Behind the Biscuits: Garrett Edwards
MONTGOMERY, Ala (WAKA)- Growing up in a state known for its athletic talent, like Louisiana, Garrett Edwards began playing sports at a young age and naturally gravitated towards baseball. However, he explains that as he got older, things changed, and he began focusing his efforts on basketball.
“My focus kind of shifted from baseball to basketball, so baseball became secondary to me, and I decided pretty late in my career, I guess some would say I was a junior in high school. Thought I was going to go play college basketball,” explains Edwards.
Garrett went on to have several Division I offers on the table to play college basketball, but something led him back to the baseball diamond, and that something was his dream school, LSU.
Growing up in small town Louisiana, becoming a Tiger was something that Garrett had always dreamed of. Once arriving in Baton Rouge, Garrett learned several lessons that he still carries with him to this day.
“Baseball is a really really difficult game and there’s so many things that are out of our control as players so like why not be the best at doing what you can control and and mastering that. That was kind of the big thing that I took away from LSU is you know whatever is in my control, I’m going to be the best at it every single day and I’m going to do it, and I think that alone separates you from a lot of people,” says Garrett.
During his years as a Tiger, Garrett was a part of the 2023 National Championship Team.
“When I was 12 years old my travel ball team, we played a world series in Omaha. That year LSU had made it down there. Obviously being from Louisiana we went and watched them practice and everything and then like flip flopping to 2023, I’m there and I’m and I’m on the field and it was just like awesome, it was surreal,” says Edwards.
And another full circle moment, Garrett growing up going to Rays games with his grandparents, now
has a chance to get on another big time stage he visited as a child.
“I don’t know if words would be able to describe that feeling. It would be awesome. And my grandpa passed away last year and that’s who brought me and stuff, so for that to happen in the future it would be awesome. Going back and that’s the common question, if any team could pick you who would you take and I would’ve probably have said the Rays, so I was really really fortunate to hear my name called by them,” explains Edwards.
This weekend, the Biscuits are finishing up their series against the Smokies in Knoxville before returning home next week for a six-game series with the Rocket City Trash Pandas.
The week four winner of the Behind the Biscuits Experience is Samantha Worthington. Each weekly winner will take home a pair of Biscuit’s tickets and $33 in “Biscuits Bucks” that can be used at any vendor or in the Biscuit Basket. Each weekly winner will then be entered into our Grand Prize contest to win the Exclusive Behind the Biscuits Experience for ten people. The experience includes: a tour of DABOS Park, a front row seat at batting practice, a meet and greet with Biscuit’s player, and ten tickets to watch the game in a private suite.
To register, go to waka.com click on the Behind the Biscuits Experience in the check it out section. The contest runs through July 17th.
