Jake Hand

Class:
Sophomore
Height:
5-9
Weight:
195
Hometown:
Highlands Ranch, Colo.
High School:
Thunder Ridge

2017 (SENIOR)

Played in 51 games and started 49 ... Played in right field and at designated hitter ... Hit the game-winning two-run single to break a tie in the top of the ninth at SEMO ... Hit game-tying RBI single in the bottom of the eighth to spark a comeback win over Jacksonville State ... Hit two grand slams ... Hit an inside-the-park grand slam at Stetson.

2016 (JUNIOR)

Played in 45 games and started 41 ... Had a team-best 12-game hitting streak (2/27 vs. WIU through 3/18 vs. NIU) ... Hit .300 with runners in scoring position ... Went 5-for-13 in the Iowa series ... Went 3-for-4 with two doubles and three RBIs against Belmont (3/8) ... Went 3-for-4 with two RBIs and two runs scored vs. Austin Peay (3/29) ... Went 4-for-8 with four RBIs in the final two games of the Jacksonville State series ... Hit .389 (14-for-36) with six doubles in mid-week games.

2015 (SOPHOMORE)

Played in 41 games with 29 starts, primarily in the outfield and as the designated hitter … Finished the year hitting .231 with 27 hits … Recorded 13 RBI.

2014 (FRESHMAN)

Played in 44 games and made 30 starts ... Started 21 games in right field, eight as catcher and one as designated hitter ... Started 13 conference games in right field and two as catcher ... Recorded five multi-hit games ... Recorded a career-high three hits on 4/11 vs. Indiana State ... His first career hit was an 11th-inning, game-winning RBI single against Nicholls State on 2/22 ... Threw out 1 of 10 potential base stealers ... Recorded two successful sacrifice bunts on 4/25 at Illinois State ... Went 3 for 10 as a pinch hitter.

HIGH SCHOOL

Helped Thunder Ridge to a 21-5 record the 2013 5A State Championship ... As a senior, hit .610 with a pair of home runs and 41 RBIs ... As a junior, hit .383 ... Captain of the football team that advanced to the state semifinals ... Received the Thunder Ridge Leadership Award.

PERSONAL

Born on April 11, 1995 in Littleton, Colo. ... Son of Mike and Ellen Hand ... Father is an operations manager, mother is a medical assistant ... Has two brothers, Jon and Kevin ... Majoring in exercise science.