COUNTRY BOYS CAN SURVIVE: Schubert is Heartbeat of Wildkat Baseball

COLSON SCHUBERT TELLS IT LIKE IT IS.

The second-generation Willis baseball player is right off of Hollywood central casting of the country boy on the baseball diamond.

“Look, I can’t dunk, and I was the fat kid growing up and I knew coaches would put me on the offensive line in football,” he laughed. “That wasn’t for me. My dad played baseball here and I met all my friends and teammates playing baseball when we were like five-years old.”

As he enters his senior season, Schubert looks back on what these 2022 Wildkats have built… chemistry.

“We all grew up with the outdoors,” he said. “We like to hunt and fish. A few years back we renovated an old barn and made it our own. We hang out and play 42. It’s an old man’s game of dominos. Then we go out the front and catch some catfish and cook them. That’s what we love to do.”

Now, that sounds like a great day after practice.

“In sports, chemistry is everything,” he said. “We’ve been playing with each other for a decade. We communicate without communicating sometimes. In the locker room, if we are all working together and having fun it’s a great experience. We feed off each other. You say, ‘hey come work out with me’ and the next thing you know everyone is there.”

That’s the locker room mentality.

Schubert has been in the program since his freshman year and expectations have varied.

“We were 5A when I was a freshman and we went to the playoffs,” he said. “Then we moved to Class 6A in a tough district and we weren’t expected to do anything.

“As a senior, I feel like I’ve become more of a leader and am holding people more accountable. Why not us? Let’s go out and surprise people and do something different. It’s bittersweet because we probably will never play together again, so let’s go have some fun.”

Part of the Wildkats’ success will come off the bat of Schubert.

“I love hitting,” he said. “You are the underdog. It’s one versus nine in the field. When you get a hit, you beat the odds. If you succeed 40-percent of the time, you are a star. That is just fun to me.”

So, what does he think about when at the plate?

“Sometimes I sing to myself,” he laughs. “I’m trying to distract myself from thinking or looking for a certain pitch. It works for me.”