By Gavin Mnedoza, Senior Reporter
Bang!
That was the sound spectators heard as Dylan Norsen was up to bat for the Ranger baseball team in an away game last year against the East Central Tigers.
The banging noise was the sound of Norsen’s first collegiate home run going over the left field fence on a day that also happened to be his birthday.
“That is one of my favorite memories from my playing days here at Northwestern,” Norsen said.
Norsen became a player for the Rangers in the fall of 2019 when he transferred from a junior college in Colorado.
He is now a graduate assistant for the Ranger baseball team.
LOVE OF THE GAME
His love for baseball started at an early age in his hometown of Loveland, Colorado.
“Baseball was always the sport I played the most growing up and I knew that it was the one I wanted to play for as long as possible,” Norsen said.
Norsen said he was not always sure of what he wanted to do after his playing career was over, and he needed to move on with the next phase of his life and career.
However, as the days went by, he realized he would love to stay around baseball as a coach and help others find their love for the game.
NEW OPPORTUNITIES
Now as Norsen coaches for his alma mater, while also working on receiving his master’s degree, he has found a job this summer to coach the Enid Majors.
The Majors team is a baseball team in Enid that is full of Division I prospects.
This is a great opportunity for anyone who is wanting to coach at a high level, especially Norsen, who is in his first year in his coaching career.
After coaching in the spring and summer, it is still unclear what he wants to do, but Norsen said he will try to stay around baseball as long as he can.
“As long as I’m near a ballfield, I feel at home,” Norsen said.