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Samrath Singh ’22 grew up in New Jersey in a loving family, 体育明星, 在学校表现优异, and even learned to play the viola. He was also raised as an observant Sikh, which is why 电子游戏软件 struck his parents as an odd fit when it came time for their son, by then a standout baseball player and student, to decide on a university.

2017年6月, Singh and his parents made the drive to Chestnut Hill to learn about BC, which had been heavily recruiting the tall lefthanded pitcher. After touring the campus and the athletic facilities, they found themselves sitting in the office of baseball head coach Mike Gambino. Singh’s parents by then were comfortable with the academic opportunities that BC offered, but there was something else they wanted to know: Could their son, who in keeping with his faith wears a turban and a beard and does not cut his hair, truly feel at home in a Jesuit Catholic institution?

"I’ve researched your religion,甘比诺回答, "and I want to tell you how some of the Jesuit values here parallel Sikh core tenets.他解释说, 在他看来, men and women for others perfectly complemented Seva, the Sikhism principle of selfless service. 辛格夫妇惊呆了. They had been on many of these recruiting visits, and this marked the first time that a coach had spoken knowledgeably about their faith. "Not only did that catch my 就像,哇!" Singh recalled, "but my parents were like, 'Did he really just—did he really do that?'"

With the family quickly warming to BC, Singh had one final question: How would Gambino feel about him wearing his turban while he pitched?

"Well, what do you want to do?教练问.

"这就是我," Singh responded. “这就是我. 这就是我的信仰. I want to pitch like this."

"I said, 'Let’s do it, dude,'" Gambino recalled. "I remember at that point, I looked at him, I’m like, 'I’m all in on this kid.'"

Singh matriculated in the fall of 2018, but it would be more than a year until he could finally take the mound for the Eagles. His arm had begun hurting during the previous summer and had never really stopped. Then, while he was attempting to throw early in 2019, the pain reached an agonizing new level. 后不久, he underwent a procedure known as Tommy John surgery that requires a long recovery process.