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Jake Saylor Season 2011

Pos.C
Weight189 lbs
Height5-9
YearJunior
HometownChandler, Ariz.
B/TR/R

Career Stats
2012 Game-by-Game Stats
2011 Game-by-Game Stats

2012 (Senior): Played in 37 ballgames with 35 starts ... hit .226 with 11 runs scored, two home runs and 16 RBIs ... tied for sixth in BIG EAST Conference with 14 runners caught stealing ... set career-best of 14 putouts at Ohio State (4/18) and vs. Chicago State (3/10) ... threw out career-high three runners vs. Oakland (3/2) ... set career highs in RBIs (4) and total bases (5) vs. Chicago State (3/9) ... hit first-career triple vs. Oakland (3/2).

2011 Summer: Caught 11 games for the 18-29 Mohawk Valley (N.Y.) Diamond Dogs of the Perfect Game Collegiate League ... threw out 2-of-6 potential base stealers ... hit .231 with six RBI.

2011 Season (Junior):
Played in 55 games including 47 starts at catcher in 2011 ... tied for fourth on team with three home runs and added 20 RBI ... hit 5-for-13 with 4 RBI, including three hits in UC debut against Ohio State (2/18), during BIG EAST/Big Ten Challenge ... produced season-best three RBI vs. Furman (2/27) at First Pitch Invitational ... hit .538 with 2 RBI, a double, and 2 runs scored in three games at Pittsburgh ... went 2-for-3 and scored a run vs. Kentucky (3/22) ... hit first home run, tallied three RBI, and scored two runs in four games vs. Western Michigan.

2010 Summer: Played for Cooperstown Hawkeyes in the New York Collegiate League ... Proved to be one of the top defensive catchers in the league after throwing out 30 percent of potential base stealers and committing just two errors in 27 games for a .984 fielding percentage ... Offensively, added three doubles and five RBIs.

Paradise Valley Community College: hit .315 with two home runs and 30 RBI his sophomore year (2010) to lead his team to a fourth-place finish at the Junior College World Series.

High School: Led team to 2008 5A state championship at Chandler Hamilton H.S. after hitting .465 with eight home runs and 40 RBI ... named 5A All-State, South East Valley Player of the Year and a class 5A All-Star.

Personal: Born Aug. 25, 1989 ... son of Randy and Kim Saylor.

Academic Major: Communication.