2021 Baseball Roster
Roster
Alek Jacob
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 190
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Spokane, Wash.
- High School:
- North Central HS
2021: Collegiate Baseball Second Team All-American… WCC Pitcher of the Year and First Team All-Conference… NCAA Tournament All-Eugene Region Team… Two-time WCC Pitcher of the Week… Made 17 appearances on the mound, starting 11.. Threw the program’s fifth-ever no-hitter against Pepperdine, striking out a career-best 12 (4/16)… Threw a complete game shutout in a win over LSU in the Zags’ regional opener (6/5)… Finished the season with a 2.52 ERA in a team-high 85.2 innings of work… struck out a team-high 112 on the season, eight-most in a single season in program history.
2020: Made four starts on the season and went 1-1 with a 3.86 ERA...Struck out 29 batters in 21.0 innings pitched...Struck out 11 hitters in 6.0 innings of a win over South Alabama on the road.
2019: Pitched in 25 games, starting 4...pitched 78.2 innings with a 2.17 ERA and a 7-3 record...had 12 saves and 87 strikeouts, leading the team in both categories...on April 19, struck out 7 in 5.0 innings against Santa Clara...earned pitcher of the week for March 25 for striking out six on two walks and two hits, leading the Zags to a 3-2 win over Pepperdine...selected to All-WCC First Team.
2018: The freshman right-handed pitcher appeared in 17 games with 15 starts…pitched a total of 103.0 innings…recorded a 2.88 ERA on the season and tallied up 95 strikeouts with 30 walks…posted a 7-5 overall record on the year…named WCC Pitcher of the Week on April 2 after posting a combined shutout with closer Casey Legumina in a 3-0 win at Saint Mary’s on March 30…struck-out a season-high 12 batters against Santa Clara on May 19, helping the Zags to a 9-0 win over the Broncos…earned a spot on the All-WCC Freshman Team and was named All-WCC Honorable Mention.
North Central High School: Four-year starter at North Central, earning three First Team All-GSL honors...posted a 0.90 ERA with 63 strikeouts as a senior...as a junior, led the GSL in strikeouts and also earned Second Team All-State accolades...also earned a spot on the Honor Roll.
Club Experience: Played club ball for the Spokane Expos.
Personal: Parents are Susie and Scott...has a sister named Natalie and a brother named Dominic...has two uncles that played collegiately at Eastern Washington and Lewis & Clark...undecided on a major...chose Gonzaga because he has "been a Gonzaga fan for a while and I really like the Gonzaga community."
