he was a baseball legend here, refined his game on the baseball field at alonzo until 2011 when aduated. before jose was in the spotlight. >> he was an all star dominant pitcher here. people out as a raven. >> he glowed. everyone looked at him because he was so aggressive and put all his heart into the game. he was throwing 90 miles an hour in 8th grade, 9th grade. >> reporter: and nobody was surprised when the all star ace was called up from the majors. >> everyone here, they would be a miami fan because of jose. >> he was like >> reporter: former school resource officer wayne remembers talking baseball with fernandez in the hallway. >> he even came back after he made the majors to come and talk to us. just a good kid. full of life. amazing pitcher. one of the best i'd ever seen. just a joy to have him here. >> reporter: and his >> >. often the brightest lights extinguish the fastest, but his memory will endure. >> reporter: that seems to be the same for anyone that shared the field with josa. >> he impacted so many people. if why you were against him or on his team. a lot of my friend