Generation Next

California high school shortstop Brice Turang is the latest star in a family of stellar athletes

- Carlos Collazo

Santiago High head coach Ty De Trinidad figured Brice Turang could make his Corona, Calif., program’s varsity team as an eighth grader.

That’s how polished the Southern California shortstop was at a young age. In fact, De Trinidad started getting scouting reports on Turang when he was in the fourth or fifth grade. Granted, those scouting reports were from De Trinidad’s own son, and they consisted of, “Dad, you gotta make sure you look at Brice—he’s pretty good.”

Regardless, Turang was on the radar.

It seems only natural for the son of a big leaguer—Brian Turang, an outfielder who played for the Mariners in 1993 and 1994— to stand out at such a young age. But a lot of the credit should go to Brice’s four older sisters: Brianna, , Carissa, Cabria, and Bailee. They range in age from 19 to 25. Brice turns 18 in November.

“When he was growing up, I was coaching travel softball,” Brian said. “So whenever we would go out to practice on the field, he would always go out and practice with them. My daughters played at a competitive level, so he was joining a group of girls who knew the game. Strategically, physically, they knew how to play.“When we’d go to practice, he would beg me, ‘Hey dad, you’re scrimmaging today. Can I play?’ And I’m like, ‘Brice you’re only 8 years old. These girls are 14.’ He goes, ‘I don’t care. I want to play.’ And he would get in there and play. It was crazy.”