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  • RHP
    Position
  • Senior
    Class
  • Lake Forest, Calif.
    Hometown
  • 6'1
    Height
  • 195
    Weight
  • El Toro HS
    High School
  • Nevada
    Previous School
Jake Jackson 2022 Headshot
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Jake Jackson
RHP
Position
Senior
Class
Lake Forest, Calif.
Hometown

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Biography

CAREER HONORS
• Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll - Fall 2021, Spring 2022
• Big 12 Pitcher of the Week (May 16, 2022)
• 2021 All-Mountain West Second Team
• 2018 Collegiate Baseball Freshman All-American
• 2018 All-Mountain West Second Team
• 2018 Academic All-Mountain West

2022 (FIFTH-YEAR SENIOR): Came to Baylor as a graduate transfer prior to 2022 season ... Made 16 appearances, including a team-high 10 starts, and threw a team-most 57.1 innings … Tied for team lead with four wins … Recorded an 8.45 ERA with 40 strikeouts and 19 walks … Also notched one save … Got the final 10 outs at Oklahoma (3/27) for the save … Named Big 12 Pitcher of the Week (5/16) after matching his season best with 7.0 IP against K-State, holding the Wildcats to one run on six hits … Added three strikeouts and walked only one, throwing 92 pitches in his best outing of the year … Collected wins vs. Duke (2/27), vs. UTSA (3/22), vs. Sam Houston (4/19) and at K-State (5/13) … Struck out a season-high seven three times: vs. Maryland (2/20), vs. Texas Tech (4/29) and vs. Oklahoma State (5/19) … Made his Baylor debut against the Terps (2/20) and struck out seven across five innings with three runs allowed.

2018-2021 (Nevada): Played four seasons at Nevada before coming to Baylor as a grad transfer … All-Mountain West Second Team selection in 2021 … Posted a 5-4 record, with his five wins tied for the team lead and tied for third-most in the conference, as a senior in 2021 … His 5.45 ERA ranked seventh in the Mountain West … Tossed a team-high 74.1 innings, third-most in the Mountain West, with 44 strikeouts to just 15 walks ... Collected a team-best 3.00 ERA in COVID-shortened 2020 campaign ... Tallied 24 innings of work on the season and finished with 16 strikeouts, holding opposing batters to a .271 batting average ... Appeared in 11 games while making 10 starts as a sophomore in 2019 ... Posted a 7.36 ERA on the year in 33 innings pitched with 24 strikeouts ... Garnered All-Mountain West Second Team honors and was named a Collegiate Baseball Freshman All-American in 2018 ... Finished the year with a team-high 77 strikeouts and eight wins, tying for most in the Mountain West ... Gathered Mountain West Pitcher of the Week accolades after his performance against UC Riverside ... Punched out 13 at Oral Roberts, the most by a Nevada pitcher since 2000 ... Held opponents to a .272 batting average with a 5.42 ERA and one save ... Also earned Academic All-Mountain West recognition.

HIGH SCHOOL: Lettered two years in baseball at El Toro High School in Lake Forest, Calif. … Was named South Coast League Player of the Year, SoCal Sidelines Pitcher of the Year, CIF Player of the Year and was a finalist for California State Player of the Year … Named first-team All-Orange Country, Collegiate Baseball first-team All-American, Rawlings first-team all-region, and Max Preps first-team All-American … Won the South Coast League Championship as well as the CIF Southern Section Championship … Pitched 92 innings with 89 strikeouts, a 0.61 ERA, and 0.87 WHIP his senior year.

PERSONAL: Son of Wade and Melanie Jackson … Has a younger sister, Hailey ...  Father, Wade, played in the Angels minor leagues system and is a Nevada baseball alum … Earned a bachelor’s degree in management from Nevada ... Currently pursuing a master's degree in sport pedagogy.