Tuesday, November 29, 2005

David Perez, Jay class of '86

David "Scooter" Perez, Jay class of '86, was the premier baseball player on Jay's city championship baseball team. In addition to being the team's ace pitcher, David was also the stud starting shortstop.

David was far from a one-sport guy though. He was both a starting wide receiver on the football team and an all-city punter.

The Perez family made as deep of a contribution to John Jay athletics as any:

Bobby Perez, Jay class of '85, was an outstanding baseball player and starter on Jay's football team in the defensive secondary. Bobby was so confident, he was the only football player in the city who would return punts out of the endzone.

David "Scooter" Perez, Jay class of '86, was the best player on the baseball team and the best punter in the city.

Mike "Toto" Perez, Jay class of '89, was also a star baseball player and starter on the football team, just like his older brothers. Mike also boasted one of the lowest body fat %s in all San Antonio athletic programs.

After David graduated from Jay in '86, he went on to a successful college baseball career at St. Mary's. He was so good that he got drafted into the pros. I remember seeing a David Perez baseball card at the store when he was playing in the Texas Rangers minor league system. He is currently married with kids.

Thanks for all your contributions to the Mustang family.

1 Comments:

At 9/23/2009 8:45 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Just a quick corection on Mike's nickname. He was known as "Toro". If I recall correctly he was given the name becasue he was bow-legged, and when he was a toddler just learning how to walk he didn't have great balance, and ran into everything. Also, he graduated in 1988. I haven't seen him n years, funny how stuff kie that just comes back to you. Thanks for writing such a detailed and great informational blog about our great HS. "To the our alma mater..."

 

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