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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
Bio
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
Behind the Wall - S10, E3
Thursday, September 18
PODCAST - Kaleb Canales
Wednesday, September 17
Gerad Parker Press Conference - Buffalo Game
Monday, September 15
Troy Football Press Conference (Players) - Buffalo Game
Monday, September 15
