2017 Baseball
Roster
Jake Wodtke
- Height:
- 5-9
- Weight:
- 175
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- High School:
- St. James Academy
HONORS
First Team Academic All-Big 12 (2017)
Big 12 Player of the Week (3/7/16)
Two-time Academic All-Big 12 Second Team (2015-16)
Big 12 Academic All-Rookie Team (2012-13)
Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (2013, 2015, 2016-17)
REDSHIRT SENIOR (2017)
Started 40 games for K-State in his redshirt senior season, leading the team with 13 stolen bases ... Hit .266 (42-for-158) with five doubles and 14 RBI while splitting time between shortstop and second base ... Matched his career high with five doubles ... Had 11 multi-hit games including a 4-for-5 effort on Senior Day vs. Oklahoma on May 6 ... Hit a walk-off sacrifice fly against Eastern Illinois on March 4 (12-11) ... Second on the team with a .328 average in Big 12 play with three doubles and seven RBI ... Finished the season strong, hitting .366 over the season's final 12 games with a .462 OBP and .439 SLG ... Hit in seven of team's final nine games, including four multi-hit games in that span ... Four games with at least three hits this season ... Season-high three RBI in 3-for-5 effort at KU on May 14 ... Wrist injury caused him to miss 12 games this season.
REDSHIRT JUNIOR (2016)
Had a breakout junior campaign before suffering a season-ending injury in early May … Hit .301 (53-for-176) with 5 doubles, 3 triples, a home run, 29 RBI, 39 runs, 21 walks and 7 stolen bases in 46 games … Also had a .381 OBP and .381 slugging percentage … Big 12 Player of the Week (March 7) … Career-highs in batting average, OBP, SLG, hits, doubles, triples, home runs, RBI, walks, steals and runs … Led team in sacrifice bunts with 13 (third-most by a Wildcat in program history) … Tied for the team lead in triples (0 triples in the first two seasons of his career) … Fifth on the team in RBI while he was also fourth in walks … Tied for fifth on the team in multi-RBI games (6) and sixth in multi-hit efforts (15) … Notched 5 different games of 3 or more hits, including on March 4 vs. UAPB when he went 4-for-5 … Turned in 2 games of 5 or more RBI: March 5 vs. UAPB (career-high 6 RBI) and March 29 vs. Omaha (5) … First Wildcat with multiple 5-RBI games in a single season since Carter Jurica also had 2 in 2010 … Started every game he played, primarily at second base before moving to shortstop for his last 9 contests of the season … One error in 45 chances at shortstop (.978 fielding pct.) … Hit by a pitch on his left forearm on May 4 at Wichita State, which resulted in the season-ending injury … Batted .345 (19-for-55) with runners in scoring position … Hit .347 (17-for-49) with two outs – third-best mark on the team … 7-for-10 (.700) with the bases loaded … Opened the season by reaching base safely in 12 straight games … Had an 8-game hitting streak from 2/25-3/9, batting .485 (16-for-33) with 14 RBI over the stretch … Four straight multi-hit games from 2/28-3/6 … Back-to-back 3-hit games on 3/29 (3-for-3, HR, 5 RBI vs. Omaha) and 3/30 (3-for-6, RBI vs. Oral Roberts) … Batted a team-best .368 (43-for-117) in non-conference games ... Labeled as the "Best Defensive Second Baseman" in the Big 12 by Baseball America prior to the season ... Earned the team's Fall Camp MVP award.
2015 SUMMER BASEBALL
Played for the El Dorado Broncos of the Jayhawk League ... Hit .198 (16-for-81) with 3 doubles, 7 RBI, and 15 runs scored in 28 games.
REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE (2015)
After redshirting in 2014, Wodtke played in 50 of K-State’s 57 games and batted .241 (33-for-137) with 11 RBI, 14 walks and 24 runs scored ... He logged most of his time at second base while seeing some action at shortstop ... Started 40 of his 50 games played ... Committed just 2 errors in the field, helping him post a .990 fielding percentage … The 2 errors were the fewest among K-State infielders (min. 10 starts) ... Did not commit an error over his final 41 games (164 total chances) ... Hit .297 (19-for-64) with 10 walks and a .410 OBP over his final 21 games (18 starts) ... Had 8 multi-hit games, including 5 over the last 21 games ... Batted .324 (12-for-37) with 9 walks and a .468 OBP in May (12 games) ... Reached base 41% of the time when leading off an inning (13-for-32) ... Was 5-for-10 with the bases loaded ... Delivered a walk-off RBI single in the 10th inning of K-State’s 5-4 comeback win over Wichita State on April 14 ... Had a pair of 3-hit games over the final 6 contests, going 3-for-4 with 2 RBI on May 15 at KU and then 3-for-3 with a stolen base in the season finale on May 22 vs. Oklahoma in the 2015 Phillips 66 Big 12 Baseball Championship ... Walked 4 times on May 1 vs. Arkansas State ... Registered an 11-game on-base streak from April 26-May 17 ... Reached base safely in 12 of his last 14 games.
2014 SUMMER BASEBALL
Played for the Topeka Golden Giants of the Mid-Plains League (MPL) ... Hit .322 (29-for-90) with 5 doubles, 3 triples, 16 RBI, 20 runs scored, 12 walks, 16 strikeouts and a .421 OBP in 30 games ... His batting average was third-best on the Golden Giants while his .421 OBP was second-best among players who played at least 10 games.
SOPHOMORE (2014)
Did not play (redshirt)
FRESHMAN (2013)
Played in 10 games, going 0-for-7 with a walk and 3 strikeouts
HIGH SCHOOL
Lettered 4 years for St. James Academy under head coach Brian Bucklin ... Hit .328 with a .477 on-base percentage as a senior, leading his team to a state championship ... Was a second team all-state shortstop and was selected to play in the 2012 Kansas High School Baseball Coaches Association All-Star Game ... Hit .467 with a .578 on-base percentage as a junior, leading his team to another state championship ... Was named the 2011 Kansas 4A Player of the year and was a first team all-state shortstop.
PERSONAL
Jacob Joseph Wodtke was born July 31, 1993, in Kansas City, Kansas ... Son of John and Sheila Wodtke ... Has one sister, Alex ... Completed his bachelor's degree in life sciences ... Plans on going into pharmacy after college.
| Season | AVG | GP-GS | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | OBP | SLG | BB | HBP | SO | SB-A |
| 2013 | .000 | 10-0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .125 | .000 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0-0 |
| 2014 | --- | --- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | --- | --- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2015 | .241 | 50-40 | 137 | 24 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | .325 | .241 | 14 | 4 | 22 | 3-5 |
| 2016 | .301 | 46-46 | 176 | 39 | 53 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 29 | .381 | .381 | 21 | 3 | 26 | 7-12 |
| 2017 | .266 | 43-40 | 158 | 27 | 42 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 14 | .335 | .297 | 16 | 2 | 25 | 13-15 |
| Career | .268 | 149-126 | 478 | 90 | 128 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 54 | .346 | .308 | 52 | 9 | 76 | 23-32 |
