Jesse Rait

Position:
Outfield
Height:
5-11
Weight:
173
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Liberty Township, Ohio
High School:
Lakota East

2015: Played in 53 games for the Falcons in the outfield, making 48 starts in right field … hit .257 with an on-base percentage of .314 … had 12 multi-hit games on the season … had a career game on April 5 vs. Miami when he went 3-for-4 with three runs, four RBI, two doubles and his first career home run … also hit a home run on April 12 at Ohio … finished the season with 21 runs scored and 20 RBI … went 3-for-4 with two runs and two RBI on April 17 vs. Western Michigan … also had three hits on May 1 vs. Akron … had four straight games in which he had multi-hit games from April 29 to May 3 … recorded three outfield assists and 105 putouts with just one error.

2014: Played in 50 games as a junior, making 37 starts … batted .248 with an on-base percentage of .353 … walked 20 times … had five multi-hit games and three multi-RBI games … had eight hits in four games from Apr. 13-20 … had three hits on Apr. 18 at Akron and Apr. 26 against Kent State … had three RBI and two runs scored on Apr. 27 vs. Kent State … had three hits in two MAC Tournament games.

2013: Started 45 games as a sophomore, making 52 total appearances...batted .274 with 29 runs scored...had 17 RBI on the year...had two hits in 12 different contests...had a team-best .990 fielding percentage, committing just one error on the year...did not commit an error over his final 39 appearances...scored a season-high three runs in an April 9 win at Ball State.

2012: Appeared in 40 games as a freshman, making 31 starts...saw the majority of his playing time in right field, with some appearances coming in center field...had a batting average of .318...had a slugging percentage of .355 and an on-base percentage of .365...had three outfield assists...had a four-hit game on March 9 vs. Bradley.

HIGH SCHOOL: A 2011 graduate of Lakota East High School...coached by Ray Hamilton...was named 1st-team all-GMC both his junior and senior seasons for the Thunderhawks...1st-team all-City his senior season...won the division 1 state championship in 2011...also lettered in football and bowling.

PERSONAL: Full name is Robert Jesse Rait...was born on November 3, 1992...has an older sister and an older brother...plans to major in business administration.