Joshua Patrick Beckett is single and resides in Spring, TX...scouted and signed by Bob Laurie (Marlins)...Named the USA Today High School Pitcher of the Year in 1999 after posting a 10-1 record with a 0.46 ERA in his senior season at Spring High School...recorded 155 strikeouts and 22 walks in 75.1 innings...As a senior, was selected the Texas 5-A High School Player of the Year for the second consecutive season...as a junior, was 13-2 with a 0.39 ERA and 178 strikeouts in 89.0 innings, allowing 31 hits and 29 walks...Tabbed the number one high school prospect in the country by Baseball America...Became the first high school pitcher in Marlins history to be selected in first round when Florida took him with second pick overall on June 2...was first high school right-hander to be selected as high as number two since Montreal chose Bill Gullickson with second pick in 1977...Nominated for the 2002 Sporting News Good Guy Award...Upon signing with the Marlins in 1999, made a $100,000 donation to the Florida Marlins Community Foundation...funds were used to found the Florida Marlins-Josh Beckett Baseball Tournament, which enters its sixth year in 2005...is a participant in the MLBPA's Buses for Baseball program...Enjoys hunting and fishing during his spare time...was the 2002 all-around Muy Grande Winner, an award given for the largest deer shot in the Texas hunting season (245 pounds, live weight)...on November 11, the last morning of the hunt with his father, John, on Sombrerito Ranch in Webb County, bagged a 14-point buck that scored 401 Muy Grande points, taking into account various antler measurements and weight of the deer...deer grossed 188 5/8 on the Boone and Crockett scoring scale.
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