Baseball has been a huge part of 11-year-old Christian Choquette’s life since the very beginning. 

“I used to have this really tiny glove when I was really young," said Choquette. "Me and my dad would [play catch]. He would throw me the ball and I would throw it to him." 

"So, he had a wiffle bat when he was two or three and just started swinging it in the house and he was just hitting balls across the living room," said Christian's father and 11U baseball coach Kyle Choquette.

Since the start, his dad has been his coach. Christian’s style of play comes from his love for baseball. 

“He’s always kinda stood out against the rest of the pack per to say," Kyle said. "He flat out flies around the field and gives every effort that he can to make every play.” 

Making an impact with his bat and his glove helped Choquette join the Rawlings Tigers, an organization with travel teams in 33 states. 

“It’s a higher level of baseball," Christian said. 

Playing travel ball since 2022 he took it up a notch, applying to be one of 11 Tigers across the country to make an 11-U national team. 

“We did videos that we submitted to his online portal, they looked at his stats for his velocity, his pitching and throwing and hitting," Kyle said. "So me and my wife were actually on vacation in the Bahamas when we found out, and she read an email at the poolside with some friends and she just started screaming. Aand I was like, 'What's wrong?' And she was like, 'Christian made the national team.' ”

“I was so happy, like running around my room so many times," said Christian. "It is just amazing because how many people participated in it and I was actually on the team."

That led him to Florida to play in Perfect Game’s MLK Championship tournament. It's one of the biggest baseball scouting organizations in the world, as more than 2,000 Major League Baseball players have participated in their events, including the Yankees' Gerrit Cole and the Angels' Mike Trout. 

“It was really cool to see other people from around the world," Christian said. 

“What a great opportunity for him to be able to experience that with Perfect Game," said Kyle. "He hit great, he had a great on-base percentage and he played six positions all over the field that weekend.”

After Choquette notched a .400 batting average in the tournament, the experience is making his drive even stronger. 

“It definitely changed me to strive forward and do it again next year," Christian said. "I have to work for it and I have to show good sportsmanship, and have good grades, obviously."