At first glance, Triston Burns doesn't seem like a ball-hawking, defensive-minded combo guard on the basketball court.
And starting in May, he'll be on the baseball field, competing as a pitcher for the conference for his third straight season. "Anybody tells him he can't do something, he's gonna prove them wrong," Christina Person says. "That's how he is." Triston says he knows exactly where he is on the court. "The basket is a little blurry, but I can see it mostly," Triston says. ", I can hear their shoes, their squeaks, and I can take a few steps up and see their jerseys. So I know where to go."
It was Christina Person who started her son on his path towards athletics. He was born with albinism, which affects the production of melanin, the pigment that colors skin, hair and eyes. That condition was an impediment to Triston's time at a public school in Austin - where he was initially struggling in school, due to his impaired vision.
Baseball coach Jessie Duncan was skeptical at first. But he suggested that Triston try pitching, since it was hard for him to see ground balls or balls hit in the air. "You don't have to see the ball if you're throwing it," Duncan said. "He can't see the catcher's glove when he's pitching, but he can see the shadow of his arm, so I told him to throw at that.
"He had trouble with his coordination at first," Wilkerson remember. "He couldn't make a layup or dribble, and he traveled a lot. But he worked twice as hard as everyone else on the team. He was the first person in the gym, and the last to leave. And he would always ask questions."
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