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Blaze Jordan

Third baseman/first baseman
DESOTO CENTRAL HS
SOUTHAVEN, MISSISSIPPI
SENIOR
Height: 6-FOOT-2
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Peak Performance

No. 3

Perfect Game prospect ranking

0.422

2020 batting average

0.44

2019 batting average

10

Home runs
“Blaze Jordan is the best hitter I have seen at this level in a long while. The ball just comes off of his bat differently than other kids.”
Chris Baughman
Head Coach Head coach at Oxford High
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Athletic Excellence

The 6-foot-2, 210-pound senior first baseman and third baseman is ranked as the nation’s No. 3 prospect in the Class of 2020 by Perfect Game and was a Rawlings-Perfect Game 2020 Preseason First Team All-American. He led the Jaguars to a 12-1 record before the 2020 season was canceled, batting .422 with six doubles, five triples, four RBI and 14 runs scored. A two-time First Team All-State selection, Jordan led DeSoto Central (34-3) to the Class 6A state championship in 2019, hitting .440 with 10 home runs and 46 RBI.

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Academic Achievement

Jordan has maintained a 3.91 GPA in the classroom. He has signed a National Letter of Intent to play baseball on scholarship at Mississippi State University, but is projected as an early-round selection in June’s Major League Baseball draft.

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Exemplary Character

A devoted member of his church community, Jordan has raised funds to benefit children’s hospitals and volunteered locally on behalf of youth baseball programs.