Jacob LaFerriere's Baseball Recruiting Profile

Personal Statement

I am currently enrolled in Western New England University studying Mechanical Engineering.  I will be attending Hudson Valley Community College in the Fall Term of 2016 into Spring of 2017, studying Construction technology. I hope to work as a contractor and build new homes and renovate older ones. 

In 2015 both of my teams (Waterford Nationals and Clifton Park Gators) advanced to the NYS state finals. The Clifton Park Gators won a berth to the PONY 17u World Series. We finished second in the tournament, behind the 18u Clifton Park Gators team. During the high school season in spring 2015,  finished my season with a batting average of 475 (3rd highest on my team). We advanced to the sectional playoffs and finished our season with a record of 16-5.

In the summer of 2012, my Travel team (Waterford Nationals) went to the NABF World Series held in Youngstown, Ohio where we finished fifth overall and I was voted onto the NABF All-Tournament team as a starter.

2012, my high school team won the Big Ten Conference and my travel team won 1st place, in the silver division, at the War at the Shore tournament in Connecticut. We also played in the PONY 15u World Series and finished second in the New York State AABC tournament. I was first on my team in fielding percentage (.948%) and second on the team in average, RBI's, slugging and hits.