Feature Story /// Jordan Martin, Jefferson City HS
Lasley said. "For a guy with the talent he has and for the attention he gets, he is a super humble and respectful young man. They just see a 6-6, 220-pound kid who's very athletic, and they think that it's all God-given talent. Yes, he has a lot of God-given talent, but he really works at it.
"He's the type of person that when he has a goal in mind, he's going to do everything he can to reach it and nothing's going to stop him." While Martin is a great hitter and shortstop, his meal ticket is as a pitcher. and the guys who pitch," Lasley said. "He's in complete command when you have the velocity he has and you're in the zone that much, that's pretty special."
His fastball reaches the low to mid-90s, and he also throws a slider, sinker and change-up.
This season, he averaged 25.9 ppg and 10 rpg for the Jays, who
Final Four.
And there's also this: Call them Jordan Jams or Martin Mashes.
per game. more than 10 years of basketball. When that time comes to an end, it leaves a piece of you empty. "We're excited for what the future holds, but we absolutely enjoyed it's over, but he accomplished a lot, and we're proud of him." Jordan did it the right way. "He has a day-to-day workmanlike attitude, he works hard every day," Jays basketball coach Ethan Williams said. "He doesn't act like he's better than anybody else ... he could have a big head, but he doesn't.
"He handles himself with so much class in everything he does.
he's an even better young man. He takes time out of his day for everybody.
"He's a special kid, and being able to coach him has been an ab- solute pleasure."
Jays baseball coach Kyle Lasley echoes those sentiments. 8 /// May 2025
“He's the type of person that when he has a goal in mind, he's going to do everything he can to reach it and nothing's going to stop him.”
with a baseball bang. He was the winning pitcher in the Perfect Game All-Star Game that featured the The United States went 9-0 in that tournament, beating the host country in the championship game. Rest assured, that was played before the largest crowd of the event.
"That was the biggest crowd, for sure," Jordan said, "and they had a lot of bells and horns blowing the whole game." Playing in a hostile environment was the rule, not the exception,
in Panama.
"Jordan's in complete control of all his pitches, and he knows how to pitch," Lasley continued. "He knows what he's doing, and he's constantly trying to correct things and make them better. That's what good pitchers do.
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