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2022 Baseball Roster

14 Jaykob Acosta

  • Position Right-Handed Pitcher
  • Height 6-2
  • Weight 180
  • Class Sophomore
  • B/T R-R
  • Hometown Exeter, Calif.

Biography

2022: Split time as starter and reliever, making 9 starts in 16 appearances with 46 strikeouts and a 4.73 ERA…Paced team in innings pitched with a team-best 72.1, facing 274 batters…Recorded an opening day win against Oakland, striking out four batters and allowing just one run on two hits over four innings…Sat down seven batters via strikeout in an extra-inning win against Cal State Fullerton Apr. 1...Earned Academic All-Big West honors.

2021: Pitched 13.2 innings over nine appearances, striking out 10 with 5.93 earned run average...Pitched three scoreless innings, allowing one hit and striking out four to earn first-career save in a win at Fresno State...Pitched a scoreless ninth to earn a save against Cal Poly...Tossed 3.1 innings at Long Beach State, fanning a pair and scattering five hits in a scoreless outing...Played summer baseball for the Ridgefield Raptors of the West Coast League. 

2020: Made three appearances and two starts during an abbreviated freshman season...Tossed six scoreless innings in his debut, allowing just four hits and striking out a pair in a start at Loyola Marymount...Allowed five hits and an earned run in a start versus Holy Cross...Finished the season with a 3.46 ERA and a .294 opponent batting average across 13.0 innings pitched...Struck out 11, while walking just four opponents. 

HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Exeter Union HS in Exeter, Calif...Coached by Kevin Kirkman...Named First-Team Central Sequoia League in junior and senior seasons...League MVP following senior campaign...Two-time Exeter Union Athlete of the Year...Member of the EUHS Athletic Hall of Fame as a baseball player...Also competed in football and basketball...Holds school record for longest TD reception (93 yards)...Twice named basketball team's MVP...Second-Team All-CSL as basketball player in 2016-17.

PERSONAL: Born April 7, 2001 in Tulare, Calif...Son of Gabriel Acosta and Jamie Gubbins...Criminal Justice major with plans to pursue a career with the California Highway Patrol after graduation...Also competed in football and basketball at Exeter Union HS.

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Historical Player Information

  • 14

    2020Freshman

    Pitcher/Outfielder
    6'2" 170 lbs
    14
  • 14

    2021Sophomore

    Pitcher/Outfielder
    6'2" 180 lbs
    14
  • 14

    2022Sophomore

    Right-Handed Pitcher
    6'2" 180 lbs
    14
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