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Kolek attended Shepherd High School in Shepherd, Texas, and played for the school"s baseball team
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He was drafted by the Marlins in the first round of the 2014 Major League Baseball Draft. High School He missed most of his junior season, after breaking his arm in a collision with a baserunner. He signed a letter-of-intent with Texas Christian University in November 2013.
Through his first three starts of his senior year, he had not given up a hit and had 35 strikeouts over 15 innings.
Professional With a fastball that had been clocked as high as 102 miles per hour (164 km/h), Kolek was considered to be among the top high school pitching prospects for the 2014 Major League Baseball Draft. The Miami Marlins selected Kolek in the first round, second overall, of the draft.
He signed on June 16.
