2021 Baseball Roster
Jersey Number 28
Jake Palmer
- Position:
- OF
- Ht./Wt.:
- 5-10 / 185
- B/T:
- L/L
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- El Segundo, Calif.
- Major:
- Education Science
Junior (2020)
Sophomore
- Started all 15 games and reached base in each one
- Led the team with a .368 average, 21 hits, five doubles, 14 runs scored, 10 walks, and added eight RBI
- Recorded hit streaks of three games and twice of five games
- Recorded multiple hits seven times, multiple runs four times, and multiple RBI in three times
- Feb. 15 at Fresno State set season highs with three hits and three runs along with a double, walk, and RBI
- Big West Spring All-Academic
- Dean's List Spring 2020
Sophomore
- Named to the All-Big West Second Team
- Awarded Big West Player of the Week (5/20/19)
- Started 41 of the 43 games he appeared in
- Hit .307 with an on base percentage of .460 and a .359 slugging percentage
- His only home run came against UCSB on April 14th
- Recorded 22 RBIs on 47 hits
- 12 games with multiple hits including five with three or more
- Played summer ball in the Cape cod League for Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox recording 16 hits, 12 runs, two extra-base hits, two RBI, and three stolen bases in 34 games
- Made 46 starts in 51 games played as an outfielder
- Hit .298 with 42 hits, 6 doubles
- Second-best on-base percentage on the team at .430 reaching 22 times on walks and 13 being hit by pitch
- Scored 36 runs, second on team, and driving home 17
- 2017 California Medium Schools All-State Baseball Teams First Team
- Four-time league champion
- National High School Baseball Coaches Association All-Pacific Coast Regional Team
- Southern Section All-Division 3
- Torrance Daily Breeze All-Area Player of the Year
- Senior year stats: .548 batting average with 33 runs, 5 home runs, and 42 RBI's
- CIF Player of the Year
- Three-time All-CIF
- Four-time all-league
- Three-time All-Area
- Two-time All-State
- Played four years of football as quarterback
- Played club ball for BPA Demarini from 2013-15
- Parents are Brett and Tina, four siblings, Melanie, Grant, Linnea, and is twins with Josh
- Parents each played volleyball at El Camino College, Tina went on to graduate from LBSU
- Brother, Grant, played baseball for UC Irvine from 2014-17
- Linnea graduated from LBSU, Josh golfed at the College of Idaho, and Melanie played volleyball at College of Idaho
- Majoring in education with a minor in philosophy
- Two-time member of Principal's Honor Roll in high school
- Fan of Kobe Bryant, the Dodgers, Rams, and Lakers
- Enjoys his mom's dinners and the movie The Fighter
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