Conor Gillaspie had just gone 3 for 4 in a Wichita State basketball game during his freshman season in 2006. The Shockers won, the team was loose, but Gillaspie wore a scowl.
It was a scowl that would come to deserve its own dorm room.
“He was really pissed because he made an out in one of his at-bats,” said former WSU teammate Andy Womack, a pitcher. “So after the game, he’s asking me to stay and throw him some batting practice. We spent the next hour in the cage so he could get more reps.”
Anyone who knows Gillaspie is not be surprised by that story.