64. Heston Kjerstad

The Hog Pod with Bo Mattingly

Sport & Story

Arkansas, Hogs, Sports, Razorbacks

4.8 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 10 June 2020

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Heston Kjerstad was the SEC Freshman of the Year, an All-SEC and All-American performer during his Razorback career, in which he hit .345 with 35 home runs and 124 RBI over 145 games. But as good as he was in his time at Arkansas, did you know Kjerstad wasn’t highly touted or recruited as a high schooler? Dave Van Horn and his staff knew they had something special on their hands with the Amarillo, Texas, native. And Kjerstad delivered time and time again for the Razorbacks. He helped lead the Diamond Hogs to back-to-back trips to the College World Series, and became a fan favorite for his mammoth home runs. And while his Arkansas career was cut short due to the Covid-19 pandemic, his future in baseball is brighter than ever.

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0:42.0	One of my favorite memories is you running over the Texas first baseman.
0:45.7	Right here, that's a big time push by Kirsten.
0:48.7	Yeah, I get that a lot from a lot of people.
0:55.6	What were you thinking right? Can we get the real story now?
0:57.2	Okay.
0:58.0	I did get some tweets from the football team
1:01.6	or some coaches or whatever that I should try out for the football team after that.
1:07.5	I honestly think at the beginning he was trying to he was trying to grab him.
1:10.5	Oh, there was no grabbing. No, he didn't grab him. He grabbed him to push him.
1:14.0	him to push him. Welcome into the Hog Pot. I'm Bo Manningley and this episode is made
1:27.9	possible by our friends at Core Brewing Company, Sarah's in Resort, Rockin
1:32.4	Proteen, First Security Bank, and CPAC.
1:37.0	If at any point over the past couple of seasons you found yourself attending, listening to, or watching a razorback baseball game.
1:44.6	There were certain moments you just couldn't afford to miss.
1:49.7	Heston Kirstad at bats.
1:52.0	Swingin' a drive, way back to right field.
1:55.1	Look out, that is Wagon.
1:58.7	I just want to hit, so.
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