It is no secret that professional baseball players live a life that requires a ton of travel and living in many different states and cities throughout their careers, but for Isaiah Campbell his upbringing happened through several different countries as well.
Isaiah’s father was in the Air Force living just off the coast of Portugal when he was born. From there, he and his family moved wherever his father was stationed which included stops in Turkey and Germany before his family settled down in the states.
His baseball journey began on the military base with tee-ball in Turkey, while also playing multiple sports growing up. He ultimately stuck with baseball when his family settled down in Kansas, where he lived until college when he went to the University of Arkansas.
As a Razorback, Campbell would help take his team to the 2018 College World Series finals after striking out eight in 5.1 innings against Florida in the semifinals but ultimately lost to Oregon State.
When he looks back on his childhood, Isaiah reflected on how hardworking his parents were, “it showed me how big of a drive they had to give me and my sister an amazing life even though we didn’t have a lot of money.”
Campbell continued, “I’ve lived in different countries, spent a lot of my life in Kansas, and now I call Arizona my home with my wife so I’ve had a lot of cool experiences in places that I’ve lived and each one has shaped me in a different way.”