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Steve Hajjar

Left-handed pitcher/first baseman
CENTRAL CATHOLIC HS
LAWRENCE, MASSACHUSETTS
SENIOR
Height: 6-FOOT-4
Press Release

Peak Performance

0.26

ERA

41

Strikeouts

27

Innings Pitched

.350

Batting Average
“Steve Hajjar is an outstanding pitcher who can dominate games and is also an outstanding hitter and fielder. He commands many pitches and if he has them all going he is pretty much unhittable at the high-school level.”
Mike O’Keefe
Head Coach at Chelmsford High
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Athletic Excellence

The 6-foot-4, 190-pound senior left-handed pitcher and first baseman had led the Raiders to a 12-4 record at the time of his selection. Hajjar owned a 2-1 record with a 0.26 earned run average and 41 strikeouts in 27 innings pitched through 16 games, allowing just 12 hits and one walk. He had surrendered just two unearned runs in his five starts. At the plate, Hajjar produced a .350 batting average with 11 runs scored, a .490 on-base percentage and a .500 slugging percentage. The 2017 Merrimack Valley Conference Player of the Year, he has led the Raiders to three straight MVC titles.

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Academic Achievement

Hajjar has maintained a weighted 4.39 GPA in the classroom. He has signed a national letter of intent to play baseball on scholarship at the University of Michigan this fall.

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Exemplary Character

Hajjar has volunteered locally at a soup kitchen and homeless shelter.