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When Roy Krishnan was playing baseball as a high school junior, he had both the grades and the arm to attract interest from more than a dozen colleges at the Ivy League and NCAA Division III levels.
Every other day, it seemed he was speaking to a coach who was on the recruiting trail.
Then he tore the ulnar collateral ligament in his pitching elbow, underwent what is commonly referred to as Tommy John surgery and couldnt play his senior season.
And just like that, the only people calling him were his family and friends in the Westchester County town of Scarsdale.
"I know what it's like to have 15 colleges talking to you," Krishnan said, "and then the next week to have none of those people return your phone calls."
Which is why he's now intent on trying to prevent others from experiencing a similar plight, using biotechnology and quantitative measures to help lessen the injury risk for Rochester-area high school and college baseball players while enhancing their abilities on the diamond.
Armed with an engineering degree from the University of Rochester, playerdevelopment analytics experience with the National Basketball Association's Dallas Mavericks and Toronto Raptors, and his love of baseball, Krishnan operates Liquid Sports Lab in the city of Rochester.
Pitching and hitting mechanics are analyzed through...