Editor’s Note: Over the next weeks and months, Emmaussports.com will be spotlighting senior spring sports student-athletes at Emmaus High School who have had their final athletic year canceled due to the Coronavirus pandemic.
Today we spotlight Matt Madigan infielder/outfielder from the Emmaus baseball team with our Q and A session:
Q: How are you coping during these difficult and uncertain times with the Coronavirus pandemic?
MM: I’m just trying to take it one day at a time. Trying to stay busy and as optimistic about our current situation as possible.
Q: What’s been the biggest challenge for you day to day?
MM: My biggest challenge is the uncertainty of when things will return to a normal state.
Q: What are you doing to keep busy?
MM: I’ve tried to keep busy by spending quality time with my family and taking advantage of the extra time by practicing and working out in order to stay in good baseball and physical shape
Q: How disappointed are you that there will be not be a spring sports season?
MM: Myself along with I’m sure every other spring sport athlete across the country are very disappointed to not have a season.
Q: What will be your favorite memory from your high school sports career if the season gets cancelled?
MM: My favorite memory is playing in the district championship game at Coca Cola Park last year.
Q: What are you future plans after high school?
MM: I will be attending Moravian College to play baseball and major in finance while minoring in pre-law. Afterward, I plan on attending law school.
Q: What’s the best advice you can give to your underclassmen?
MM: Pieces of advice that I can give to underclassman are: to always work hard, to aspire to be the best, and to be an unselfish teammate.