Matt Royer
Posted: June 16th, 2012, 9:01 pm
Cool update on an alum/former baseball coach ...
Reading (PA) Eagle wrote:Originally Published: 5/29/2012Click Here for Full Story
Royers sharing special season at Twin Valley
By Rich Scarcella
Reading Eagle
Reading Eagle: Jeremy Drey
Travis Royer can recite the names of his father's former players at Kutztown University and he can see North Campus Field in his mind whenever he smells pine tar.
He also can remember the days and nights his father was away on recruiting trips, whether he was at KU or Liberty University.
"Everybody would always come up to me and say, 'Wow, it must be great to have a Division I baseball coach as a dad,'" Royer said. "And I'd say yes and no. Yes, it's great because it's a wonderful experience and I get to travel with the team all over the country and see amazing players.
"The no part was because I didn't really get to spend much time with him. He was on the road recruiting all the time. It was almost like he was hardly ever around."
Matt Royer has left his home in Lynchburg, Va., each spring since he accepted the Twin Valley baseball job right before the 2009 season.