December 14, 2024
By: Dwayne Page
DCHS baseball senior Ty Webb is looking forward to his last season as a Tiger coming soon, but the star catcher is equally excited about his next move after high school playing days.
Friday afternoon, Webb’s family, friends, and coaches celebrated Ty’s signing with Maryville College to play for the Scots baseball team. The celebration was held at the DCHS auditorium.
Webb, son of Tad and Tracy Webb, said Maryville College seemed to be the best fit for him and along with playing baseball he plans to study civil engineering.
“Last summer I went to a lot of showcase camps to get myself out there in front of a lot of different coaches and they (Maryville) reached out to me first,” said Webb.
“It’s a smaller school close to home. I really liked the coaches. I talk to them a lot. They just seem like good people. Its seems to have a very good atmosphere there,” he said.
At Maryville, Webb said he hopes to continue catching but he might even get some playing time in the outfield for the Scots.
Tad Webb, head coach of the DCHS Tiger baseball program, is not only Ty’s coach, but he is his father.
As a dad, Tad said he couldn’t be prouder.
“Its something Ty has looked forward to for a long time and something he has worked for. He has definitely earned it and deserves it,” said Coach Webb.
When asked if it was more difficult for him as a father coaching his own son, Coach Webb said “Its tougher coaching him because of my expectations of him and I’m more critical but then I try to hold all of my guys to that same accountability,” he said.
As for Maryville, Coach Webb said he believes Ty has made a good choice. “We went up there on a couple of different visits. After the first visit and I didn’t tell him but I told Tracy I thought it was the fit for him but ultimately it was his decision where he wanted to go,” said Coach Webb.
Before he heads off to College, Ty has one more season of high school baseball to experience playing for his father and he can’t wait for it to begin.
“I am very excited to see what’s in store for us,” he said. “I see myself as a leader and one of the key players to help put everybody where they need to be. I’m a catcher so I see the whole field. I try my best to make sure everybody is where they need to be and that they have the right attitude,” he continued.
“Although I enjoy catching, I also like hitting. I put a lot of time into that but that’s baseball. You have to put a lot of time in. You get out of it what you put in it, “said Ty.
Coach Webb said he too is anxious to get back on the diamond and to coach Ty for one more year.
“Ty will still take care of things behind the plate. He’s one of our leaders but we have several guys coming in that I am expecting big things out of,” said Coach Webb.
“Ty has been in the top of the order the last two years and will be again this year if he continues to swing like he is capable of and I expect that to happen. We have some other guys battling to get in that lineup as well,” he said.
“With only four seniors this season, we will have a lot of new faces which is exciting for us because we get the opportunity to get to work and put in that time with them and develop some more relationships. I’m expecting some of these younger guys to step in and increase their role this year and l I look forward to seeing their growth. We’re going to put a team out there that will compete,” added Coach Webb.
Ty has two brothers, Tucker, a sophomore who joins him as a member of the Tiger baseball team and his youngest brother is Tate.
Both Ty and Tucker are also on the Tiger football team.