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High School – Earned four varsity letters at Loyola: two each in football and baseball . . . Posted a career record of 14-5 with five saves and a 1.49 ERA in 127 innings of work . . . Struck out 160 in his career . . . As a senior posted a 7-2 record with a 1.13 ERA and 81 K’s in 62 2/3 innings of work . . . Earned all-conference and all-area honors in baseball as a senior along with being named honorable mention all-state . . . Also earned all-conference and honorable mention all-area and all-state honors as a quarterback in football . . . Baseball team won the regional championship in both his junior and senior seasons . . . Participated in the Jack Kaiser Memorial All-Star Game at Comiskey Park . . . Also participated in the Catholic League vs. Public League All-Star Game at Comiskey and the Catholic North vs. South All-Star Game.
Personal – Parents are James and Anne Toohey . . . Enrolled in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences . . . Graduated Cum Laude from Loyola Academy . . . Lists his father as the biggest influence on his athletic career because he “has always pushed me to do as well as I can while still having fun” . . . Lists his favorite athlete as Chicago Cubs hurler Kerry Wood and his biggest thrill in sports as winning back-to-back regional baseball championships, only the second and third in Loyola’s history, in high school.
