Echevarria was a star baseball player at Bassick High School in Bridgeport, Connecticut, graduating in 1989. Over his junior and senior seasons, he managed a batting average of .500.
He accepted a partial scholarship to play college baseball for the Rutgers Scarlet Knights where he was an All-Atlantic 10 Conference selection. In 1990 he played collegiate summer baseball with the Orleans Cardinals of the Cape Cod Baseball League.
Echevarria was selected by the Colorado Rockies in the 17th round of the 1992 Major League Baseball draft.

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