Jake Scudder

Height:
6-1
Weight:
210
Class:
Senior
High School:
Rock Island
Prev School:
Iowa Western CC

HONORS
Second Team All-Big 12 (2017)
Big 12 Player of the Week (4/24/17)
Big 12 Newcomer of the Year (2016)
Second Team All-Big 12 (2016)
Big 12 Newcomer of the Week (2/29/16)

SENIOR (2017)
Named Second Team All-Big 12 and conference Player of the Week (4/24) ... For second straight season, led K-State in home runs (13) and RBI (62) and slugging (.536) ... 13 homers and 62 runs batted in are most by a Wildcat since Carter Jurica's 13 homers and 69 RBI in 2010 ... Became first player to lead K-State in home runs in back-to-back seasons since Pat Maloney from 2001-03 ... Finished regular season second in the Big 12 in home runs and RBI ... Hit .294 with .387 OBP and tied for team lead with 12 doubles ... Career-high 7 RBI vs. Northwestern State on March 8, including his first career grand slam ... Belted second grand slam of season at Oklahoma State March 7, driving in a conference career-high five runs in the game ... Led team with 15 multi-RBI games and finished second with 19 multi-hit games ... Hit .403 (29-for-72) with runners in scoring position (2nd on team) ... Led team with 22 two-out RBI ... First career multi-homer game vs. Texas Tech on April 14, propelling him to four homers in a three game stretch (4/14-18).

2016 SUMMER LEAGUE
Played for the Mat-Su Miners of the Alaska Baseball League ... Named an All-Star ... Hit .223 (35-for-157) in 45 games while leading the Miners in home runs (3), doubles (11) and RBI (28) on the way to claiming the ABL championship in 2016.

JUNIOR (2016)
The indispensable first baseman had a stellar campaign in his first season with the Wildcats as he batted a team-best .333 (73-for-219) with 15 doubles, a triple, 7 home runs and 45 RBI in 57 games … Big 12 Newcomer of the Year, the first in K-State history … All-Big 12 Second Team … Big 12 Newcomer of the Week (February 29) … Hit .407 (37-for-91) in Big 12-only games as he was the only hitter in the conference to hit above .400 in league games … First Wildcat to pace the Big 12 in conference-only batting average since Austin Fisher (.412) in 2013 … First newcomer to lead K-State in batting average in both overall and conference-only games since Steve Murphy in 2004 … Also led the league in conference-only hits, making him the first Big 12 hitter to lead in both batting average and hits since Erich Weiss of Texas in 2011 … Reached base safely in all 24 conference games … Finished the Big 12 slate with an 18-game conference hitting streak … First junior college transfer to lead K-State hit in the Triple Crown categories (AVG, HR, RBI) since Joe Goedert in 1981 … First junior college transfer to register 40+ RBI for K-State since Kent Urban (41) in 2010 … 21 multi-hit games (2nd on the team) … 15 multi-RBI games (most on the team) … Ended the overall season with an 11-game hitting streak, making him one of 5 Wildcats with a streak that long … Team leader in batting average, doubles, home runs, RBI, slugging percentage and total bases … Had a .392 OBP and .507 slugging percentage … One of 3 Wildcats to start all 57 games … Batted .360 (27-for-75) with runners in scoring position … In conference-only games, he hit .448 (13-for-29) with runners in scoring position … Team-high 26 two-out RBI in overall games … Hit his first career home run in his second career game on February 20 at UC Riverside, a solo shot to center field … Hit 6 of his 7 home runs over the final 9 weeks of the season … Had a 5-hit game on March 30 vs. Oral Roberts, going 5-for-6 with a double, home run and RBI … Hit .615 (8-for-13) with 6 RBI in Baylor series April 22-24 … 4-for-5 with 2 doubles and 3 RBI on May 14 vs. KU … Batted .432 (16-for-37) with 6 doubles, a home run and 10 RBI in his final 10 games of the season.

2015 SUMMER LEAGUE

Played for the Kitsap BlueJackets of the West Coast League … Hit .287 (45-for-157) with 8 doubles, 22 RBI and 16 walks in 39 games … Finished tied for second on the team in RBI … Named All-Star Game MVP after tallying two of the South Team’s five hits while also drawing a walk.

IOWA WESTERN CC (2014-15)

Over his two-year career, he hit .367 (127-for-346) with 22 doubles, 6 triples, 7 home runs and 95 RBI in 113 games … Helped Iowa Western CC win the 2014 NJCAA national championship … Named first team All-ICCAC Division I as a catcher and utility player in his sophomore campaign … ICCAC Defensive Player of the Year in 2015 … As a sophomore, he batted .384 (71-for-185) with 10 doubles, 4 triples, 5 home runs and 54 RBI in 59 games … Walked 28 times while striking out 17 times in 226 plate appearances … .455 OBP and .562 slugging … In 2014, he hit .348 (56-for-161) with 12 doubles, 2 triples, 2 home runs and 41 RBI in 54 games … Also had a .392 OBP and .484 slugging percentage … NJCAA All-Tournament Team selection.

HIGH SCHOOL

Attended Rock Island High School in Rock Island, Illinois … Lettered for four years in baseball, playing his last two years under head coach Jay Wayland … Played catcher (sophomore and junior) and third base (senior) … Three-time all-conference selection and all-metro selection … Batted .348 with 111 hits in his career … Played basketball as a freshman, helping the team win a conference title.

PERSONAL

Jacob David Scudder was born on March 23, 1995 in Rock Island, Illinois … Parents are David and Susan Scudder … Honor roll student in high school … Majoring in kinesiology.

Season	AVG	GP-GS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	OBP	SLG	BB	HBP	SO	SB-A
2016	.333	57-57	219	39	73	15	1	7	45	.392	.507	17	6	32	6-10
2017	.294	55-55	211	32	62	12	0	13	62	.387	.563	31	3	37	5-6
Career	.314	112-112	430	71	135	27	1	20	107	.389	.521	48	9	69	11-16