Pierce College sophomore starting pitcher Derek Galvin is 5-1 with a 3.21 ERA for the season. In a road game against Santa Barbara City College, Galvin went six innings, only giving up two earned runs on six hits.
How does it feel to be named Player of the Week?
“I think it’s pretty special and it’s an honor to be named player of the week. With all my hard work, I think it is finally starting to pay off. I am just happy to be where I am with the season ending.”
You pitched a great six innings against Santa Barbara on Saturday. Can you tell me about that game and how you were feeling?
“To start off the game I felt really good. My curveball was working really well and then as the game progressed my off speed started to fail me a little bit so I really had to compete with my fastball and I was able to locate on the inner half and outer half of the plate and I was just really able to beat them. Even though it was an off day I came out on top.”
How do you feel you have performed this season? How do you think your team has done this season?
“I think I have done extremely well this season. I am very satisfied with how I have performed and played this year. I have been working very hard and that’s a lot of the reasons why I’ve done so well. The team kind of struggled a little bit, being with our relief pitching and some other aspects but we just have a really great group of guys. It didn’t turn out the way we wanted it to, but I think we are better staffed than some of the games that we played.”
Do you have a favorite memory while playing for Pierce?
“Probably the one-run complete game against Ventura at their place that was pretty special and it was very memorable for me and I will always remember that.”
Do you have any pre-game rituals?
“Yes. I go off and I visualize everything before a game for about 20 minutes and then I go through my jaeger band program and then my throwing program and long toss up until I’m up in the bull pen with a lot of deep breathing exercises to make sure I am calm and focused.”
