{"id":622,"date":"2025-01-09T14:51:02","date_gmt":"2025-01-09T20:51:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/communitychristianathletics.org\/?p=622"},"modified":"2025-01-09T14:51:02","modified_gmt":"2025-01-09T20:51:02","slug":"community-christians-elijah-williams-baseball-spotlight-presented-by-orthodontic-specialists-of-oklahoma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sad-dhawan.85-215-253-139.plesk.page\/?p=622","title":{"rendered":"Community Christian’s Elijah Williams – Baseball Spotlight – Presented by Orthodontic Specialists of Oklahoma"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Elijah Williams credits his dad for sparking his love for baseball. \u201cMy dad is definitely the biggest inspiration for baseball,\u201d Elijah shares. \u201cI love the game because of him, and I\u2019ve learned everything from him. Without him, I wouldn\u2019t be where I am today!\u201d
As a left-handed pitcher and centerfielder at Community Christian School in Norman, Elijah plays a pivotal role on the team, both as an athlete and a leader. \u201cMy biggest role on our team is being a leader and setting a good example for my teammates,\u201d he says. Elijah believes leadership is about showing his teammates he cares about them and their success. \u201cI train and push myself daily, and mentally I remind myself that there\u2019s always gonna be someone out there better than me, so I have to work my hardest day in and day out.\u201d
Elijah describes the chemistry of his team as a brotherhood. \u201cOur team is definitely one of the closest teams out there. We hang out on and off the field, and everyone has each other\u2019s back. It\u2019s always a great time when we get together, and it makes it easier to step on the mound when you have your best friends behind you.\u201d
Elijah and his team have set their sights high this season. \u201cMy goal, and our team goal, is to win a state championship! We made it to state last year for the first time in school history, which was great, but anything less than a championship this year will be a disappointment,\u201d he says.
Elijah recalls one of his proudest moments on the field: \u201cA big highlight for me was beating Heritage Hall on the mound as a sophomore at home in front of one of our biggest crowds ever. That was a huge team goal, and accomplishing that was pretty special because they have a very good baseball program.\u201d
When asked about the challenges he\u2019s faced, Elijah says, \u201cI was always told I was too small or not big enough to play D1 baseball, let alone in the SEC. It ate me up for years, but now I use it as fuel and motivation to get better every day.\u201d
Elijah\u2019s plans after high school include playing D1 baseball in the SEC and pursuing a career in law. \u201cBy the grace of God, I see myself playing baseball or preparing to become a lawyer. I want to thank my parents, coaches, and teammates for always supporting me.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Elijah Williams credits his dad for sparking his love for baseball. \u201cMy dad is definitely the biggest inspiration for baseball,\u201d Elijah shares. \u201cI love the game because of him, and I\u2019ve learned everything from him. Without him, I wouldn\u2019t be where I am today!\u201dAs a left-handed pitcher and centerfielder at Community Christian School in Norman, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":624,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[4],"class_list":["post-622","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-featured"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sad-dhawan.85-215-253-139.plesk.page\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/622","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sad-dhawan.85-215-253-139.plesk.page\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sad-dhawan.85-215-253-139.plesk.page\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sad-dhawan.85-215-253-139.plesk.page\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sad-dhawan.85-215-253-139.plesk.page\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=622"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sad-dhawan.85-215-253-139.plesk.page\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/622\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sad-dhawan.85-215-253-139.plesk.page\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/624"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sad-dhawan.85-215-253-139.plesk.page\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=622"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sad-dhawan.85-215-253-139.plesk.page\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=622"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sad-dhawan.85-215-253-139.plesk.page\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=622"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}