Jake HAZE

Infielder

5-9 • 165 • Junior • S/R

Highlands Ranch, Colo. • ThunderRidge HS (S. Mountain CC)

2022 Southland Conference Commissioner’s Spring Honor Roll 2020-21 Southland Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll

2022 Season:

• Appeared in 40 games, starting 33, primarily at third base.

• went 2-for-3 with an RBI in a May 7 win at McNeese.

• doubled twice and drove in a run in an April 23 win against Houston Christian.

• hit safely in a season-long five straight games from April 2-14, going 6-for-17 in that stretch.

• went 2-for-5 with a double and a pair of RBIs in an April 2 win against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi.

• drove in the go-ahead run for the second straight game in a March 27 win at New Orleans.

• had a pair of hits, including a go-ahead, seventh-inning single, in a March 26 win at New Orleans.

• started a four-game hitting streak by going 1-for-2 with a double and two RBIs in a March 19 Game 2 win against South Dakota State.

• made his first opening-day start on Feb. 18 against Stephen F. Austin, drawing a pair of hit by pitches.

2021 Season:

• Started 44 of the 47 games he appeared, doing so primarily at third base.

• shared the team lead with eight multi-RBI games and finished second on the team with

23 RBIs

• hit safely in a season-long eight straight games from May 1-15.

• tied the game with a seventh-inning sacrifice fly and capped NSU’s 11-inning with against McNeese in Game 2 of a May 8 doubleheader with a walk-off RBI single.

• delivered a game-tying single with two outs in the ninth inning of NSU’s eventual 10-inning win against McNeese in Game 1 of a May 8 doubleheader.

• drove in the only run of the game for NSU with a sacrifice fly in Game 2 of an April 30 doubleheader at Central Arkansas.

• went 3-for-3 with a stolen base and two RBIs in a Game 1 win against Nicholls on April 24.

• had a game-tying, two-run single in a Game 2 loss at Houston Baptist on April 17.

• knocked in a career-high three runs in a series-opening win against Lamar on April 10.

• had a pair of two-RBI games against South Alabama on March 26 and March 27.

• hit safely in his first three starts, all against Austin Peay from March 5-7.

• went 2-for-4 with two RBIs, including the game-winner, in his first career start March 5 against Austin Peay.

Prior to NSU:

• Played one season at South Mountain Community College, hitting .341 with five doubles and 12 RBIs in 44 at-bats.

• also scored 15 runs and drew 11 walks before the season was stopped because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

• first-team Academic All-American posted a 3.9 GPA at South Mountain. High School:

• Four-year letterman for coach Joe White’s Grizzlies.

• second-team all-league selection as a senior, hitting .415 with 11 doubles, one triple, one home run and 20 RBIs.

• scored 20 runs and posted a 17-to-10 walk-to-strikeout ratio.

• named to the Colorado High School All-Star Game.

• was a member of the Colorado Junior Sunbelt Team as a junior when he also was a second-team all-league selection.

• batted .431 as a sophomore, earning second-team all-league honors.

• helped lead ThunderRidge to four playoff appearances, including a state Class 5A quarterfinal berth as a sophomore.

• graduated with a 3.25 grade point average.

Personal:

• Born Jan. 25, 2000.

• son of Amy and Patrick Haze.

• has one sister, Heidi.

• majoring in business administration with concentrations in accounting and finance and holds a 3.8 GPA.

• plans to find a position in the financial field.

• life’s ambition is to make his family proud.

Game Highs:

At-Bats: 6, 2x (last at McNeese, May 6, 2022)

Hits: 3, 2x (last vs. New Orleans, May 13, 2022)

Runs Scored: 2, 6x (last vs. Incarnate Word, May 20, 2022)

RBI: 3, vs. Lamar G1, April 10, 2021

Stolen Bases: 1, 7x (last vs. Incarnate Word, May 20, 2022)

Walks: 3, at Southeastern Louisiana, May 26, 2021

Home Runs: N/A