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Jake Yeager

RHP
ARCHBISHOP SPALDING HS
SEVERN, MARYLAND
SENIOR
Height: 6-FOOT-3
Press Release

Peak Performance

1.25

ERA

56

Innings Pitched
“Jake Yeager has had as impressive of a career as you will find for a high school baseball player. While he is outstanding on the field and an incredible pitcher, he is also a fantastic teammate and person. It has been a refreshing and joyful experience coaching him the past four years.”
Joe Palumbo
Head Coach - Archbishop Spalding head coach
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Athletic Excellence

The 6-foot-3, 200-pound senior right-handed pitcher led the Cavaliers to a 27-6 record and the Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association A Conference championship this past season. Yeager compiled a 5-3 record on the mound with a 1.25 ERA, recording 84 strikeouts in 56 innings of work. Ranked No. 1 in the state in the Class of 2024 by both Perfect Game and PrepBaseballReport and a consensus Top 100 prospect nationally, he also held opposing hitters to a .138 average and compiled a WHIP of 0.89. He is a two-time Maryland State Association of Baseball Coaches Preseason First Team All-State selection and was a 2023 Perfect Game All-American Game invitee.

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Academic Achievement

Yeager has maintained a 3.71 weighted GPA in the classroom. He has signed a National Letter of Intent to play baseball on scholarship at the University of Maryland this fall.

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Exemplary Character

Yeager has volunteered locally on behalf of GiGi’s Playhouse, which provides programming and support for people with Down syndrome, and as a youth baseball coach.