Bourne High School Alumni
Bourne, Massachusetts (MA)
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Jim Prete, Cape League Hall of Fame
Class of 1966
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To Enter Cape League Hall of Fame on November 16
By: John Garner and Joe Sherman
June 9, 2013
Jim Prete, Wareham and Bourne
Jim Prete, a baseball star at Bourne High School, knew he was good enough to play in the Cape League even before entering college, so the sure-handed infielder signed with Wareham immediately after his graduation in 1966.
He posted a .319 batting average in 39 games. It was the first of four Cape League seasons for Prete, whose best year was 1970 when he returned to Wareham after a season at Bourne and a season in which he was sidelined by a broken leg.
Prete hit .336 in 39 games with two home runs, seven doubles, four triples, 17 RBIs and nine stolen bases. For his efforts, he was voted winner of the Pat Sorenti Award as the league’s MVP, the first and only time in the award’s 49-year history that it has gone to a player who grew up on the Cape.
Prete also starred at New Mexico Highlands University, where as a freshman in 1967 he led the Cowboys to their first-ever NAIA national championship.
In 1970, he was named to the first of his two Tapps All-America first teams. While at NMHU, he made three All-District VII teams and two All-NAIA Area II teams.
During summers in the Cape League, he continued his stellar play and was selected for several All-Star games.
In 1971, the Senators signed Prete to a minor league contract and after playing for Geneva in New York-Penn League, he hung up his spikes.
In 2010, Jim returned to NMHU to be inducted into his alma mater’s athletic hall of fame for exploits four decades earlier.
To Enter Cape League Hall of Fame on November 16
By: John Garner and Joe Sherman
June 9, 2013
Jim Prete, Wareham and Bourne
Jim Prete, a baseball star at Bourne High School, knew he was good enough to play in the Cape League even before entering college, so the sure-handed infielder signed with Wareham immediately after his graduation in 1966.
He posted a .319 batting average in 39 games. It was the first of four Cape League seasons for Prete, whose best year was 1970 when he returned to Wareham after a season at Bourne and a season in which he was sidelined by a broken leg.
Prete hit .336 in 39 games with two home runs, seven doubles, four triples, 17 RBIs and nine stolen bases. For his efforts, he was voted winner of the Pat Sorenti Award as the league’s MVP, the first and only time in the award’s 49-year history that it has gone to a player who grew up on the Cape.
Prete also starred at New Mexico Highlands University, where as a freshman in 1967 he led the Cowboys to their first-ever NAIA national championship.
In 1970, he was named to the first of his two Tapps All-America first teams. While at NMHU, he made three All-District VII teams and two All-NAIA Area II teams.
During summers in the Cape League, he continued his stellar play and was selected for several All-Star games.
In 1971, the Senators signed Prete to a minor league contract and after playing for Geneva in New York-Penn League, he hung up his spikes.
In 2010, Jim returned to NMHU to be inducted into his alma mater’s athletic hall of fame for exploits four decades earlier.
Recent Members
| Andrea Andrea Llanes | 1971 |
| David Jackson | 1966 |
| Gary Nelson | 1966 |
| Janine Ward | 1992 |
| Jeffrey Burton Jeffrey Burton | 1971 |
| Kenneth Locher | 1968 |
| Marsha L. Brott Marsha L. Brott | 1966 |
| Sandra Prete | 1963 |
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