Jacob Wright

Position:
OF
Class:
Redshirt Senior
B/T:
L/R
Ht./Wt.:
6-0 / 185
Hometown:
Melbourne Beach, Fla.
High School:
Melbourne
Prev School:
St. Petersburg College

Career: A three-time All-ACC Academic Team selection (2015, 2016, 2017) … named a Pitt Senior of Distinction in 2017 ... appeared in 152 career games as a Panther … earned the start in 148 outings … owns a .261 career batting average … has tallied 119 runs and 144 hits, including 28 doubles, eight triples, 10 homers and 65 RBIs … owns a .395 career slugging percentage and a .407 on-base percentage … registered 116 career walks and 25 career hit by pitches … is 38-48 all-time in stolen bases … owns a .954 career fielding percentage.

Record Watch: Is second all-time in career walks with 116 free passes … ranks fourth all-time in career hit by pitches with 25 … is ninth all-time with eight triples as a Panther … checks in at No. 15 in career games started as a Panther with 148 … is 17th all-time in runs scored with 119 … ranks 17th all-time with 552 at bats … is tied for 19th all-time with 38 stolen bases … holds two top-20 single season walk records; ranks fifth with 41 free passes in 2015 and 10th with 39 walks in 2017 … mark of 10 hit by pitches ranks in a tie for 20th all-time in a single season, set in 2015.

2017: Was Pitt’s starting left fielder in his final season … appeared in all 53 games, getting the start in 52 ... hit .266 on the year to rank fourth on the Panther squad, led the team with 43 runs scored, 98 total bases, 39 walks, a .492 slugging percentage and 11-12 stolen bases … tallied 53 total hits, including 14 doubles, five triples and seven homers … recorded 29 RBIs … held a .405 on-base mark, good for second on the team … led the team with a season-best 12-game hit streak and a 24-game reached base streak … recorded 13 multiple-hit games on the season … added eight multiple-RBI outings … tallied his first hit of the season on Feb. 18 against Kansas State, going 2-4 with two runs scored and a walk … was 2-3 with an RBI, including a triple and a walk in the following game as Pitt defeated Ohio State … added a hit in the finale of the Sunshine State Classic over Delaware … recorded a pair of hits in a weekend series with Siena … had four hits in Pitt’s home opener weekend with Notre Dame .. helped Pitt to a sweep of Virginia Tech with a pair of multiple-hit games … went 2-5 in the opener, scoring a run … added a 3-5 outing the following game, scoring twice … was 3-4 with an RBI and two runs scored against West Virginia (March 28) … helped the Panthers win back-to-back contests at Duke … was 1-4 with two RBIs and a run scored on April 1 … went 1-5 with a three-run homer in the finale … started his 24-game reached base streak in the opener against Miami (FL) … was 2-2 with a pair of RBIs in the finale … helped guide Pitt to an upset of No. 3 North Carolina on April 23 … was 2-4 with a three-run homer … was 3-4 with an RBI and run, including a double and a triple in the opener against SIU Edwardsville … started his 12-game hit streak in the finale against Maryland Eastern Shore, going 1-3 with a pair of RBIs and two runs scored, drawing four walks … belted a solo homer in the opener against Georgia Tech … was 2-5 in the middle game against NC State … went 1-4 with a triple and a run scored in the opener at No. 20 Wake Forest … was 1-4 in Pitt’s win over the Demon Deacons … concluded his career at Wake Forest, gong 2-4 with a home run, double and a walk.

2016: Landed on the All-ACC Academic Team … appeared in 50 contests for the Panthers, including 47 starts in both the outfield and as a designated hitter … concluded the season with a .235 average … led the team with 36 walks … added eight doubles, two triples and three home runs … recorded 25 RBIs and boasted a slugging percentage of .352 … was 12-16 in stolen base attempts … added seven multiple-hit games on the season … recorded five multiple-RBI games on the year including four two-RBI outings and one four-RBI performance … recorded a team-best four game-winning RBIs … scored the game-winning run on two occasions … recorded a season-best eight-game hit-streak and a 13-game reached base streak … opened the year with three runs scored against Niagara (Feb. 19) after drawing a pair of walks and reaching on an error … went 2-7 with an RBI and two runs scored, including a triple, as Pitt fell to Ohio State in extra innings … dominated against Grambling State as Pitt swept the road series … went 5-11 with six RBIs and five runs scored on the weekend … added a pair of home runs and three walks against Grambling State … produced a solid weekend on the road at eventual ACC Champion Clemson … was 3-11 with two RBIs, five runs scored, two doubles, two walks, two stolen bases and one hit by pitch on the weekend … was 2-3 with two RBIs, two doubles, three runs scored and two walks as Pitt defeated Georgia Tech on April 10 … was 1-3 with a pair of RBIs in the opening game of a doubleheader with Miami (OH) on April 23 … made two starts against Maryland Eastern Shore, going 2-7 with two RBIs and three runs scored, drawing a pair of walks … went 3-4 with an RBI and two runs scored against Penn State on May 11 … was 3-9 with a double and three runs scored, including two walks against Coastal Division Champion Miami (FL) in a three-game road series … concluded the season with a pair of RBIs against duke on May 20.

2015: Landed on the All-ACC Academic Team … in his Pitt debut, had a single and two RBIs against St. Louis … had one hit versus Kansas State … finished 2-4 against Ohio State … singled, walked and had an RBI at Wofford … hit a single and stole a base at USC Upstate … matched a career-high with two hits, scored a run and stole a base versus ETSU … was hit by a pitch and stole a base in the first game against VCU … had a single in the finale against VCU … was 2-3 with two stolen bases against No. 1 Virginia in the second game … singled, walked and scored a run in game three with No. 1 Virginia … finished with one hit, two walks and a run in the opener with Niagara … walked two more times, stole a base and scored a run in the finale with Niagara … was a perfect 2-2 with one RBI and three runs scored in the first game with No. 11 North Carolina … walked twice against Penn State … stole two bases and scored twice versus Akron … had at least one hit in each game at Duke … in the opener, singled, scored a run and stole a base … in the finale, had two hits, stole a base and scored a run … finished 3-5 with a double, stolen base and two runs scored at Youngstown State … in the opener at NC State, recorded one hit and scored a run … went 2-4 and scored a run in the finale at NC State … had a hit against West Virginia … went 5-9 with two walks in three games against Notre Dame, including a 2-3 effort with a run in the finale … was 2-3 with a double, two runs scored, two walks and a stolen base against Youngstown State … had a hit in all three games against Wake Forest … went 1-3 with two walks and a run in the opener … was 2-4 with a double and two runs scored in the finale … doubled against Kent State … went 2-3 with a walk and run in the second game at No. 13 Florida State … in the finale at No. 13 Florida State, walked twice, had an RBI and scored a run … had a hit in all three game against Fairfield … in game one, reached base three times with a single and had a career-high three RBIs … had a single, stolen base and reached base three times in game two … in the finale, tripled, scored twice and reached base three times … after missing three games, went 1-2 with a career-high three walks and scored twice in the finale with No. 16 Miami (FL) … had a hit and scored once in game one at Georgia Tech … reached twice on a hit and a walk in game two at Georgia Tech … in the third game against the Yellow Jackets, also recorded a hit … scored five runs, recorded an RBI and walked eight times over a three-game stretch with Virginia Tech.

2014 (at Petersburg College): Named the 2014 Male Athlete of the Year … ranked third on the team with a .306 average (53-173) … added seven doubles, two triples, 23 RBIs, 34 runs scored and 19 stolen bases in 46 games … had a hit in each of his first three games … went 2-4 with two walks and four runs at Pasco-Hernando … was 2-3 with a triple, RBI, two walks, two stolen bases and three runs scored at Santa Fe … versus Glen Oaks, was 2-2 with a double, three RBIs and two runs scored … smacked four hits in a 4-5 effort with an RBI and two runs against Pasco-Hernando … went 2-2 with a double, triple, two RBIs, two stolen bases and two walks versus St. John’s River State … against Lake-Sumter State, was 3-5 with an RBI and two runs … added to his eight-game hit streak with a single and a run … went 3-4 versus Seminole State … finished with two hits against Polk State … had two hits and three RBIs in two games at Hillsborough … had a pair of singles and stole two bases against State College of Florida, Manatee-Sarasota … contributed two hits and a run at South Florida State College … singled, drove in two, scored once and stole a pair of bases against South Florida State College … went 2-4 with a double and a run scored against Polk State … added two more hits and scored once at Polk State two days later … was 3-4 with an RBI and a run at Hillsborough … went 2-3 with a run three days later versus Hillsborough … at South Florida State College, was 3-5 with a double, three runs and an RBI … at Polk State, had two hits, including a double, one RBI and one run … went 3-4 with two RBIs, a double and one run against Hillsborough.

2013 (at Petersburg College): Played in just four games before missing the rest of the season … had a single and walked in his collegiate debut versus Baton Rouge … went 3-5 with three runs and two stolen bases against Miami Dade … recorded two hits and an RBI at Southwest Tennessee … went 1-2 with an RBI versus Chipola College.

High School: Played for Melbourne High School of the Cape Coast Conference in Melbourne Beach, Fla. … in his finale two years at Melbourne, hit .473 with 80 hits, 79 runs, 21 doubles, five homers and 40 stolen bases, while keeping up a .565 on-base percentage … both seasons he was First-Team All-Cape Coast Conference, following up second team honors as a sophomore … team made its first final four appearance since 1968 and was the regional champion in his senior season … was a Perfect Game 2012 Florida Region Honorable Mention … in 2012, was Perfect Game Underclass Honorable Mention … during the summer of 2012, he played for SCORE International … played for the Bullets Baseball in the summer of 2011, which was the Perfect Game BCS Finals Fort Myers Champions ... was the tournament MVP of that team.

Personal: Born Nov. 27, 1993 … son of Carrie and Bobby Wright.