cast for a little over eight weeks and then wore a soft cast for about a month. The bone that I broke was in a place that gets little blood flow, so therefore takes a long time to heal. As a result patience has been an important part of this process. At this point I am still rehabbing to get back my range of motion and strength in my wrist. So far it has been going well and I hope to reach my goal of being ready for the fall. Even though my expectations for the summer were altered by my injury I still had to find a way to keep busy.
I ultimately decided to take advantage of my summer by taking a class at Santa Rosa Junior College. I really wanted to take an Astronomy class, but it was not offered at USF over the summer, so I petitioned to take the class at SRJC and it was granted. It was a six week course that focused mainly on our solar system. So for those six weeks, every Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday I drove 20 miles north to Petaluma for the three hour lecture and then a lab that would last from one to two hours. It ended up being a really interesting and fun class and most importantly got four units out of the way. After I finished the course I had the opportunity to work at the USF baseball camp at the end of July. It was a great experience and a lot of fun working with kids who really love baseball.
Even though I didn't get the summer that I was expecting, I was still able to make the most out of it. I got the chance to catch up with some old friends and take a trip to Ohio to visit my family. But as the summer is coming to a close I'm looking forward to seeing my teammates and getting back on the field. Go Dons!
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