Senior baseball player Trevor Hauver can now add another accolade to his list of accomplishments.

Over the summer, Hauver competed in the Area Code Games, an annual event showcasing the best talent from across the nation in the year’s draft class.

The Games were held on the campus of Long Beach State University and featured both a Home Run Derby and a series of games.

Hauver competed in both, hitting six home runs in the Derby.

Hauver’s coach Damien Tippett said that going to this event “shows that all of his hard work is beginning to pay off. As an individual, he’s a gym rat, as far as baseball is concerned. Whether it’s working on hitting, or working on strength training, or even working in a classroom, he is a really hard worker. It’s a tribute to his own work ethic that he is accomplishing this”.

Trevor’s father, Marc Hauver, added that his son “is always just hit. I mean he’s hit at every level he’s hit for power at every level, he’s just always been a really strong hitter and he’s a gamer… he’s always there…you know he plays on emotion when the game’s at its highest peak he seems to be right there.”

Below is the full interview with Trevor Hauver

Zach Klein: How did you get picked for the AC (Area Code) Games?

Trevor Hauver: It was a tryout, you have to get invited by an area scout, they had to see you play. They basically invite the top players in Arizona to a tryout that was with Arizona players, Colorado players, Utah players, and Hawaii players. They picked the top 25 players from our four corners area, and put them together on a team.

ZK: Where was [this event] at?

TH: California, Long Beach State University.

ZK: This is probably going to go without saying, but did you notice a lot of scouts during this event?

TH: Yeah there was a lot of scouts. It was kind of nerve racking because you look up in the stands and there is probably about 300, 400 scouts watching, 400 pro scouts, it was just an awesome feeling.

ZK: Have you gotten any unofficial or official offers either before or based off of [The Area Code Games].

TH:Before that, no because I committed to ASU [Arizona State], but other than that I have just gotten a lot of MLB questionnaires from MLB teams, so that has been an awesome feeling.

ZK: Are you more likely to go the college route than straight to the MLB or are you still open?

TH: No, I’m still open, definitely, that would be awesome to go to the draft and join an MLB team.

ZK: The Home Run Derby, was that the more fun part, or was the actual game more fun?

TH: The Home Run Derby, even though I didn’t win, just because it was a bunch of people surrounding you, and just being on Tv was just awesome. I think you got four minutes and thirty seconds to hit as much as you can, but then at two minutes fifty seconds you get a break.

ZK: How much did that take out of you?

TH: It was tiring, really hard but it was fun stuff.

ZK:Did you get to pick who threw to you?

TH: We got to pick, in BP the day before I led the whole Area Codes Games in home runs and the pitcher was really good and I wanted him to throw to me but he had some family issues so I had to have someone else throw to me, it was still awesome, lots of fun.

ZK: Did anyone [family] go with you?

TH: Oh yeah a lot of my family came, my mom my sisters, my dad came, and my girlfriend, it was awesome.

ZK: Obviously this is a fun experience, but do you think you gained any knowledge or experience that will help you out?

TH: Definitely just knowing the competition and just knowing how many other players are out there, you just gotta keep working harder and harder just to stay up with them, and hopefully you beat them , because you might be playing with them or against them someday.

ZK: Let’s hope not, but do you think this adds any pressure to you?

TH: No, not really, I think I’m just going to go out there and keep playing my game, and just let [the scouts] see what they need to see.