By Derrick Smith

Everyone has had to deal with a naysayer at one point or another in their life. Someone that says you are not good enough to do what you want to do or that it is going to be too tough or difficult. While he has had people like this in his life, Creed Muirhead says that he uses that kind of talk to push him to work hard and be better.

“All of my life, people have said that I was too short to play college baseball,” he said. “I have always taken it as motivation and worked every day to prove those people wrong.”

Muirhead is a sophomore at Shawnee High School where he plays catcher on the baseball team. Though his varsity career is young, he says there have been some moments that he will remember for a while.

“The highlight moment of my career is a game we had against Coweta,” he recalled. “It was a really intense game, our team was rolling and I was playing the best game I have played. McAlester is probably our rival. We have yet to beat them since I started playing varsity, but I would definitely enjoy if we could get the sweep this year against them to get some revenge from last year.”

Throughout his life, Creed has had a number of people that have had an impact on who he has become. But he knows that there are a few that have had a bigger influence on him.

“My dad is the role model for my life,” he said. “He’s influenced me to work hard in everything I do. My mom has shown me toughness and taught me to never give up. My parents have helped me tremendously, but my teammates and coaching have always been willing to work with me and I’ve always taken advantage of it.”

With aspirations of playing college baseball, Muirhead has his eyes on a college that is about 40 miles from where he plays high school ball. 

“I would love to go play college baseball for Skip Johnson at the University of Oklahoma,” he stated. “The coaches there are great. They try and get close to you and I would love to play for them.”