Hazen’s Kolterman named to all-state first team

Published 3:52 pm Friday, June 21, 2013

Hazen’s Jake Kolterman this week was named to the All State Baseball first team by the Washington State Baseball Coaches Association.

Kolterman, a junior, led the Highlanders to a 5-1 record in the games he pitched, with his only loss of the year – and the only loss of his high school career – coming against Peninsula in the district playoffs.

Kolterman also holds the Hazen school record for strikeouts with 131.

The Highlanders went 13-1 this season and on the Seamount League Championship.

This season’s accomplishments are even more impressive when you realize Kolterman played all year with a torn labrum and broken bone in his left, non-throwing, shoulder. He will be meeting with a surgeon this summer with surgery expected in the next few months.

Kolterman plans to begin looking at colleges in the fall.