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Jay Woolfolk

Pitcher/outfielder
BENEDICTINE COLLEGE PREP
RICHMOND, VIRGINIA
JUNIOR
Height: 6-FOOT-1
Press Release

Peak Performance

58

2019 strikeouts

6-0

2019 pitching record

0.529

WWBA 16U National Championships batting average

0.824

WWBA 16U National Championships slugging percentage
“On the mound, it is just hard to believe that he can throw that hard. As he walks to the mound, he doesn’t look like he’s going to gas it up there at 90-plus. But then he does, repeatedly and effortlessly.”
Tony Szymendera
Head Coach - Head coach of St. Christopher’s School
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Athletic Excellence

The 6-foot-1, 200-pound junior right-handed pitcher and outfielder earned All-Tournament honors at the WWBA 16U National Championships in July. Woolfolk went five innings, allowing two hits and recording seven strikeouts in his only start on the mound, and he posted a .529 batting average with six runs scored, nine RBI, a .652 on-base percentage and a .824 slugging percentage in seven games. As a sophomore for Benedictine Prep, he was 6-0 on the mound with 58 strikeouts in 37.1 innings pitched, leading the Cadets to the 2019 Virginia Independent School Athletic Association Division I state title. He is ranked as the nation’s No. 35 prospect in the Class of 2021 by Baseball America.

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Academic Achievement

Woolfolk has maintained a B average in the classroom. He has made a verbal commitment to play baseball and football on scholarship at the University of Virginia beginning in the fall of 2021.

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Exemplary Character

Also the quarterback of Benedictine Prep’s 2019 state champion football team, Woolfolk has volunteered locally with the Salvation Army and Goodwill Industries International.