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Jake DePew
Position:
Catcher
High school:
Granite City
Class:
Senior
College:
Louisville
Bats:
R
Throws:
R
2010 stats:
.469 BA, 13 HR, 14 2B, 41 RBIs, 46 R, 18 SB.
The scoop:
The 2010 Illinois Gatorade Player of the Year hit 22 homers and drove in 142 runs in a terrific prep career under tutelage of his father, Granite City coach Daren DePew. Selected in ninth round of the draft by the Tampa Bay Rays. He was the 20th catcher and 281st player taken.
