Sophomore Summer: Max Hunter of Baseball

Throughout the summer, DartmouthSports.com will be focusing on members of the Class of 2021 who are currently in their "Sophomore Summers" presented by Cape Air.

This installment focuses on Max Hunter of the Dartmouth baseball team. Hunter comes to Hanover from St. Louis, Missouri, and is a left-handed pitcher on the Big Green's staff.

DartmouthSports.com: What have you been doing during your sophomore summer?
Max Hunter: This summer I have been living with a host family in Celina, Ohio, playing for the Grand Lake Mariners in the Great Lakes Collegiate Baseball League.

DS: What is your favorite place on campus?
MH: My two favorite places on campus are out on the river with my friends and on Red Rolfe Field with the team when the sun is out.

DS: What was it in the recruiting process that sold you on Dartmouth?
MH: The coaches were very supportive and helpful throughout the process, and I think it was just the fact that Dartmouth had the combination of high-level athletics and academics, which is hard to find and having the group of guys and the atmosphere we have makes it an easy transition. It really feels like you are part of a family, which cannot be said for every program.

DS: If you could play another sport at Dartmouth, what would it be and why?
MH: I would play hockey because I started playing hockey when I was four years old up until my senior year of high school and loved the energy and competitiveness. Those things are still prevalent in baseball, but you can hit guys in hockey. In baseball you have to be a little more patient.

DS: If you participate in any service activities, what are they and how did you get involved?
MH: In high school, I coached the Gateway Locomotives, a hockey team that allows boys and girls with disabilities to come together and play the game they love. While playing baseball last summer in New York and this summer in Ohio, I volunteered at the Boys and Girls Club, read books to kids, visited nursing homes and helped support Challenger Baseball, which is an organization that gives kids with disabilities the opportunity to play and be part of a team.

DS: Other than your parents, who has had the greatest influence on your life?
MH: My grandpa has always been a role model for me. He is really someone who lives life to the fullest and always has a smile on his face, which is something I am really inspired by. He is also a very successful lawyer on top of that so the balance that he has been able to find throughout his life is something I really look up to.

DS: What has been your best on-field memory thus far in your Dartmouth career?
MH: My best on field memory thus far has been my freshman year when we beat Brown on a walk-off home run at home.

DS: How is Hanover different or similar to where you grew up?
MH: I would say that it's similar in that I have been around the rain and snow in St. Louis, but Hanover takes it to another level. I think Hanover has a unique quality in that it is a small town, but there is still a ton of support for Dartmouth which is very cool.

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Completed Event: Baseball versus Cornell on April 27, 2025 , Win , 7, to, 4

Completed Event: Baseball at Merrimack College on April 30, 2025 , Loss , 5, to, 6

Cancelled Event: Baseball versus Stonehill

Completed Event: Baseball versus Yale on May 10, 2025 , Loss , 4, to, 18

Completed Event: Baseball versus Yale on May 11, 2025 , Loss , 0, to, 19

Completed Event: Baseball versus Yale on May 11, 2025 , Loss , 1, to, 10