As a young boy growing up in Newport Beach, California, Caleb Ricketts knew he liked being active and a team member. Ricketts started playing sports at the age of four years old, and when he turned five, he started playing the sport he still loves today — baseball. While he is currently a sophomore and the catcher at the University of San Diego, Ricketts’ career in baseball had an unconventional start.
“I was five years old playing t-ball, and I got hit in the nose with the ball, and then I quit for four years because I was scared to play after that,” Ricketts said.