A North Texas teenager with big league dreams will soon hear his name called in the Major League Baseball draft. It took more than just physical gifts to make that dream a reality.
A player from North Texas hopes to hear his named called in the first round of the Major League Baseball draft.Jett’s dad is the one to thank for his perfect sports name."Mom wasn’t too fond of it. And then we started with John Travolta’s son’s name is Jett. Next thing you know she was like alright. She gave in, so we rolled with it," his dad, Richard Williams, said.
"He was like I’m gonna start working out in the mornings. And I’m like, okay, what time? And he’s like, 5 a.m. I’m like 5 a.m.? We can leave at 5:30 a.m. No, we need to leave at 5:15 a.m.," his mom said. "We never had to go wake him up ever. He always set his alarm. Sometimes he was in there waking me up."Heading into his freshman year at Rockwall Heath, Jett’s dad gave him a new way to work out his mind – the goal board.
"He was like go right down some goals. Just write down the goals that you think you should accomplish and what you want to achieve this year. After that I wrote them down, woke up every morning and looked at them. Went to sleep and looked at them. And by the end of the season, I checked off all ten. I was like, hmm," Jett said.The number one goal on the board has not changed – to become a first-round pick in the Major League Baseball draft.
He solidified himself as a dynamic five-tool shortstop but still found himself without an invite to several major All-Star games likely because of his height.
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