2022 Baseball Roster
Jersey Number 42
Jake Spillane
- Position:
- RHP
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-2 / 195
- B/T:
- R/R
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Trabuco Canyon, Calif.
- Prev School:
- UC Davis
- Major:
- Sociology
UC DAVIS
PERSONAL
- 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
- 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
LAND’ON one over the fence 👊
Monday, March 23
UCI Athletics 2026 Hall of Fame Ceremony - Keston Hiura
Monday, February 16
UCI Baseball | 2026 Season Preview
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