Gatorade 2019 - 2020: Player of the Year

Baseball - Connecticut

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Jared Burrows

Pitcher/shortstop
WATERFORD HS
WATERFORD, CONNECTICUT
SENIOR
Height: 5-FOOT-11
Press Release

Peak Performance

0.74

2019 ERA

89

Strikeouts

0.325

Batting average

17

RBI
“Jared is the hardest-working and most talented student-athlete I have been around in my career. He’s an irreplaceable member of our baseball team, and many of the young people in our community view him as their role model.”
Art Peluso
Head Coach - Waterford coach
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Athletic Excellence

The 5-foot-11, 185-pound senior shortstop and right-handed pitcher led the Lancers (20-9) to the Class L state championship in 2019, hurling a three-hit shutout in the title game. Rated as the No. 36 senior prospect in New England by Prep Baseball Report, Burrows posted a 6-2 record in 2019 with a 0.74 ERA, striking out 89 batters with just six walks in 61 innings pitched. A two-time First Team All-Conference selection, he also batted .325 with four home runs and 17 RBI.

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Academic Achievement

Burrows has maintained a 3.98 GPA in the classroom. He has signed a National Letter of Intent to play baseball on scholarship at the University of Hartford.

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Exemplary Character

Burrows has tutored elementary school students in Spanish and has volunteered locally on behalf of the New London Community Meal Center and youth sports programs.