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Jay Shadday

Jay Shadday - Baseball - Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
Hometown Rome, Ga.
Last School Darlington
Year Sophomore
Height / Weight 6-0 / 204
Jay Shadday - Baseball - Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets

2017 (Freshman): Made 13 appearances on the mound, starting six contests for the Jackets … Moved into the weekend rotation in mid-March, before suffering a season-ending injury in late April … Went 2-2 on the season with a 3.52 ERA … Struck out 29 batters over 38.1 innings of work … Held his opponents to a .248 batting average on the season … Recorded a career-high eight strikeouts versus No. 9 North Carolina (Mar. 19) … Made his collegiate debut with a 1-2-3 inning out of the bullpen versus Marshall (Feb. 18) … Also threw one scoreless inning out of the bullpen at Miami (Mar. 12) … Registered his first career win with 4.0 scoreless innings of work out of the bullpen in the 2-0 win over No. 12 Oklahoma (Mar. 14) … Made his first career start versus No. 9 North Carolina (Mar. 19), allowing just two hits and striking out a career-high eight batters in 5.0 scoreless innings … Picked up the win with a quality start against No. 5 Clemson (April 1), surrendering one run on five hits, while striking out five over 6.0 innings … Threw 5.0-innings in the start at Notre Dame (April 8) and 5.2 innings in a home start versus No. 2 Louisville (April 15) … Went 3.2 innings in a start at Virginia Tech (April 21), before shutting it down due to a season-ending injury.

Before Tech: Four-year letterwinner at the Darlington School under head coach Matt Larry … A three-time team captain for the baseball team … A 2016 Rawlings-Perfect Game Honorable Mention All-American … Also a 2016 PG Southeast Region Honorable Mention selection … Tabbed a 2015 PG Underclass High Honorable Mention All-American and a 2014 Underclass Honorable Mention All-American … Ranked as high as No. 11 in the state of Georgia for left handed pitchers by Perfect Game in the Class of 2016 … Rated No. 91 overall in the state of Georgia in the Class of 2016 by Perfect Game … Tabbed the Georgia State Player of the Year in 2015 … Was named the All-Area Player of the Year in both 2015 and 2016 … A four-time All-Area First Team selection in 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016 … Chosen as the Team MVP by his fellow teammates in 2014, 2015 and 2016 … Helped lead his team to regional championship titles in both 2012 and 2015 … Also guided his team to a state championship runner-up finish in 2015 … Threw a perfect game during his junior year in April 2015 versus Coosa High School … Also threw a no-hitter in March 2014 …. Played for the Doubleday team in 2012-13, the 6-4-3 DP team in 2014 and the East Cobb Yankees in 2015 … Helped lead his East Cobb team to become the 2015 Connie Mack World Series Champions, the 2015 Perfect Game WWBA National Champions and the 2015 Sandlot National Champions.

Personal: Full name is Jarrett Eaton Shadday, but he goes by Jay … Born on Oct. 3, 1996 in Rome, Ga. … Son of Jarrett and Holly Shadday … Has four younger siblings in Jacquelyn, Gamble, Mary and Evie … Uncle, Jim Dudley, played football at Samford from 1996-2000 … Enjoys duck hunting and fishing … Began playing baseball at the age of five … Chose Tech because of a chance to get a great education, the coaching staff and the location … Intends to major in business administration.

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