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Jersey Number 16
Jake Wortman
- Position:
- Catcher
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 195
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Fredericksburg, Va.
- High School:
- Colonial Forge
Bio
2023 (Senior): Team's No. 1 catcher for much of the season ... played in 35 games with 25 starts ... hit .182 with two doubles, six RBIs, 12 runs scored ... back-to-back two-hit games against Merrimack and Pittsburgh ... two hits and two runs scored in a win over Rhode Island ... drove in a career-high three runs in a 4-2 home win over Holy Cross ... snapped a 1-1 tie with a two-run single in the bottom of the sixth inning ... threw out seven of 27 runners attempting to steal.Â
2022 (Junior): Made 19 appearances, including 11 starts at catcher...went 2-for-3 against Holy Cross (3/27)...also added another hit against the Crusaders in Worcester (4/16)...went 1-for-3 with a run scored against Duke (3/6).Â
2021 (Sophomore): Made 15 appearances with 14 starts behind the plate...tied career-high in hits with three against Army (3/20) including two doubles and two runs scored...went 1-for-3 with two runs scored against Lehigh (4/10).
2020 (First Year): Played in 10 games with eight starts...posted 11 hits overall...had breakout game at Virginia (2/22) in Bucknell's 14-10 win...posted three hits, a run scored, and five RBIs in win, including first career home run...followed that game up with a hit and an RBI against the Cavaliers one day later...earned Patriot League Rookie of the Week for efforts in four-game series against the Cavaliers...posted two hits in back-to-back games against Villanova (3/8) and Central Michigan (3/11) on Florida trip.
Before Bucknell: Four-year letterwinner at Colonial Forge High School in Stafford, Va. under head coach David Colangelo...also lettered two years in football...Tabbed as Second Team All-Region catcher in senior season...Second-Team All-Region Utility as a junior...Was named team MVP in junior season...two-time team captain...helped lead team to conference title in 2016 and a co-conference title in 2019...hit game-winning pinch-hit RBI in conference tournament title game vs. C.D. Hylton during freshman season...owns second longest hit streak in school history (14)...set school records for career walks (48), single-game HBP (3), and tied school-record for steals (30)...represented Northern Virginia in the Virginia Commonwealth Games, helping team win gold medal in the summer of 2018.
Personal:Â Jacob Andrew Wortman...son of T.J. and Gabrielle...born on 11/2/2000 in Manassas, Va...has two sisters, Ellie and Claire...majored in accounting.
2022 (Junior): Made 19 appearances, including 11 starts at catcher...went 2-for-3 against Holy Cross (3/27)...also added another hit against the Crusaders in Worcester (4/16)...went 1-for-3 with a run scored against Duke (3/6).Â
2021 (Sophomore): Made 15 appearances with 14 starts behind the plate...tied career-high in hits with three against Army (3/20) including two doubles and two runs scored...went 1-for-3 with two runs scored against Lehigh (4/10).
2020 (First Year): Played in 10 games with eight starts...posted 11 hits overall...had breakout game at Virginia (2/22) in Bucknell's 14-10 win...posted three hits, a run scored, and five RBIs in win, including first career home run...followed that game up with a hit and an RBI against the Cavaliers one day later...earned Patriot League Rookie of the Week for efforts in four-game series against the Cavaliers...posted two hits in back-to-back games against Villanova (3/8) and Central Michigan (3/11) on Florida trip.
Before Bucknell: Four-year letterwinner at Colonial Forge High School in Stafford, Va. under head coach David Colangelo...also lettered two years in football...Tabbed as Second Team All-Region catcher in senior season...Second-Team All-Region Utility as a junior...Was named team MVP in junior season...two-time team captain...helped lead team to conference title in 2016 and a co-conference title in 2019...hit game-winning pinch-hit RBI in conference tournament title game vs. C.D. Hylton during freshman season...owns second longest hit streak in school history (14)...set school records for career walks (48), single-game HBP (3), and tied school-record for steals (30)...represented Northern Virginia in the Virginia Commonwealth Games, helping team win gold medal in the summer of 2018.
Personal:Â Jacob Andrew Wortman...son of T.J. and Gabrielle...born on 11/2/2000 in Manassas, Va...has two sisters, Ellie and Claire...majored in accounting.
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