When Hilo senior Nick Antony steps on a scale, the reward of hard work stares back at him with three numbers: 239.
That’s the weight of the transformed 6-foot-2 first baseman, who is ripped with muscle after an offseason of weight lifting and conditioning.
As a freshman, Antony was 295 pounds. After his junior season, he weighed 270 pounds. That was the old Nick.
“After my junior season, I decided to make a change. I felt to compete at the next level, I needed to look and feel like a college-level athlete,” he said. “Now, I feel great.