Editing Alan Embree (section)

==High school==
Embree attended [[Prairie High School (Vancouver, Washington)|Prairie High School]] in [[Brush Prairie, Washington]] and was a letterman in [[American football|football]], [[basketball]], [[baseball]]. In baseball, he won All-Conference honors.{{citation needed|date=January 2018}} Embree won a state championship in baseball at Prairie High School.<ref>{{cite news|title=Ex major-leaguer returns to tourney|url=https://www.heraldandnews.com/sports/high_school/ex-major-leaguer-returns-to-tourney/article_493b97dc-f8e3-11e2-975f-0019bb2963f4.html|access-date=January 20, 2018|work=[[Herald and News]]|date=July 30, 2013|language=en}}</ref> Due to a shoulder injury, he did not pitch during his senior season.<ref name="edes">{{cite news|last1=Edes|first1=Gordon|title=Sox pitcher Embree confident in comeback|url=http://www.espn.com/boston/mlb/columns/story?columnist=edes_gordon&id=5015539|access-date=January 20, 2018|work=[[ESPN.com]]|publisher=[[ESPN]]|date=March 21, 2010}}</ref> Over the final three seasons of his high school career, he [[batting average (baseball)|hit]] .400.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Zack|first1=Bill|title=Braves retain humor despite humbling loss|url=http://savannahnow.com/stories/062198/SPTBravesnotebook.html#.WmQGfGinHEY|access-date=January 21, 2018|work=[[Savannah Morning News]]|date=June 21, 1998}}</ref>