2014 Baseball
Jearl Jesson
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 200
- B/T:
- L/L
- Class:
- Freshman
- High School:
- Shadow Hills HS
- Experience:
- HS
High School: Compiled 5-1 record and 1.05 ERA as a senior under head coach Teg Diffey at Shadow Hills High School in Bermuda Dunes ... struck out 81 batters in 40 innings ... also posted impressive batting statistics, hitting .562 with 19 RBI, one home run and struck out just once in 58 plate appearances ... Shadow Hills was 19-7 overall, won the De Anza League title and lost in the second round of the CIF-Southern Section Division 5 playoffs ... earned De Anza League MVP and first-team all-league honors ... played summer ball for Desert Prospects ... as a junior at Shadow Hills, Jessen was nominated to the 2012 CIF-Southern Section North/South Junior All-Star team ... a first-team all-De Anza League performer and De Anza co-defensive MVP ... a first baseman and outfielder when not on the mound, Jesson hit .347 with 26 hits and 31 RBI in 2012, including 10 doubles and a home run against 29 Palms ... eight multi-hit games, struck out just four times in 92 plate appearances and compiled a .457 on-base percentage ... on the mound, the southpaw was 5-2 with a 0.97 ERA and three saves ... struck out 16 batters in an 8-0 win over Big Bear and added 10 strikeouts in four innings of a 12-1 win over Yucca Valley ... compiled 78 strikeouts in 40 1/3 innings for the year ... Knights were 20-5 in 2012, including a 10-0 mark for the De Anza League title, and Shadow Hills reached the second round of the CIF-Southern Section Division 5 playoffs ... a four-year varsity letter winner, Jesson was recruited by Long Beach State, Penn and UC Irvine, choosing Cal Poly because of “the weather, academics and baseball are bar none to any other university in the nation.”
Personal: Son of Brian and Diana Jesson ... no siblings ... enjoys fishing as a hobby ... wants to be a chief finalcial officer ... born July 27, 1995, in Indio, Calif. ... majors in business administration.
