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PISCATAWAY — Hudson Ferrando arrived at Ramsey High School as a freshman pitching prospect.
In the NJSIAA Group 2 baseball final on June 14, he went out as one of the hitting heroes of the Rams' second state championship in four years.
Ferrando drove in the go-ahead run with a sixth-inning squeeze bunt, helping Ramsey dethrone two-time reigning champ Governor Livingston, 4-2, at Rutgers' Bainton Field.
The right-hander watched older brother Jake's team win the 2022 Group 2 trophy at Veterans Park in Hamilton. Hudson proceeded to earn three varsity letters for his work on the mound, but he was unable to pitch this spring due to an arm injury. So, he played designated hitter all season and drove in 26 runs, second-most on the team.
"My mentality just had to switch over to [that of] a hitter, because that's what the team needed me for," Ferrando said. "I started the year batting seventh, and I worked my way up to batting fifth."
In the NJSIAA Group 2 baseball final on June 14, he went out as one of the hitting heroes of the Rams' second state championship in four years.
Ferrando drove in the go-ahead run with a sixth-inning squeeze bunt, helping Ramsey dethrone two-time reigning champ Governor Livingston, 4-2, at Rutgers' Bainton Field.
The right-hander watched older brother Jake's team win the 2022 Group 2 trophy at Veterans Park in Hamilton. Hudson proceeded to earn three varsity letters for his work on the mound, but he was unable to pitch this spring due to an arm injury. So, he played designated hitter all season and drove in 26 runs, second-most on the team.
"My mentality just had to switch over to [that of] a hitter, because that's what the team needed me for," Ferrando said. "I started the year batting seventh, and I worked my way up to batting fifth."
