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Jacob Gonzalez
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Jacob Gonzalez

  • Class:
    Junior
  • Position:
    IF
  • Ht./Wt.:
    6-2 / 200
  • Experience:
    2L
  • Hometown:
    Glendora, Calif.
  • High School:
    Glendora
  • Major:
    General Business
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
 • 2023 First Team ABCA All-South Region
 • 2023 Second Team All-SEC
 • 2023 Brooks Wallace Award Semifinalist
 • 2022 USA Baseball Collegiate National Team

 • 2022 Coral Gables Regional All-Tournament Team 
 • 2022 First Team All-SEC
 • 2021 D1Baseball National Freshman of the Year
 • 2021 Second Team All-American (NCBWA, D1Baseball)
 • 2021 USA Baseball Collegiate National Team
 • 2021 First Team Freshman All-American (NCBWA, D1Baseball, Collegiate Baseball)
 • 2021 First Team ABCA All-South Region
 • 2021 SEC All-Freshman Team
 • 2021 Led all true freshmen nationally in hits and runs scored
 • 2021 SEC Freshman of the Week (Week 11, Week 13)
 • 2021 & 2022 SEC Academic Honor Roll

2023 (Junior): Started all 54 games at shortstop... Named Second Team All-SEC... Led Ole Miss in doubles (18), walks (35), and sacrifice flies (7)... Finished second on the team in batting average (.327), on-base percentage (.435), and RBI (51)... Was third on the team in slugging percentage (.564), runs scored (46), hits (66), and total bases (114)... Opened the season with an 11-game hitting streak... Went 2-for-4 with a home run and a career-high seven RBI against Delaware (2/19)... Hit 5-for-11 with five RBI and three runs scored in series against Maryland (2/24-26)... Went 3-for-4 with three RBI against Maryland (2/25)... Went 4-for-4 with a walk and a run scored against Louisiana Tech (2/28)... Drew three walks and scored three runs against Nebraska (3/5)... Went 2-for-4 with a home run and two runs scored against Arkansas Pine Bluff (3/21)... Went 5-for-9 with five RBI, three walks, two doubles, and a home run in series against Texas A&M (3/31-4/2)... Went 2-for-4 with a home run and three RBI against Arkansas (4/8)... Hit 5-for-12 with three doubles, a home run, and three runs scored in series against Mississippi State (4/14-16)... Had at least two hits in each game of series against Missouri, hitting 6-for-13 with seven RBI, three runs scored, and a home run (5/4-6)... Went 3-for-5 against Auburn (5/13)... Went 3-for-4 with a home run against Alabama (5/19)

2022 (Sophomore): Started all 65 games at shortstop… Selected to USA Baseball Collegiate National Team for second consecutive year… Named First Team All-SEC… Led Ole Miss in runs scored (73), walks (50), and triples (3)… Finished second on the team in RBI (52), total bases (135), and home runs (18)… Finished third in slugging percentage (.558) and hits (66)… Hit .273 with an OPS of .963 and on-base percentage of .405… Went 1-for-2 with three walks, a home run, and scored a career-high four runs against VCU (2/27)… Scored 10 times behind nine walks in a four-game stretch from 2/27 to 3/4… Went 2-for-4 with two home runs, two RBI, and three runs scored in SEC opener against Auburn (3/17)… Ended up hitting .500 (5-for-10) in the series with seven runs scored… Went 4-for-5 with two RBI and three runs scored against Memphis (3/23)… Went 2-for-4 with a home run and a triple against North Alabama (3/29)… Had at least one hit in each game of Kentucky series, hitting a three-RBI home run in the finale… Notched his first-career three-home run game on April 9 against Alabama, going 3-for-6 with a career-high six RBI and three runs scored in game two of the series… Went 3-for-5 with two RBI against Murray State (4/12)… Had at least two hits, two runs scored, and one RBI in three straight games against Mississippi State (4/22-26)… Had at least one hit in each game of a three-game series against Missouri (5/6-8)… Went 3-for-6 with a home run, two RBI, and two runs scored in game two of series with Texas A&M (5/20)… Scored at least one run in each game of the Coral Gables Regional and the Hattiesburg Super Regional (6/4-12)… Went 3-for-8 in the Hattiesburg Super Regional with three runs scored and two RBI… Went 3-for-4 with a solo home run, two RBI, and two runs scored in the National Title clinching game against Oklahoma (6/26)

2021 (Freshman): Started all 67 games at shortstop ... Named National Freshman of the Year by D1Baseball ... Earned Second Team All-American honors from NCBWA and D1Baseball to join Stephen Head as second freshman in program history to be named an All-American ... Selected to USA Baseball Collegiate National Team ... Named First Team Freshman All-American by NCBWA, D1Baseball and Collegiate Baseball ... Voted to First Team ABCA All-South Region, becoming the first freshman in school history to be named All-South Region ... Led all true freshmen nationally in hits and runs scored ... Led Ole Miss with .355 batting average, 73 runs scored, 93 hits and 16 doubles ... Third on team with 12 home runs ... Tied for second on team with 55 RBI ... Had a hit in seven of first eight collegiate games ... Had hits in all three games of State Farm College Baseball Showdown, including a triple and a home run, adding three runs scored and four RBI (2/20-22) ... Scored career-high three runs as part of 2-for-5 night with a double and two RBI vs. Memphis (3/2) ... Went 6-for-11 in ULM series, including two multi-hit games (3/12-14) ... Drove in career-high four runs, scored two as part of 2-for-6 day vs. Auburn (3/21) ... Tied career-high with four RBI, going 3-for-4 with a home run at Florida (4/2) ... Scored a run and had a hit in all three games of Arkansas series (4/10-11) ... Went 3-for-4 with two RBI and two runs scored vs. Austin Peay (4/13) ... Went 3-for-5 with a double, an RBI and a run scored in series finale vs. LSU (4/24) ... Went 6-for-10 with five runs scored, five RBI, a double and a home run in series vs. South Carolina (4/30-5/1) ... Notched a career-high four hits vs. Little Rock with one home run, three RBI and two runs scored (5/12) ... Notched first career multi-homer game and tied career-high with four RBI, going 3-for-3 with three runs scored in series finale vs. Vanderbilt (5/14-16) ... Homered and went 3-for-5 with two runs scored and two RBI in series-clinching victory at Georgia (5/21) ... Tied career-high with four hits in SEC Tournament vs. Auburn (5/25) ... Had a hit and scored runs in all four games of NCAA Oxford Regional, scoring seven runs over the weekend (6/4-7) ... Had a hit and a run scored in all three games of NCAA Tucson Super Regional ... Had a hit and a run scored in final seven games of the season, including homers in the final two ... Went 3-for-4 with three runs scored, three RBI, two doubles and a home run in NCAA Tucson Super Regional win at Arizona (6/12).

High School: Four-year letterwinner at Glendora High School under head coach Dan Henley … 2019 Perfect Game National Showcase … 2020 Perfect Game All-Region First Team … Three-Time Perfect Game Underclassman All-American … No. 132 prospect in the nation, No. 26 shortstop … No. 22 prospect out of California, No. 6 shortstop … Four-time All-League selection … Two-time All-CIF Southern Section selection … Hit .396 as a freshman with five doubles, three triples, 25 runs scored and 25 RBI … Hit .398 as a sophomore with seven doubles, two triples, 25 RBI, 17 runs scored, striking out just five times and walking 15 … Hit .420 as a junior with 23 runs scored, 19 RBI, eight doubles, five triples and three home runs, striking out just 10 times and walking 17 … Hit .346 in shortened senior season with five RBI, eight runs scored and two doubles … Four-year letterwinner in football under head coach Brandon Rohrer … Threw for 4,487 yards with 62 total touchdowns and 15 interceptions as quarterback of Glendora High … Two-time All-League selection in football … First Team All-CIF Southern Section in 2019-20.
 
Personal: Full name is Jacob J. Gonzalez … Son of Jess and Rene Gonzalez .. Has two siblings, Jadan and Kendra Gonzalez … Father was a pitcher and played minor league and independent league baseball from 1994-96 ... Born May 30, 2002.