HIGH SCHOOL
Had a 2.90 ERA and struck out 39 batters in 36.4 innings pitched during his senior season at Plano (Texas) West Senior High School ... Team won the Texas Class 5A State Championship in 2008 and was ranked No. 1 in the nation by Baseball America ... Also played on the Plano West football team ... Was a member of the National Honors Society of High School Scholars.
PERSONAL
Full named is William Jake Walsh ... Born Jan. 1, 1991, in San Francisco, Calif. ... Son of Kevin and Maureen Walsh ... Is majoring business at Missouri ... Brother, Logan, played football for Ole Miss.
