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Bellwood-Antis high school has a tradition of excellence, in the classroom, in the arts, and of course in athletics.

In the baseball program, there is a rising star by the name of Chad Luensmann. He has thrown a fastball in the 90’s, and his teammates say that he has great ball placement. Luensmann is being looked at by some very big Division I programs, and has a dream of being drafted into the big leagues. Not only is he a savant on the diamond, but he is also a great student and has many options besides baseball.

The BluePrint talked to Luensmann about his start in baseball and how old he was when he got involved and he said, “I was 5 years old when my mom signed me up for T-ball.”

Everyone knows that Luensmann will try to make a career in baseball, so the BluePrint asked him what major college offers he was considering, and he replied, “I am being currently looked at by Virginia Tech, North Carolina State, Nebraska, VCU, and Penn State.”

When your dream is to play major league baseball, you better have a cannon for an arm, so the BluePrint asked exactly how fast he can throw a baseball.

“It took me a long time, but I was recently clocked at 91 MPH, and it was a big relief for me,” Luensmann said.

An all-around baseball player, he currently has a .340 batting average and is one of the team’s hitting leaders. But there’s more to Luensmann than baseball.

“My future goal is to either be drafted by a major league team, go Division I, or become an Aerospace Engineer,” the honor student said.

Luensmann looks up to professional athletes like most other young people do. “I look up to Mariano Rivera and Kobe Bryant the most,” said Luensmann.

Getting to this point was not easy, and success on his level doesn’t solely come from talent. Luensmann spends much of his time in the off-season working on baseball and practicing.

“I travel around the East Coast on a traveling team. We play in a lot of tournaments and the excellent competition helps a lot.”