After the Whistle: Del Tech’s Philip LoMedico

GEORGETOWN, Del. – After graduating high school, a lot of athletes choose to play at the junior college level before moving on to a four-year school. That’s not how things unfolded for Philip LoMedico.

“It was about seven years between touching a baseball from high school to last year.”

Originally from Towson, Del Tech’s Philip LoMedico was committed to play baseball at Salisbury University in 2016, but quit the team before they held tryouts. Burnt out from baseball and not knowing what he wanted to study, LoMedico left school behind to work as a bartender.

Seven years later, LoMedico finally rekindled his love for the game: “I was playing slow pitch softball, and I kind of had an itch to play baseball again…I was having fun, then I was like, ‘This is really close to what I really enjoy,’ but it wasn’t cutting it,” he said.

Now starting at second base for Tech, LoMedico leads his team in slugging and on-base percentage. He’s making the most of the opportunity, not just on the field but in the classroom too.

“It’s extremely fulfilling, getting my degree, which I always wanted to do. But, I didn’t know what I wanted to do,” he said, continuing, “I want to be a veterinarian, and it took time to realize that. Playing baseball on top of that is just like a bonus.”

Head Coach Stu Madden described LoMedico as the “dad” of the team. At 26 years old, LoMedico was worried about fitting in with his younger teammates, but now he’s embraced the title affectionately given to him: Unc.

“I try to take them under my wing. I don’t want to be too much of a leader, because I feel like I felt out of place for a while, but you know, I ‘dad’ em up sometimes,” LoMedico said.

With his new direction found, the sophomore now sees even more baseball in his future. LoMedico said he’s been looking at Division 1 UMES, who’s opening the Eastern Shore’s first school of veterinary medicine in the fall of 2026.

“You come to [a junior college] because you want to develop and go to a four-year after. And for me, I just wanted another shot at playing baseball…I’m just gonna keep going until they tell me not to.”