Maryland baseball’s Maxwell Costes checked his phone on Thursday, shocked to see around 30 text messages from friends and family.
He had just been named the 2019 Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League Player of the Year after hitting a league-record 12 home runs and batting .374 over the summer. Somehow, everyone found out the news before he did.
“I was like, ‘Why do I have all these messages?’” Costes told Testudo Times. “I was the last person who seemed to know, but it’s all good.”
The honor was well-deserved, as Costes helped the Amsterdam Mohawks win the 2019 PGCBL championship on Aug.