Coach LaBranche: "Hunter is more advanced, more polished, and gets by on deception and movement and has poise on the mound. He might need to be a spot starter this year and at the minimum he is a guy who we're thinking can give us some good innings out of the bullpen."
High School: Four-year member of baseball and basketball teams… four-year varsity starter in baseball, and a three-year varsity player in basketball… pitcher and corner infielder in baseball… two-time all-conference player and team MVP in baseball… two-year captain in baseball and basketball… played baseball under former Eastern All-America Mike Susi and basketball under Eastern Hall of Famer Ron Pires… as a senior, helped Panthers to best baseball record in baseball and conference championship in basketball… four-year All-Academic qualifier…
PERSONAL: born Hunter C. Hamlin November 8, 1995… Parents: Wendy and Dudley… Siblings: Spencer (brother), Haley (sister)... Major: Secondary Education… Career Plans: Teaching… Residence: Mansfield, CT…
HUNTER... REVEALED
Favorite aspect of Eastern: How close our team is
One thing I would change about Eastern: Better WIFI
Favorite aspect of my sport: The complexity of the game that most people don’t understand
Personal goal for the season: Make the all-rookie LEC team
Pre-game ritual: Draw my friend Nate’s initials who passed away on the back of the mound
Favorite sport other than my own: Basketball
My favorite moment playing sports:
Winning the conference during senior year basketball in High School
My most disappointed moment playing sports:
Getting knocked out of the state tournament senior year in baseball
My most overused phrase: Humbabe
Biggest rival: University of Southern Maine
Most visited website: Grantland
Favorite song: Dark Fantasy by Kanye West
Dream job: Professional Baseball player
If I were a superhero my superpower would be: Teleportation
Favorite professional or amateur team: Boston Red Sox
Last movie I’ve seen: Remember the Titans
Favorite movie quote: “Our biggest fear is not that we are inadequate, our biggest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure…”
Favorite musical artist: Bon Iver
Favorite athlete: Madison Bumgarner
Most despised professional athlete: Eli Manning
Pet peeve: When people don’t know how to whisper
Words to live by: I’d rather regret something I did then regret not doing something at all.
If I could describe myself in one word, it would be: Energetic
In 10 years, I could see myself: Being a high school teacher
In 10 years, I hope that I am not: Unemployed
Hardest thing I’ve ever done: Say goodbye to my friend Nate who passed away
If you won lotto, what would you do with the money?
Buy a hot tub among many other things
Biggest waste of money: Parking tickets
Favorite subject in school: History
Closest brush with greatness: Dapped up George Springer
Favorite smell: Pine
If my life could be made into a movie, the title would be: I need help
If I could go out on a date with a celebrity, the celebrity would be: Mila Kunis
I can never get an answer to this question: Does my face look fat?
Last movie I saw: Remember the Titans
If I could travel anywhere in the world, it would be to: Virgin Islands
One thing or person I would bring if I was stranded on a deserted island: My dog Bentley
This is impossible: Flying
Biggest adjustment to college life: Doing my own laundry
What I will take away from my college experience: Friends
If I could change one thing in the world, it would be: End the war in the Middle East
