Jonathan Howton '22 Recruiting Profile

I strive to be a model student athlete by achieving success in multiple sports while maintaining an exemplary GPA and continuing to be recognized as a leader in the classroom and community.  Long-term, my goal is to play baseball collegiately at a top academic institution and, when my baseball career is over, become a physician either as an ER doc or as a sports-medicine specialist helping other athletes to overcome injuries and continue competing at a high level.

I’ve been blessed to experience baseball at the highest levels demonstrating the ability to not just compete against but excel against top level talent.   My ability to consistently deliver at the plate and willingness to grind in order to help my team win earned me the nickname – JONNY BALLGAME – from my CC ARMOUR coaches and teammates.   I experienced similar results during fall 2019 (my sophomore year) on the Colorado Rockies Junior Scout Team as evidenced by the fact that I was promoted to be on the following year’s Senior Scout Team.  Unfortunately, since 2019 I’ve experienced some non-recurring medical conditions/injuries.  I missed the summer 2020 season due to a painful left varicocele that ultimately required surgery.   Then, three quarters into the fall 2020 season I was sidelined with groin/hip pain.   Prior to that injury, despite only being a junior, I was the starting centerfielder (3 out of 4 game rotation) and leadoff hitter on the Colorado Rockies Senior Scout Team.   Ultimately, it was determined that I had a CAM impingement in my right hip that caused a labral tear which was the source of my worsening hip/groin pain, and March 5, 2021 I had FAI surgery on my right hip to remove the impingement and repair the labral tear.  Post-surgery my right hip already feels better than it has since the end of 2019, and I’m on schedule to be ready for the start of the fall 2021 season which I will once again play as a member of the Colorado Rockies Senior Scout Team.   These medical challenges have made me more resilient and stronger as a person and as an athlete.  While I’m frustrated that I will miss this spring and summer, I look forward to returning to the field this fall and, with a right glute that for the first time in years is able to fully fire, demonstrating my full potential.