Jacob Hitz

Position:
Infielder
Ht./Wt.:
6-0 / 190
Bats/Throws:
R/R
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Prior Lake, Minn.
High School:
Prior Lake

PRONUNCIATION

2019 | SOPHOMORE Played in 14 games including one start · batted .273/.429/.364 with one double and two runs scored. Game Highlights: Made his first start of the season vs. Gonzaga on Feb. 18 · doubled and scored a run in a pinch-hitting appearance at Long Beach State on March 17 · finished 1-for-2 vs. Augsburg on March 27 · singled in his lone plate appearance vs. Ohio State on May 4.

2018 SUMMER Competed for the Saugerties Stallions of the Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League · batted .190 with a double and three runs scored in seven games.

2018 | FRESHMAN Played in 10 games including three starts for the Gophers · hit .273 with a home run and three runs scored. Highlights: Walked and scored a run as a pinch hitter against Chicago State in his collegiate debut on Feb. 24 · lifted a home run against Creighton on March 11 · had a three-game hitting streak March 11-29.

HIGH SCHOOL A 2017 graduate of Prior Lake High School • played and started three seasons at shortstop and centerfield for Greg Nesbit and Prior Lake • ranked No. 25 overall prospect and No. 3 shortstop in Minnesota by Prep Baseball Report • ranked No. 15 overall prospect in Minnesota and No. 213 nationally by Perfect Game • named a 2017 Rawlings-Perfect Game All-American Honorable Mention and All-Central Region Second Team • earned All-South Suburban Conference honors for the Lakers • played four seasons for Twin Cities Baseball Academy and coach Brett Thorney • also played three seasons of varsity football, earning All-Conference honors as a quarterback.

PERSONAL Born Jacob Allen Hitz to paretns Mary Lynn and Allen Hitz • has one sister, Claire • outside interests include boating, bowling, and basketball • plans to major in kinesiology with a minor in psychology at Minnesota.