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Garrett Atkinson--all-Northwest Conference first team
GARRETT NILS ATKINSON, a southpaw reliever at Whitman College, at Seattle Mariner's stadium. Count goes 0-1, 1-1, 1-2, then the K (strike 3). Garrett's mouth opens during release (his signature move since being a small boy). Garrett collects first strike against the next batter before video ends.
Garrett finished with the regular season 2-1, with a 1.96 ERA, finished with 26 strikeouts in 23 innings, the only Whitman pitcher averaging more than one K (strikeout) per inning out of 15 pitchers--and allowed only singles--opposing hitters averaged just .122 hitting against him. Only one run scored on him while he was pitching...Garrett was selected for the All-Northwest Conference Baseball squad, comprising the best players from the 9 NWC teams.
Garrett--just graduated summa cum laude--from Whitman with a BA in Economics--3.93 GPA. Also he is:
--winner of the sole Robert M. Graham Award for Excellence in Student Leadership, 2017;
--winner of the sole President's Award for Senior Student-Athlete with Highest Cumulative GPA at Whitman;
--winner of the sole Max Seachris Award, Most Outstanding Performer on a Men's Team;
--a Graduate Member of the Order of Waiilatpu (best seniors in scholarship, enterprise, citizenship, and service to the college and community).
--and winner of the Bob Thomsen Award (Sportsmanship).
Bittersweet times for Dad, the season ended April 15, 2017, marking the end of a storied 17-year career for Garrett that began all the way back at Cedar Field in old-section Marysville, WA; barely out of T-ball, at about age 7, Garrett made his first appearance, "out on the hill."
In his earlier years, Garrett played on select baseball clubs, including Stoddard's Sting and the Seattle Stars (coach Guy Keller), as well as on Arlington American Legion 76ers and a variety of other squads. He also started at quarterback for the Marysville Jaguars (Greater Snohomish County Youth Football) in 2004-2005, hitting 16 of 35 passes for 395 yards and 4 TDs, with a single interception, in the 2005 season. He also played basketball for six years, and, like his brother Odin, was on the Arlington High cross-country team.
During his time, he was also President of the Whitman College Chess Club and of two other college clubs. Garrett, in early 2018, went to Fort Leonard Wood, MO, undergoing Basic Training in the U.S. Army. At graduation, he began AIT training as an E4 specialist, in late March, 2018. At completion of AIT training, in late June, Garrett joined Grant-Thornton, a management consulting firm, as a management consultant; his core customer, and where he spent most of his time, was MICROSOFT. Microsoft successfully recruited him, and he joined the firm in March 2020--as a Business Program Manager.
This video taken at Safeco Field (Mariner's Stadium), Seattle, KING COUNTY, WA, March 11, 2017.
Garrett Atkinson--all-Northwest Conference first team
GARRETT NILS ATKINSON, a southpaw reliever at Whitman College, at Seattle Mariner's stadium. Count goes 0-1, 1-1, 1-2, then the K (strike 3). Garrett's mouth opens during release (his signature move since being a small boy). Garrett collects first strike against the next batter before video ends.
Garrett finished with the regular season 2-1, with a 1.96 ERA, finished with 26 strikeouts in 23 innings, the only Whitman pitcher averaging more than one K (strikeout) per inning out of 15 pitchers--and allowed only singles--opposing hitters averaged just .122 hitting against him. Only one run scored on him while he was pitching...Garrett was selected for the All-Northwest Conference Baseball squad, comprising the best players from the 9 NWC teams.
Garrett--just graduated summa cum laude--from Whitman with a BA in Economics--3.93 GPA. Also he is:
--winner of the sole Robert M. Graham Award for Excellence in Student Leadership, 2017;
--winner of the sole President's Award for Senior Student-Athlete with Highest Cumulative GPA at Whitman;
--winner of the sole Max Seachris Award, Most Outstanding Performer on a Men's Team;
--a Graduate Member of the Order of Waiilatpu (best seniors in scholarship, enterprise, citizenship, and service to the college and community).
--and winner of the Bob Thomsen Award (Sportsmanship).
Bittersweet times for Dad, the season ended April 15, 2017, marking the end of a storied 17-year career for Garrett that began all the way back at Cedar Field in old-section Marysville, WA; barely out of T-ball, at about age 7, Garrett made his first appearance, "out on the hill."
In his earlier years, Garrett played on select baseball clubs, including Stoddard's Sting and the Seattle Stars (coach Guy Keller), as well as on Arlington American Legion 76ers and a variety of other squads. He also started at quarterback for the Marysville Jaguars (Greater Snohomish County Youth Football) in 2004-2005, hitting 16 of 35 passes for 395 yards and 4 TDs, with a single interception, in the 2005 season. He also played basketball for six years, and, like his brother Odin, was on the Arlington High cross-country team.
During his time, he was also President of the Whitman College Chess Club and of two other college clubs. Garrett, in early 2018, went to Fort Leonard Wood, MO, undergoing Basic Training in the U.S. Army. At graduation, he began AIT training as an E4 specialist, in late March, 2018. At completion of AIT training, in late June, Garrett joined Grant-Thornton, a management consulting firm, as a management consultant; his core customer, and where he spent most of his time, was MICROSOFT. Microsoft successfully recruited him, and he joined the firm in March 2020--as a Business Program Manager.
This video taken at Safeco Field (Mariner's Stadium), Seattle, KING COUNTY, WA, March 11, 2017.