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Jersey Number 15
Jakob Wax
- Position:
- INF
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-1 / 175
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Prairieville, La.
- High School:
- Catholic HS
- Prev School:
- Jones College
Senior (2025)
Made 45 appearances with 34 starts as Troy’s primary shortstop … Hit .231 with a .316 on-base percentage and .350 slugging percentage … Totaled 22 runs, 27 hits, five doubles, three home runs, 12 RBIs, 10 walks, five HBPs and six sacrifice bunts … Recorded six multi-hit and three multi-RBI games … Made first career start at Alabama on March 5, going 1-for-2 with a sacrifice bunt … Hit first career home run in Troy’s 8-5 win at Louisiana on March 15 … Hit a go-ahead, 12th-inning home run in Troy’s 9-8 win at Arkansas State on May 9 … Hit the go-ahead home run in the seventh inning in Troy’s 4-2 Sun Belt Tournament win over Texas State on May 22
Did not see game action
Jones College (2022-2023)
Sophomore (2023)
Made 43 starts with 147 at-bats and 40 hits for a .272 clip … Finished with a .544 slugging percentage and .398 on-base percentage … Batted in 42 RBIs with his career high of 10 coming at Coastal Alabama-East, going 4-for-5 and three home runs … Blasted 10 homers with eight doubles and one triple … Wrapped with a .938 fielding percentage with 109 putouts and 74 assists at shortstop … Hit first career triple against Mississippi Delta
Redshirt Freshman (2022)
Started in all 36 games played … Made his collegiate debut at Shelton State, where he got his first hit … Hit .238 with eight doubles, three homers and 25 RBIs … Seized five multi-hit games … Fielded a .913 in 127 chances – totaled 41 putouts and 75 assists … Maxed at four RBIs at Mississippi Delta in just two at-bats … Scored 23 runs and was a perfect 6-of-6 in stolen base attempts
ULM (2021)
Freshman
Redshirted
High School
Attended Catholic HS while playing for head coach Brad Bass … Was a three-year varsity letterwinner and team captain … Hit .565 over 12 games during his senior season before the pandemic … Named a Louisiana High School Coaches Association East All-Star and Perfect Game Preseason All-American … Helped Catholic to a 24-9 mark as a junior … As a sophomore, was named all-district as he led the Bears to the state semifinal round
Personal
Born on Aug. 3, 2001, in Prairieville, La. … Son of Brian and Mia … Has two brothers, Jason and Joshua … His father, Brian, played collegiate basketball at Southeastern Louisiana … Majoring in interdisciplinary studies … Enjoys the outdoors and has a hidden talent for impersonation
Troy vs. Georgia State (Full Highlights)
Thursday, February 05
Players Postgame (Georgia State)
Thursday, February 05
Scott Cross Postgame (Georgia State)
Thursday, February 05
Troy vs. App State (Full Highlights)
Thursday, February 05
