CARY, N.C. – USA Baseball mourns the lack of alumnus Sean Burroughs, who unexpectedly handed away on Thursday on the age of 43.

Burroughs was a member of the long-lasting 2000 Olympic Group that gained a gold medal in Sydney. He performed in 4 video games within the infield for Group USA and compiled a .375 batting common en path to serving to the celebs and stripes win its first gold medal in Olympic Video games historical past.

Out of highschool, Burroughs was the ninth total number of the 1998 MLB Draft to the San Diego Padres and spent a mixed 19 seasons within the skilled ranks. Alongside along with his Group USA nod in 2000, he was named to the All-Star Futures Recreation that yr within the Padres minor league system and earned Most Helpful Participant honors. He made his massive league debut for the Padres in 2002, and had stops with the Tampa Bay Rays, Seattle Mariners, Arizona Diamondbacks, Minnesota Twins, and Los Angeles Dodgers earlier than closing out his skilled profession within the Atlantic League in 2017.

“We at USA Baseball are heartbroken to listen to of the tragic passing of Sean,” stated USA Baseball Government Director/CEO Paul Seiler. “Sean was part of one among our most beloved groups, and he represented our nation on and off the sphere in a first-class method. Our ideas and prayers are with the Burroughs household throughout this time.”