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2023 Baseball Roster

11 Will Jacobsen

  • Height 6-2
  • Weight 210
  • B/T R/R
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown San Francisco, Calif.
  • High School The Branson School
  • Position Infield/Right-Handed Pitcher
  • House Affiliation Leverett
  • Concentration Economics

Biography

2023 • Senior

Earned Second Team All-Ivy accolades … Gained CSC Academic All-District honors … Played in 33 games with 33 starts … Made 16 starts as the designated hitter, 14 starts at third base, and eight starts on the mound … Hit .288 on the year with 15 runs, 34 hits, nine doubles, two homers, 24 RBIs, a .415 slugging percentage, and .380 OBP … Made 10 appearances and eight starts as a pitcher … Tossed 34.2 innings on the year with a 7.01 ERA and 25 strikeouts … Hit .333 in league play with 12 runs, 24 hits, six doubles, one homer, 12 RBIs, and a .429 OBP … Appeared twice as a pitcher in conference play, tossing 6.0 innings with a 3.00 ERA and four strikeouts … Played in all 21 Ivy League games, one of five Crimson to do so … During conference play, ranked third on the team in average (.333) and OBP (.429) and second in hits (24) and doubles (six) … Posted 10 multi-hit games and six multi-RBI games on the year … Totaled a season-high six RBIs with a 3-for-6 effort, a grand slam, and a double at FIU (Mar. 4) … Tallied eight RBIs in the Princeton series (Mar. 31 to Apr. 2); went 3-for-5 with three RBIs and two runs in game two … Notched two hits and two RBIs at Dartmouth (Apr. 9) … Went 3-for-4 at Brown (Apr. 22) … Threw 6.0 innings in the start in the Beanpot semifinals at Northeastern (Apr. 4), allowing two earned runs with four strikeouts … Tossed 5.0 innings in the start vs. Columbia (Apr. 28), permitting two earned runs with four strikeouts. 

2022 • Junior

Earned Honorable Mention All-Ivy honors … Gained Academic All-Ivy accolades … Served team as a captain … Gained Ivy League Player of the Week on Apr. 25 … Played in 40 games with 39 starts … Hit .327 with 19 runs, 48 hits, six doubles, one triple, three home runs, and 19 RBIs alongside a .353 OBP and .442 slugging percentage … Made 12 appearances with three starts as a pitcher … Posted a 5.28 ERA, 2-2 record, one save, and 17 strikeouts over 29.0 innings … In Ivy League play, hit a team-best .371 with 13 runs, 33 hits, three doubles, one triple, two homers, and 10 RBIs alongside a .391 OBP and .494 slugging percentage … Made four appearances as a pitcher in Ivy play, registering a 5.40 ERA, 1-0 record, one save, and seven strikeouts over 8.1 innings … In Ivy League play only, ranked fourth in the league in hits (33) and seventh in batting average (.371) … Ranked second on the team in average (.327) and third in hits (48) and slugging (.442) on the year … Started all 21 games in Ivy play, one of three Crimson to do so … In Ivy play, paced the team in average (.371) and hits (33) … Tallied 16 multi-hit games on the year, including seven games with three or more hits … Posted four multi-RBI games on the season … Compiled three hits, six RBIs, a home run, and a double vs. Merrimack (Apr. 19) … Went 4-for-5 with three RBIs and two walks at Princeton (Apr. 24); earned the win on the mound, tossing 2.0 innings of scoreless relief … Finished 3-for-4 in game one at Yale (May 14) … Totaled three hits, two runs, an RBI, and a double at UCLA (Mar. 19) … Finished 3-for-5 with two runs at Cornell (Mar. 26); also gained the save, hurling an inning of scoreless relief with two strikeouts … Tossed a season-high 6.0 innings in the win at Fresno State (Mar. 15). 

2021 • Sophomore

Team did not compete due to COVID-19. 

2020 • First-year

Started all six games for the Crimson ... Primarily served as the team's third baseman and designated hitter ... Made two appearances on the mound ... Hit a pair of singles and scored a run vs. Alabama (Feb. 29) ... Recorded his first career RBI and pitched 0.2 innings against Alabama (Mar. 1) ... Recorded a hit and run scored against Fairfield (Mar. 6) ... Went 1-for-4 with a single and two RBIs vs. Stetson (Mar. 8) ... Pitched a scoreless ninth inning vs. the Hatters (Mar. 8) to earn his first career save. 

Before Harvard

Four-year letterwinner in baseball and basketball for The Branson School ... Served as baseball team captain in 2018 and 2019 ... Helped his team to a North Coast Section championship in his senior season ... Named to the Marin County Athletic League's All-League First Team (2019) and Second team (2018) ... Played club baseball for NorCal Baseball and the California Warriors ... Named to the All-Metro Bay Area team in 2019 ... Three-time section winner in basketball (2017-19) ... Basketball team captain in 2019 ... Awarded the Marin Athletic Foundation's Outstanding Student Athlete Award in 2019 ... Enjoys camping and fishing.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 11

    2020First-Year

    INF
    6'1" 195 lbs
    11
  • 11

    2021Sophomore

    INF
    6'1" 205 lbs
    11
  • 11

    2022Junior

    Infield/Right-Handed Pitcher
    6'2" 210 lbs
    11
  • 11

    2023Senior

    Infield/Right-Handed Pitcher
    6'2" 210 lbs
    11