local media here in DC as well as some of some familiar faces from Louisiana on as well.

So I will call on them through the Zoom link and we will get started.

Awesome.

Once again, thank you for joining us.

Dylan Cruz, our number two overall pick in the 2023 first year player draft.

And we'll get started with Andrew Golden from the Washington Post.

Hey, Dylan.

Congratulations.

What are these past couple of weeks been like from winning the national championship up until being drafted? What has it been like and has it been to be selected second overall? Yeah, first of all, it's an awesome feeling. You know, I'm very blessed. I'm very, very thankful to have this opportunity, you know. But, you know, the past couple of weeks have been a little crazy, you know, just I'm over there.

You know, we had to compete for a national championship in Omaha, and that was awesome, you know,

just a true blessing.

And then, you know, it took some time off, kind of clocked out a little bit, went down to the

beach, just hung up a little bit. But now we're here, you know, just, you know, we got the draft, we have the draft here, and a lot of people, a lot of friends and family. So great group of crowd that we had here. It was just an awesome day. And for those who might have natural things you may not know your game and where you are,

you describe a little bit what your game is,

how you describe yourself and how you play.

Yeah, you know, I'm just going to be a hardworking guy

that loves to play the game and, you know,

most importantly wants to win.

You know, I think those are three characteristics of mine

that, you know, everybody knows.

And it's going to continue as I grow and keep playing in the future.

Mark Zuckerman, Massonsports.com.

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