Jake Wilson

Position:
OF
Height:
6-0
Weight:
180
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
New Lowell, Ontario, Canada
High School:
Nottawasaga Pines

2019: One of the best defensive center fielders in college baseball ... named to the MAC's All-Defensive Team for the second-straight season ... earned Academic All-MAC honors ... appeared in 46 games ... made 45 starts ... led the Falcons with 54 hits ... hit .303, as he was one of four Falcons to post a batting average north of .300 ... tied for the team lead with 12 stolen bases ... ranked first on the team in doubles (11) and triples (2) ... his .404 slugging percentage was second-best on the squad ... recorded 137 put outs and committed just two errors ... hit one home run ... registered 12 RBI ... ranked first on the team with 178 at-bats ... scored 25 runs, ranking second on the team in the category.

2018: Played in 38 games, making 37 starts in center field … named to the MAC's All-Academic Team ... named a Mid-American Conference Distinguished Scholar-Athlete ... best defensive center fielder in the MAC – named to the conference’s All-Defensive Team … posted a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage … hit .297 with 43 hits, 17 runs, 16 walks, 11 RBI … posted a .366 on-base percentage … experienced a 28-game on base streak and a 14-game hitting streak that ended in the final series of the season … racked up multiple hits in 11 games, including one three-hit game and one four-hit game … opened the season with a 3-for-4 day at UAB (Feb. 16) … went 2-for-3 with a run in the MAC opener versus Ohio (March 23) … posted two hits and one RBI versus Eastern Michigan on April 1 … went 2-for-4 with two RBI at Western Michigan (April 13) … notched two hits and two runs in the series finale against Ball State (April 22), and did the same exact thing at Central Michigan on April 28 … recorded two hits in all three games of the Northern Illinois (May 11-13) series … went 4-for-5 in the series opener at Toledo on May 17.

2017: Played and started in 48 games … named the Mid-American Conference’s Freshman of the Year … named a Freshman All-American by the Collegiate Baseball Newspaper … led Bowling Green in batting average (.305), on-base percentage (.387), RBI (31) and stolen bases (8) … ranked second on the team with 57 hits … hit one home run … posted five doubles … tied for third on the team with 18 walks … ended his season with multiple hits in six-consecutive games … went 18-for-29 (.620) over that six-game stretch … posted 17-consecutive multiple-hit games … went 3-for-3 versus Georgia State (March 10) … went 4-for-10 with six RBI in a doubleheader sweep at Northern Illinois on April 1 … posted two hits, one run, one RBI and a stolen base in a win over Toledo (April 8) … hit a home run and scored three runs versus Kent State (April 11) … posted two hits in the first two games of a series versus Central Michigan (April 21-22) … hit a walk-off single against Western Michigan on May 12, finishing the game 4-for-5 with three RBI … went 2-for-5 in each of the following two games against WMU (May 13-14) … opened a series at Elon on May 18 with a 5-for-6 day at the plate … ended his season with a 3-for-4 effort at the plate at Elon on May 19.

HIGH SCHOOL: A 2016 graduate of Nottawasaga Pines Secondary School … drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 39th round of the 2016 MLB Draft … played club baseball for the Great Lakes Canadians – the same team that Falcon teammate Mat Szabo played for … during the past club season, hit .430 with 25 RBI, 24 runs, 21 stolen bases and posted a 1.076 OPS … captain of his high school team for the last three seasons … named MVP of his high school team his final three years … also played football in high school … named his high school’s junior and senior athlete of the year, while maintaining Ontario Scholar status all four years.

PERSONAL: Full name is Jacob Michael Wilson … born Feb. 10, 1998 … son of Brent and Kathy Wilson … older brother Zac plays college baseball at Davenport University … majoring in exercise science.