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Haren, who is of Irish and Mexican descent, graduated from Bishop Amat High School in La Puente, CA in 1998.

He attended Pepperdine University in Malibu, CA on a baseball scholarship.

It was there that Haren teamed up with Noah Lowry, a left-handed pitcher just one month younger than Haren, to form the best starting pitching duo in the West Coast Conference.

In the 2001 season, Haren posted a 2. 22 ERA in 17 starts, and Lowry posted a 1. 71 ERA in 18 starts.

The teammates ( and roommates ) skipped their senior seasons, and Lowry was taken in the 1st round ( 30th overall ) by the San Francisco Giants and Haren was taken in the 2nd round ( 72nd overall ) by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 2001 Major League Baseball Draft.