Gatorade 2019 - 2020: Player of the Year

Baseball - Oklahoma

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BASEBALL

Cade Horton

Shorstop/pitcher
NORMAN HS
NORMAN , OKLAHOMA
SENIOR
Height: 6-FOOT-3
Press Release

Peak Performance

0.375

2020 batting average

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2020 ERA

0.42

Career batting average

140

Career hits
“Cade Horton is a ballplayer. He is obviously gifted and able to do things other high school players cannot. As a pitcher, he can throw in by any batter. Defensively, he has unbelievable range and the ability to make plays that will make you shake your head in amazement.”
Cody Merrell
Head Coach - Head coach of Norman High
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Athletic Excellence

The 6-foot-3, 195-pound senior shortstop and right-handed pitcher participated in the Perfect Game All-American game in August. A Perfect Game 2020 Preseason All-American selection, Horton was 1-0 on the mound with a 0.00 earned run average and five strikeouts in four innings pitched this spring for the Tigers (3-1-1) before the season was cancelled. He compiled a .375 batting average with six runs scored and six RBI. Horton concluded his prep baseball career with a .420 batting average, 140 hits, 128 runs scored, 87 RBI and 34 doubles.

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Academic Achievement

Horton has maintained a 3.66 GPA in the classroom. He has signed a national letter of intent to play baseball on scholarship at the University of Oklahoma, where he will also walk-on to the football team as a quarterback.

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Exemplary Character

Horton has volunteered locally as a youth mentor and at youth baseball and softball tournaments.