Sunday, April 29, 2007

The Psychology of College Baseball's Best

James Madison junior outfielder Kellen Kulbacki didn't do too much to earn co-national player of the year - only led Division-I in homers with 24 and RBI with 75, while hitting .464. In addition to his normal training regimen with the JMU team, Kulbacki has been regularly attending sessions with Dr. Wendy Borlabi, a sport psychologist the school makes available to its athletes. After visiting her regularly since 2005, Kulbacki says "the things I accomplished, I couldn't believe it almost," and credits Borlabi with much of his improvement on offense from his freshman to sophomore years.

Read the rest of the Richmond Times-Dispatch article here.

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