{"id":644292,"date":"2025-03-25T13:15:33","date_gmt":"2025-03-25T17:15:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/?p=644292"},"modified":"2025-03-25T15:23:55","modified_gmt":"2025-03-25T19:23:55","slug":"john-ghyzel-pro-pitcher-engineering-graduate-644292","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/john-ghyzel-pro-pitcher-engineering-graduate-644292\/","title":{"rendered":"John Ghyzel \u201924: From pro pitcher to Rochester graduate"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>Seven years after leaving the University to play professional baseball, the Virginia native earned a bachelor\u2019s in engineering science.<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>John Ghyzel \u201924 spent his baseball career trying to throw a ball over home plate.<\/p>\n<p>Once that ended, he looked home again\u2014to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/\">University of Rochester<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Northern Virginia native was part of the Class of 2018 but left during his junior year to pursue a career in professional baseball. He re-enrolled at Rochester in the spring of 2023 and earned a bachelor\u2019s degree in engineering science. \u201cIt took a little while, but I got it done,\u201d Ghyzel says. \u201cIt gives me a sense of pride and accomplishment, and it opens doors in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ghyzel and his wife both had full-time jobs in Virginia, so taking classes on the River Campus wasn\u2019t an option. But he contacted Nick Valentino, an assistant director in undergraduate studies at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hajim.rochester.edu\/\">Hajim School of Engineering &amp; Applied Sciences<\/a>, and set a path toward graduation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cComing back and trying to complete a degree while managing working full-time was a whole other challenge in itself,\u201d Valentino says. \u201cThroughout this process, John was friendly, optimistic, thorough, determined, and hard-working.\u00a0You couldn\u2019t help but cheer for the guy!\u201d<\/p>\n<h3><strong>A fast start to a dream career<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Ghyzel\u2019s father, Paul, grew up in Rochester, New York, and his grandmother, Evelyn Ghyzel \u201956N, was a graduate of the University\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/son.rochester.edu\/index.html\">School of Nursing<\/a>. So John knew early on about the school. Although he wasn\u2019t highly recruited in baseball coming out of high school, he wanted a college that would offer a great education and a chance to play competitive baseball. Rochester checked both boxes.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_644422\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-644422\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-644422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/inline-chatanooga-Lookouts-john-ghyzel.jpg\" alt=\"John Ghyzel pitching from the baseball mound while playing with the Chattanooga Lookout.\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/inline-chatanooga-Lookouts-john-ghyzel.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/inline-chatanooga-Lookouts-john-ghyzel-420x630.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/inline-chatanooga-Lookouts-john-ghyzel-768x1152.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-644422\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>GO PRO:<\/strong> Ghyzel is one of only three University of Rochester pitchers drafted to play professional baseball. (Image courtesy Chattanooga Lookouts)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Ghyzel was an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hajim.rochester.edu\/ame\/\">audio and music engineering<\/a> major through his first three years. He was also a star pitcher, with a fastball so promising that Rochester baseball coach <a href=\"https:\/\/uofrathletics.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/coaches\/joe-reina\/1529\">Joe Reina<\/a> contacted a friend, Cincinnati Reds scout Lee Seras, who came to Rochester to scout the right-handed pitcher. The Yellowjackets play in NCAA Division III, far from the Division I powerhouses that land tomorrow\u2019s big-league players, so visits like this aren\u2019t common.<\/p>\n<p>It was during a pre-draft workout in May 2017 that the six-foot-five Ghyzel dazzled professional scouts with a fastball that reached 99 miles per hour. Word traveled fast, and several major league teams contacted him. Two weeks later, the Reds selected Ghyzel in the 18th round of the Major League Baseball draft. Two weeks after that, he made his professional debut with the Billings (Montana) Mustangs, a team in the rookie-level Pioneer League.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was a no-brainer because the Reds gave me a really good signing bonus,\u201d Ghyzel says. \u201cAnd there\u2019s also a rule that if you leave school early after being drafted, the team that drafts you must pay the rest of your tuition if you go back. I knew that someday I wanted to earn my degree.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At the time, Ghyzel was just the second Rochester pitcher ever drafted, joining Michael Weiermiller \u201983, who was chosen in the 14th round of the 1981 draft by the Minnesota Twins. Last June, <a href=\"https:\/\/uofrathletics.com\/news\/2024\/7\/16\/baseball-sparks-picked-by-the-cardinals-in-the-2024-mlb-draft.aspx\">pitcher Nolan Sparks \u201924<\/a> became the third when he was selected in the 13th round by the St. Louis Cardinals.<\/p>\n<p>Ghyzel made the Midwest League All-Star team in 2018 and peaked at Double-A (two levels below the major leagues) in 2021. But that year, a physical exam revealed that one of the muscles in his right rotator cuff had atrophied. Ghyzel went to physical therapy, and even though conditioning improved his shoulder enough for him to pitch that season, the results weren\u2019t great. \u201cI lost a lot of velocity and command because my shoulder just wasn\u2019t working the way it needed to,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p>The Reds released Ghyzel, and he began thinking about completing his college education.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>The \u2018remote\u2019 possibility of a degree<\/strong><\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_644402\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-644402\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-644402\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/inline-John-Ghyzel_provided.jpg\" alt=\"John Ghyzel smiles at the camera with a bookshelf in the background. \" width=\"1000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/inline-John-Ghyzel_provided.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/inline-John-Ghyzel_provided-473x630.jpg 473w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/inline-John-Ghyzel_provided-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-644402\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>IT AIN\u2019T OVER \u2019TIL IT\u2019S OVER:<\/strong> \u201cI spread five classes over two years, but I got it done. And I have a degree from a great university,\u201d says Ghyzel. (Provided photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>University administrators actively contact students who have left school to determine whether there is a path forward toward earning a degree.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur goal is to see students graduate,\u201d says Alvin Lomibao, an assistant dean for undergraduate studies at the Hajim School. \u201cWe know there are many good reasons why a traditional four-year sequence would be interrupted, but that doesn\u2019t stop our commitment to helping students achieve their academic goals. We rely on strong partnerships with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/college\/ccas\/about\/staff.html\">College Center for Advising Services<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/registrar\/index.html\">University Registrar<\/a>, and many academic departments, to identify pathways for students to complete their degree requirements.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When Ghyzel contacted the Hajim office, Valentino took the lead. Rochester officials determined that he would have to take classes in person to finish his audio and music engineering degree, but Valentino offered another option: a BA in engineering science. \u201cIn the past five years, engineering science has been an effective way for these students to earn a degree from Hajim due to the freedom of engineering science electives and the variety of ways to satisfy core requirements,\u201d Valentino says.<\/p>\n<p>Ghyzel was 20 credits shy of a degree but had already completed his requirements for a math minor. Over the next two summers, he took online courses at Rochester and at Liberty University in Virginia.<\/p>\n<p>In August 2024, Valentino sent word that Ghyzel had officially graduated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRochester was awesome, and Nick Valentino was awesome,\u201d Ghyzel says. \u201cThey were motivated to help me and do everything to get my degree. I was surprised it was such a smooth process.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ghyzel enjoys his current job, where he helps run a pitching training facility in Sterling, Virginia, and aims to always have a connection with baseball. Now armed with an engineering degree, he hopes there can be an intersection between the two, similar to what Rochester alumnus <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/beyond-moneyball-alumnus-supports-the-houston-astros-using-physics-and-engineering-613422\/\">JJ Ruby \u201921 (PhD)<\/a> has done as senior director of research and development for MLB\u2019s Houston Astros.<\/p>\n<p>Ghyzel understands the value of a Rochester degree and encourages others to follow his path if possible.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEveryone is in different scenarios, financially and time-wise,\u201d he says. \u201cI spread five classes over two years, but I got it done. And I have a degree from a great university. Because of it, my future has a lot more possibilities. It\u2019s a great feeling.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seven years after leaving the University to play professional baseball, the Virginia native earned a bachelor\u2019s in engineering science.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":672,"featured_media":644332,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[42,38462,18632],"class_list":["post-644292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-campus-community","tag-alumni","tag-class-of-2024","tag-hajim-school-of-engineering-and-applied-sciences"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>John Ghyzel \u201924: From pro pitcher to Rochester graduate<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Seven years after leaving the University of Rochester to play professional baseball, John Ghyzel earned a bachelor\u2019s in engineering science.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/john-ghyzel-pro-pitcher-engineering-graduate-644292\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"John Ghyzel \u201924: From pro pitcher to Rochester graduate\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Seven years after leaving the University of Rochester to play professional baseball, John Ghyzel earned a bachelor\u2019s in engineering science.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/john-ghyzel-pro-pitcher-engineering-graduate-644292\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"News Center\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-03-25T17:15:33+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-03-25T19:23:55+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/fea-john-Ghyzel-5-1200x630.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jim Mandelaro\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jim Mandelaro\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"6 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rochester.edu\\\/newscenter\\\/john-ghyzel-pro-pitcher-engineering-graduate-644292\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rochester.edu\\\/newscenter\\\/john-ghyzel-pro-pitcher-engineering-graduate-644292\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Jim Mandelaro\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rochester.edu\\\/newscenter\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/35537746af700f24d7e52e350d95b124\"},\"headline\":\"John Ghyzel \u201924: From pro pitcher to Rochester graduate\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-03-25T17:15:33+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-03-25T19:23:55+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rochester.edu\\\/newscenter\\\/john-ghyzel-pro-pitcher-engineering-graduate-644292\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":1088,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rochester.edu\\\/newscenter\\\/john-ghyzel-pro-pitcher-engineering-graduate-644292\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rochester.edu\\\/newscenter\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/03\\\/fea-john-Ghyzel-5.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"alumni\",\"Class of 2024\",\"Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Campus &amp; 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