Every team needs a leader.
Someone who will get on the other players when they aren't performing well, or fire them up emotionally when they are down. Certainly it would be too much to expect that same team leader to be one the top offensive players on the team. But that is exactly what the Emory University baseball team has gotten from James Hochleutner of Del Mar. Hochleutner was batting .354 with 18 runs scored and was third on the team with 20 RBIs in 25 games through early April. Even more important than the offensive numbers is the Torrey Pines High School graduate's contributions to the team as a senior co-captain. He was named captain as a junior, an honor which shows how much the other players respect him.