2024 Cal Poly Baseball Roster
Wright, Jakob
Jersey Number 4
Jakob Wright
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 170
- Class:
- Redshirt Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Paso Robles, CA
- High School:
- Paso Robles HS
Bio
2023-- Pitched 18.2 innings striking out 30 batters... pitched five innings against UC Santa Barbra striking out 11 hitters only allowing two hits and one run...
2022 -- Redshirt ... missed entire season due to injury which required surgery ... did not play summer ball.
High School -- A four-year varsity player under head coach Jonathan Thornhill at Paso Robles High School ... as a senior hit .388 with two doubles, three triples, two home runs and 12 RBIs ... led Bearcats to 19-9 overall mark, third-place finish in Mountain League and the quarterfinal round of the CIF-Central Section Division 2 playoffs ... earned first-team All-Mountain League honors ... Wright hit .421 in six games before his junior season was cut short due to the pandemic in 2020 ... three doubles, two home runs and four RBIs with six steals in seven attempts ... also was 2-0 on the mound with a 0.00 ERA and 20 strikeouts over eight innings ... compiled a .406 average in 26 games as a sophomore in 2019 with five doubles, two triples and a home run ... drove in 17 runs and stole 15 of 15 bases on his way to second-team All-Mountain League honors ... Bearcats were 15-15 in 2019, qualifying for the CIF-Central Section Division 1 playoffs ... in four varsity seasons on the mound, compiled a 5-4 win-loss record with 3.50 ERA with 82 strikeouts over 52 innings, averaging 14.1 strikeouts per seven-inning contest ... academically, Wright ranked in the top 20 percent of his 2021 graduating class with a 3.89 GPA ... chose to attend Cal Poly because "it is close to home with a great education and athletic fit" after visiting San Diego, Long Beach State, San Jose State and Washington."
Personal -- Son of Kevin and Alicia Wright ... no siblings ... wants to play baseball professionally or be a businessman ... enjoys playing video games ... born in Montebello, Calif. ... majoring in business administration.
2022 -- Redshirt ... missed entire season due to injury which required surgery ... did not play summer ball.
High School -- A four-year varsity player under head coach Jonathan Thornhill at Paso Robles High School ... as a senior hit .388 with two doubles, three triples, two home runs and 12 RBIs ... led Bearcats to 19-9 overall mark, third-place finish in Mountain League and the quarterfinal round of the CIF-Central Section Division 2 playoffs ... earned first-team All-Mountain League honors ... Wright hit .421 in six games before his junior season was cut short due to the pandemic in 2020 ... three doubles, two home runs and four RBIs with six steals in seven attempts ... also was 2-0 on the mound with a 0.00 ERA and 20 strikeouts over eight innings ... compiled a .406 average in 26 games as a sophomore in 2019 with five doubles, two triples and a home run ... drove in 17 runs and stole 15 of 15 bases on his way to second-team All-Mountain League honors ... Bearcats were 15-15 in 2019, qualifying for the CIF-Central Section Division 1 playoffs ... in four varsity seasons on the mound, compiled a 5-4 win-loss record with 3.50 ERA with 82 strikeouts over 52 innings, averaging 14.1 strikeouts per seven-inning contest ... academically, Wright ranked in the top 20 percent of his 2021 graduating class with a 3.89 GPA ... chose to attend Cal Poly because "it is close to home with a great education and athletic fit" after visiting San Diego, Long Beach State, San Jose State and Washington."
Personal -- Son of Kevin and Alicia Wright ... no siblings ... wants to play baseball professionally or be a businessman ... enjoys playing video games ... born in Montebello, Calif. ... majoring in business administration.
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