 Cole Hamels attended Meadowbrook Middle School and Rancho Bernardo High School in San Diego . He was a " gifted student " , and scored a 1510 ( out of 1600 ) on the SAT . Scouts were interested in Hamels while he was in high school primarily because his fastball was clocked as high as 94 miles per hour ( 151 km / h ) , and his secondary offerings were considered advanced . However , some teams lost interest when Hamels broke his left humerus during his sophomore year . Nonetheless , Hamels was drafted in the first round of the 2002 Major League Baseball draft by the Philadelphia Phillies , who held the 17th overall selection . 
 Cole Hamels attended Meadowbrook Middle School and Rancho Bernardo High School in San Diego . He was a " gifted student " , and scored a 1510 ( out of 1600 ) on the SAT . Scouts <a href='uninflect' title='1'><mark>were</mark></a> interested in Hamels while he was in high school primarily because his fastball was clocked as high as 94 miles per hour ( 151 km / h ) , and his secondary offerings <a href='uninflect' title='2'><mark>were</mark></a> considered advanced . However , some teams lost interest when Hamels broke his left humerus during his sophomore year . Nonetheless , Hamels was drafted in the first round of the 2002 Major League Baseball draft by the Philadelphia Phillies , <a href='null_relcl' title='3'><mark>who</mark></a>held the 17th overall selection . 
Cole Hamels attended Meadowbrook Middle schoo and Rancho Bernardo High School in San Diego . He was a " gifted student " , and scored a 1510 ( out of 1600 ) on the SAT . Scouts was interested in Hamels while he was in high sskoolprimarily b/c his fastball was clocked as high as 94 miles per hr ( 151 km / h ) , and his secondary offerings was considered advanced . However , some teams lost interest when Hamels broke his left humerus durin his sophomore year . Nonetheless , Hamels was drafted in the first round of the 2002 Major League Baseball draft by da Philadelphia Phillies , held tda17th overall selection .