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Jason Ormond is a Right Handed Pitcher who was the Winning Pitcher for Whitney Young Magnet High School in the CPS Sophomore Championship Game played at Northeastern Illinois University on May 31, 2006.
He is a control pitcher with a wide variety of pitches in his repetoire and is also a solid defensive corner infield player. At the plate he brings a rugged bat to the lineup and is rarely fooled looking at a Strike.
Also played on the Whitney Young Magnet High School baseball team where he was the starting Power Forward for the Freshman Basketball Team. Academically he is a standout student. He was nominated as a Member of the Junior National Honors Society in his freshman year, carrying a 4.5 GPA. with exceptional Math and Science skills and speaks Spanish (studying for 10 years).
2006 Season Highlights ~ Winning pitcher on April 17, going 5 Innings for a complete game in Whitney Young 13-1 victory over Lane Tech; 1 Run allowed; 2 Hits; 2 BB; 2 K's. Ormond was the Winning pitcher versus Currie High School; 8-1 victory, pitching 3 'no-hit' innings in a 8-1 Win versus Currie High School on April 14.
2005 season highlights ~
2004 season highlights ~ included pitching a complete 6 Inning game in Racine, Wisconsin at the Cheesehead Classic Tournament and getting the win vs the Lisle Wolves. In July vs 'Team Illinois' All Stars, which featured some of the best players in Northern Illinois, Ormond Jason pitched 4 solid innings in relief and got the save, in a "Big Time" Clubber game played at the University of Illinois-North Field before more than 100 fans.
In September Ormond pitched 5 solid Innings in a game versus the 14U Nationally Ranked West Florida Young Guns at the University of Illinois. The Clubbers had the lead after 5 Innings until in the 6th Inning Ormond was knocked out of the game by All American Player Ray Delphey (Tampa Bay Crush) who was playing with the Young Guns.
Ormond began his youth baseball career at the age of 9 as one of three pitchers on the Astros Menomonee Club Team and helped take the team to the League Playoffs in 2000.
In 2001 Ormond was a member of the Menomonee Club Brewers and helped lead his team to the 10 year old Club Championship and also played (Pitcher, Shortstop, Second Base and Third Base). In the Welles Park League Ormond was member of the Athletics team which was coached by Dave Kane. The team advanced to the Semi-Finals Game of the Welles Park American League. Notable players on this team with Ormond were Mike Kane. Also in 2001, Ormond began his baseball travel team experience as a member of Dave Kane's Warrior All Star 10U Travel Team (Pitcher, Second Base), in a season during which he played in more than 60 baseball games.
Playing in the 2001 Menomonee Club Flag Football League, Ormond was a member of the second place finishing team which included standout player Marcus Jordan (son of "the" Michael Jordan). During the Menomonee Club 2001/2002 Basketball Season Ormond and fellow Warrior All Star teammate, Charlie McElveen led their Menomonee Club basketball team to the 2002 11 year old Basketball Championship in March 2002. In December 2001 Ormond was a member of the 11 Year Old basketball team representing the Menomonee Club in the Mayor Daley "Three on Three" City Tournament, finishing in Second Place in this prestigious City Wide tournament that was played at McCormick Place.
In 2002 Ormond returned for his final season in the Menomonee Club 12U Baseball League and was the MVP of the Braves team which finished in second place in the League. Also in 2001, Ormond was a member of the Welles Park Cardinals. This team was loaded with talent, including Steve Hague, however, the team under achieved and did not advance to the Welles Park League Championship game. Also in 2002 Ormond once again played (Pitcher, Second Base) for Dave Kane's 11U Warrior All Stars (Dave Kane is now the Assistant Coach of the highly regarded Schaumburg Seminoles). Kane pulled together a true All Star Lineup of 11 year old Chicago baseball players and included notables, Steve Hague, Mike Kane, Tim Parsons, Charlie McElveen, Robert Kennedy and Joe Walsh. This very competitive 11 year old Warrior All Star team distinguished itself by winning Two 11U Tournament championships including the Seminole Tournament at Olympic Park in Schaumburg (July 2002) and the Park Ridge Summer Sizzler Tournament at Hinckley Field (July 2002), where the Warrior All Stars defeated Hamlin Park; in a game where Ormond drove in the winning run to defeat Hamlin Park in the Championship game. In August 2002 the Warriors finished in Second Place in the prestigious Thillens Tournament, defeating Horner Park to advance, but then lost to Hamlin Park in the Championship game. Ormond played in more than 80 games during the 2002 baseball season. During the fall, Ormond was the Quarterback for the Menomonee Club 11 year old flag football team, finishing in second place in the 2002 season; this team lost the championship game on the outstanding play of running back Eli Boyer (Chicago Roos).
In 2003 Ormond was a Charter Member of the 12U Clubber team, which included many of the top 12 year old players in the Chicago area, including Angelo Burrage, Josh Levy, Charlie McElveen, Tim Parsons and Joe Walsh. In July 2003 this team won the "Summer in the City" tournament defeating Hamlin Park, the Nationally Ranked McHenry County Hurricanes and the Nationally Ranked Arlington Longshots. During the 2003 season Ormond played in more than 80 games despite being hampered by injuries.
Ormond has been a Co-Captian the 13U Clubber team with teammates Angelo Burrage and Frank Gowder. His five years of travel team experience and leadership skills will galvanize the 2005 Clubber team for another successful season.
Jason attended Chicago City Day School for his elementary education where he was a top student.
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