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2020 Baseball Roster

Darryl Webb
Jennifer Shephard
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3 Jake MacKenzie

  • Position Infielder
  • Height 5-10
  • Weight 195
  • Bats/Throws R/R
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Wallingford, Conn.
  • Highschool Choate Rosemary

Biography

Jake MacKenzie2020: Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an undrafted free agent following the 2020 MLB Draft... Season cut short due to coronavirus pandemic... Named to the Bobby Bragan Collegiate Slugger Award Watch List, which is based on performance at the plate, academics and personal integrity... Started all 16 games for the Rams... Batted .356 with 10 runs scored, six extra-base hits, and nine RBI... Swiped seven stolen bases, moving into fifth place on the Rams' career leaders list (84)... Had a team-best eight multi-hit games... Went 2-for-3 in the opener at FIU with a home run (2/14)... Was 2-for-4 with a double and two RBI in a win over LIU (2/19)... Had a season-high three hits at GCU (2/22)... Recorded two hits and two stolen bases in a win over Sacred Heart (2/26)... Ended the year on a seven-game hit streak... Finished the Furman series with four hits, two runs scored and two stolen bases over the final two games (2.29-3/1)... Collected five hits in the Iona series with two runs scored and two RBI (3/7-8)... Rated in the top 30 shortstops (#26) as ranked by D1Baseball.com at the end of the year... Named to the Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll.

2019: Started all 62 games as a sophomore at shortstop, setting single season school records in both games played and starts... Also set single season at bats record (246)... Became first Ram with back-to-back 30 stolen base seasons since Shawn Harris in 1993 and 1994... Seventh Ram to get to 75 hits in a season as well as 40 stolen bases in a year... Led the Atlantic 10 in stolen bases with 43 and ranked fourth in the NCAA... Was also tied for 16th in the NCAA in triples with six... Batted .305 with 49 runs scored, 15 doubles, three home runs, and 28 RBI, setting personal-bests in average, runs scored, doubles, and stolen bases... Posted a team-best 19 multi-hit games to go with seven multi-RBI performances... Had a nine-game hit streak at the beginning of the year, hitting safely in 11 of the first 12 games... Had a pair of four-hit games in that stretch... Was 4-for-5 with two runs scored, two RBI at North Florida (2/23), while being a home run short of the cycle against Iona, going 4-for-4 with two runs scored, four RBI, and two stolen bases (3/8)... Had a career day against Sacred Heart, once again falling a home run shy of the cycle, but still went 5-for-5 with two doubles, two triples, three runs scored, two RBI, and two stolen bases (3/12)... Had three runs scored and a career-high four stolen bases against St. Bonaventure (3/22)... Was a combined 5-for-10 in a doubleheader at Rhode Island with four runs scored (3/30)... Had a career-long 12-game hit streak in April (4/9-27)... Had two hits, including a home run, and two RBI in games against Fairleigh Dickinson (4/23), while also having two hits and two RBI at George Mason (5/3)... Had the game-winning hit in extra innings against Richmond in the Atlantic 10 Championship opening win for the Rams (5/22)... Had two walks and a run scored in the Atlantic 10 Championship game against Dayton (5/25)... Walked twice and scored a run in the NCAA Regional against #15 national seed West Virginia (5/31)... Named to the Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll.

Jake MacKenzie2018: Named to the Collegiate Baseball Freshman All-American team... ABCA/Rawlings All-Northeast Region Second Team and All-ECAC First Team selections... 2018 Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Year... First Team All-Atlantic 10 and All-Rookie Team pick... Earned Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Week award twice on April 9th & 16th... Appeared in all 55 games for Fordham, starting 54... Led the Rams in most offensive categories, including runs (46), hits (58), RBI (42), triples (6), home runs (8), slugging percentage (.523), stolen bases (34), multi-hit games (17) and multi-RBI games (11)... Ranked fifth in the nation and led the Atlantic 10 in stolen bases... Was second on the Rams in batting average (.291), on-base percentage (.389), and walks (25)... Batted .287 in Atlantic 10 play with 22 runs scored, four doubles, five home runs, 18 RBI, and 16 stolen bases... Began his career with a bang, going 2-for-4 with a three-run home run versus Evansville (2/16)... Had a solo home run at USF (2/24).. Went 3-for-5 with a triple and three RBI at James Madison (3/4)... Had four hits and two runs scored in a doubleheader against Cornell (3/17)... Had a career day against Saint Peter's, going 3-for-4 with a home run, a double, and six RBI (3/27)... Stole a season-high four bases against Manhattan (3/31)... Totaled six hits in the Rhode Island series (4/6-8)... Was 3-for-5 with three doubles, two RBI, and two runs scored in game one of a doubleheader against Siena, and followed with two hits and two RBI in game two (4/11)... Connected on two home runs and drove in five runs in the series opener at La Salle (4/13)... Went 2-for-5 with the game-winning home run in the 11th inning at Saint Joseph's (4/28)... Totaled five hits in the Massachusetts series (5/11-13)... Had four runs scored, five walks, and five stolen bases in the Richmond series (5/17-18)... Was 2-for-3 with a double and a run scored in Fordham's Atlantic 10 championship win over VCU (5/23)... Named to the Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll.

Before Fordham: Multi-sport athlete at Choate Rosemary Hall in Connecticut, where he was a part of the varsity baseball, basketball, and water polo teams... Two-year baseball captain and a senior year captain for the basketball team... Team MVP and All-Founders League selection as a junior... NEPSAC Underclassman Player of the Year in 2016... Named to the NEPSAC All-Tournament team as a goalie for water polo as a senior... Recipient of the William A. Sawicki Award and the William A. Puduah, Jr. Award as the top sophomore and top junior athlete at Choate Rosemary, respectively... Played summer ball for CT Grind, which finished runner-up at the Diamond Nation Super 17... Member of the Dean's List.

Major: Business Administration.
 
CAREER GAME HIGHS
Hits: 5, vs. Sacred Heart (3/12/19)
Runs: 3, 4x, last vs. La Salle (5/10/19)
Doubles: 3, vs. Siena (4/11/18)
Triples: 2, vs. Sacred Heart (3/12/19)
Home Runs: 2, at La Salle (4/13/18)
RBI: 6, vs. Saint Peter's (3/27/18)
Walks: 3, vs. Richmond (5/18/18)
Stolen Bases: 4, 2x, last vs. St. Bonaventure (3/22/19)
Hit Streak: 12 games (4/9-27/19)

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 3

    2018Freshman

    Infielder
    5'10" 185 lbs
    3
  • 3

    2019Sophomore

    Infielder
    5'10" 185 lbs
    3
  • 3

    2020Junior

    Infielder
    5'10" 195 lbs
    3