WHY I STARTED NW STING
My name is Dashawn Patrick, and I’m excited to share, with you, my passion for baseball and why I started NW STING.
2007
I officially started NW Sting in 2007, but the vision has lived in my heart since I was a young ball player growing up in Ballard. Seattle is where I fell in love with baseball, and my goal has always been to give back by creating a baseball environment where kids and families can share lasting memories and relationships that extend beyond the ball field.
I was eight years old when I fell in love with baseball. From that moment on, baseball became an integral part of my life. This amazing game has taken me places and introduced me to people I might have never met otherwise: from playing stickball in the streets of Ballard with neighborhood friends, to being selected by the Seattle Mariners in the MLB Draft where the Mariners paid for my education at the University of Washington.
The discipline, work ethic, dedication, and passion of realizing my dream of becoming a professional baseball player began as an eight-year-old kid in Seattle who fell in love with a bat, a mat, and a ball.
Baseball is my DAY 1, and I am so blessed to share my love of this game with the Seattle community!