2016 Baseball Roster
Roster
Jake Bennett
- Position:
- Outfielder
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- 205
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Forest Grove, Ore.
- High School:
- Forest Grove HS
2016 SEASON
Named All-Pac-12 honorable mention … Emerged as the most consistent hitter in the Ducks’ lineup, leading the team in hitting (.312) and on-base percentage (.419) while starting the final 39 games of the season … Showed tremendous discipline and an ability to put the bat on the ball, striking out just 18 times in 138 at-bats while walking 24 times … Slugged .370 with eight doubles and 27 runs scored ... Finished second on the team in both multiple-hit games (11) and multiple-RBI games (8), highlighted by a four-hit, three-RBI game against Washington State on May 1 … Used career-day against the Cougars as a springboard for a dominant 15-game stretch, batting .385 (20-for-52) with three doubles, eight RBI, nine walks and 16 runs scored while slugging .442 and posting a .484 OBP from May 1 to May 23 … Went hitless in consecutive games just three times throughout the season, and maintained a batting average above .293 the entire season.
JUNIOR COLLEGE
Played two seasons at Western Nevada College … Batted .398 with 36 RBI and a 1.000 OPS while swiping 17 bases in 2015, earning Scenic West Athletic Conference Player of the Year honors … As a freshman in 2014, hit .324 with a .448 on-base percentage and 25 RBI, earning second-team all-conference recognition … Coach was D.J. Whittemore.
HIGH SCHOOL
A three-year letterman at Forest Grove High School in Forest Grove, Ore. … Earned first-team all-league, first-team all-state and Pacific 8 Conference Player of the Year honors as both a junior and a senior … Batted .526 as a senior and .521 as a junior … Named second-team all-league after batting .295 as a sophomore … High school coach was Kevin Tucker … Also a standout in both wrestling and football at Forest Grove … A state champion in wrestling as both a junior and a senior and finished third at state as a sophomore … Earned first-team all-conference honors in football as a linebacker during senior season.
SUMMER BALL
Played with the Champion City Kings in 2014 … Batted a league-leading .342 with 12 doubles, four triples and 22 RBI … Earned all-star recognition and was named to the postseason all-star team.
PERSONAL
Major is general social science with a focus in applied economics and business … Parents are Mark and Jennifer.
BENNETT’S CAREER HIGHS
At bats: 5, 2x, last vs. WSU (5/1/16)
Runs scored: 2, 5x, last at Oregon State (5/15/16)
Hits: 4, vs. WSU (5/1/16)
RBI: 3, 2x, last vs. WSU (5/1/16)
Doubles: 1, 5x, last vs. Oregon State (4/27/16)
Triples: none
Home Runs: none
Walks: 2, 5x, last at Arizona State (5/8/16)
Stolen bases: 1, 2x, last vs. WSU (5/1/16)
Hitting Streak: 5
Multiple-Hit Games: 11
Multiple-RBI Games: 8
