“Q & A” is part of the La Voz News publication that highlights conversations with community members at De Anza.

Baseball season at De Anza kicked off in September, and players said they are full of excitement for their upcoming seasons.

Keanu Hennings, 20,  kinesiology major, and Mason Manglicmot, 19, business major, share their thoughts about the baseball season and what they hope to see in their future games. 

La Voz: Can you describe your experience playing baseball?

Hennings: It’s been going good, just creating a brotherhood is nothing like no other. Just experiencing the base-to-base, emotional, physical, it’s the grind. I just love the brotherhood.

Manglicmot: The thought of the grind, you’re out here every single day, for five plus hours. It’s a lot of work you have to get done.

La Voz: How do you approach your training and conditioning?

Hennings: I go to the weight room or the field. I just think about the people who are not here with me today. That’s my reason, I do it for them, that’s what keeps me up.

Manglicmot: It’s all part of the grind to move on to the next level. You have to get stuff done in order to move on and make it far. 

La Voz: How do you work and communicate with your teammates?

Hennings: It’s a brotherhood, and just talking to them is how you would talk to your siblings. You just have to get your work done at the end of the day.

Manglicmot: We’re really close, it’s like we’re a family. It’s easy to talk to each other and let each other know everything. 

La Voz: What are the setbacks and failures you’ve faced, and how did you overcome them?

Hennings: Baseball is a game of failure, you’re going to have to fail to succeed. It’s the amount of times you fail, and you learn your lessons from that. You would overcome that bump and that adversity you would face.

Manglicmot: You fail more than you succeed, so you just have to power through it. Look at the positive things and take them. 

La Voz: What is your favorite part about being on the baseball team? 

Hennings: Just like I said, the culture and the family. I think that’s just a big thing, just creating a brotherhood. It’s sentimental, and it means a lot.

Manglicmot: Baseball, it’s just a kid’s game, deep down, just to be out here every single day with people you’re so close with is enjoyable.

La Voz: What is the best piece of advice you have received?

Hennings: You would have to fail more than you succeed. There’s going to be adversity, and it’s how you’re going to overcome that and how it will make you a better person. 

Manglicmot: You’ve got to be there for your team. This is a team sport, there’s no such thing as an eye-guy. You can’t do everything on your own. 

La Voz: Do you have any goals that you would like to accomplish during this season?

Hennings: To get a division one scholarship, that’s mine. 

Manglicmot: I want to move on, this is my last year, so hopefully I get to move on to a four-year. 

La Voz: What would you like to see for you and your team’s future?

Hennings: To have a better record, and we should go to the playoffs. Hopefully, we get to do it in this one. 

Manglicmot: The goal is to make it to the playoffs. We were close last year, but I think this year we have a solid team that could do it.