Jake Spillane - Baseball

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Matt Brown

UC DAVIS

2021 Big West All-Academic Team
Baseball representative on Student-Athlete Advisory Committee
Played three seasons at UC Davis making 33 pitching appearances, 28 starts
Over his career, registered a 7-13 record, 5.39 ERA, 52 walks to 103 strikeouts in 168.2 innings
Led all Aggies in 2021 with four wins, 62 strikeouts, 15 starts, 83.1 innings pitched and two runners picked off
Posted season highs with eight innings and nine strikeouts on April 2 vs. UC Riverside, the nine strikeouts were a career high
Went a career high 8.2 innings as a freshman in a win over Hawai'i
2021: 15 starts, 4-8, 5.40, 83.1 IP, 97 H, 25 BB, 62 K
2020: 4 starts, 2-2, 3.81, 26.0 IP, 24 H, 4 BB, 21 K
2019: 14 games, 9 starts, 1-3, 6.07, 59.1 IP, 23 BB, 20 K
Against the Anteaters, made two appearances allowing 12 earned runs in six innings walking two and striking out three and picking up the loss once
- March 19, 2021: L, 5 IP, 14 H, 9 R (8 ER), 2 BB, 2 K
- May 17, 2019: IP, 5 H, 4 ER, 0 BB, K

PREP

Played four years of baseball at Mission Viejo High School
Selected to play in the Lions Orange County All-Star Game as well as Ryan Lemmon South Coast League All-Star Game as senior
Three-time Scholar Athlete Award recipient
Three-time recipient of his team’s Cy Young Most Outstanding Pitcher Award
Two-time South Coast League first team selection
Capped his senior season with a 6-2 record and 1.85 ERA over 64.1 innings of work.

PERSONAL

Parents are Jim and Lori Spillane
Younger brother, Luke, is in his third year with UC Irvine baseball - also has a sister, Kelly
Jim played basketball at UCLA on John Wooden's last national champion in 1975
Grandfather, John Arndt, coached basketball at LMU from 1961-68
Born in Los Angeles
Chose to transfer to UCI because it has consistently had a great baseball team with a solid coaching staff and is much closer to home. It also offers Sociology as a major which I had been studying at UC Davis
Fan of Max Scherzer, and does not have a favorite sports team
Enjoys watching his favorite movie, I Am Legend, his favorite tv show, Avatar The Last Airbender, and the musical stylings of Landon McNamara, 311, Lil Nax X, He is Legend, and Red Sun Rising
Would love to visit Montreux, Switzerland
Favorite animal is the Australian Masked Owl
Favorite meal is chicken and waffles from Sacramento spot, Bacon & Butter
Favorite quote - "Tomorrow the sun will rise, who knows what the tide could bring." from Castaway

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