Hanson baseball player Nick Spyropoulos hasn’t entered high school yet, but by the time he does step onto a high school diamond for the first time, he me already have something in common with the likes of Josh Hamilton, Justin Verlander and CC Sabathia.

Spyropoulos spent last weekend in Florida at the Spring Training facility of the Tampa Bay Rays to take part in the Under Armour Baseball Factory national tryouts with the hope of earning a spot on the Under Armour National Team or an invitation to their national training camps.

The tryouts, for 12- and 13-year-old baseball players from across the country, took place in 14-hour sessions Saturday and Sunday that included workouts, skills training and scrimmages. Spyropoulos was one of two players chosen to go to Florida out of the regional tryout for New York, Rhode Island, Connecticut and Massachusetts and spent the weekend working out and playing in front of scouts and top major league prospects.

“It was the best baseball experience of my life,” Spyropoulos said. “It was really fun and I got to meet kids from all over the country.”

Spyropoulos said he played shortstop, catcher, third base and pitcher at the tryouts, turned a couple of double plays and threw a shutout inning. He said he’ll receive his scouting report in a few days, but was invited back before he left.

“Performing like he did was unbelievable,” said his father, John Spyropoulos, who accompanied him to the tryouts. “It was a great experience.”

Spyropoulos started out in Hanson tee-ball and worked his way up through the town’s baseball program before switching over to AAU three years ago. John Spyropoulos said Nick was recommended to the Baseball Factory as someone they should invite to the regional tryouts, but that they would not tell him the name of the person who gave them his son’s name.

“They just said someone turned his name in and thought that he was a good player,” he said.

Players like Hamilton, Sabbathia, Verlander, Roy Halladay and Jose Bautista have all gone through the Baseball Factory, which claims to have helped 30,000 high school players play college ball while helping their alumni attain scholarships since its inception in 1994. Spyropoulos said he hopes to keep playing through college, which was one of the reasons he was excited by the chance to try out.

“I wanted to be there,” he said. “I wanted to get noticed.”

Spyropoulos is now getting set for his third year of AAU baseball before going into high school next fall. He said is not sure whether he will accept the invitation to the next Baseball Factory camp because of the money involved.

“It was a lot of money, so I’m not sure if I can go back,” he said.

John Spyropoulos also said the price tag for continuing with the Baseball Factory will get pretty steep, but they are hoping for some help from the community.

“I asked one of the parents down there how they are able to keep coming and she said they had to ask for all kinds of donations,” he said. “For Nick to go to tournaments and training camps, that’s something we have to think about.”

Spyropoulos said if anyone is interested in helping them continue sending Nick to the  Baseball Factory, to send checks made out to the Baseball Factory to P.O. Box 1054 Hanson, Ma 02341.