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Wright State University Athletics

2012 Baseball Roster

17 Jake Hibberd

  • Position Infield
  • Height 5-11
  • Weight 200
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Miamisburg, OH
  • Highschool Miamisburg

Biography

2012: Preseason Louisville Slugger All American...First-Team All Horizon League...Agonis Club Athlete of the Year for WSU...First-Team CoSIDA Academic All American...hit .336 with on-base .406 and slugging .524...on 4/6 versus Youngstown State he went four for four, five runs, six RBI and two homeruns...25-game hitting streak during March as he collected 47 hits...nine homeruns with 50 runs, 47 RBI, 18 doubles and one triple...22 walks...started 58 games, mostly at first...Horizon League Batter of the Week on 3/19...Lowes CLASS Award Finalist...Horizon League Spring Academic Team.

2011: First Team All-Horizon League...Horizon League Player of the Year...Louisville Slugger All American...ABCA Rawlings All Midwest...CoSIDA Academic All American...Horizon League Academic Honor Roll...WSU Male Athlete of the Year...Horizon League Academic All League Team...Horizon League Player of the Week May 2...Horizon League Scholar-Athlete for May...first Horizon League player to lead in all three Triple Crown categories...played in 55 games, mostly at first...32 multi-hit games...236 at bats, 42 runs scored, 96 hits, 56 RBI, 21 doubles, nine homeruns, 14 walks...twice had a high of four hits--vs Youngstown State and Cincinnati...four times with four RBI...two homeruns at LeMoyne...went only seven games without a hit...21-game hitting streak in April...15-game hitting streak in May

2010: First Team All-Horizon League...second on team with a .369 batting average in 55 games, starting 54...222 at bats with 82 hits, 54 RBI, 16 doubles, 41 runs scored and a .473 slugging percentage...16 walks....989 fielding percentage with only five errors...designed the 2011 team schedule poster...posted 25 multiple-hit games with nine games of three hits...lone homerun came against Milwaukee (5/30/10)...four RBI game against UIC (4/17/10) and vs Milwaukee (5/8/10)...eight games of three RBI or better...just five errors with 425 putouts and 33 assists...selected to the Spring Horizon League Academic Team.

2009: Named to the 2009 Horizon League All-Newcomer Team as a utility player...appeared in 49 games with 37 starts...collected 11 multi-hit games and six multi-RBI contests...posted the game winning hit three times during the season - at UIC (5/2), vs. Toledo (5/11) and against Butler (5/20) at the Horizon League Tournament... made collegiate debut at #1 Texas A&M (2/20)...drove in a pair of RBI's and smacked his first career home run versus Youngstown State (3/21)...collected two hits - including a triple - and drove in a pair of runs at #1 ranked Georgia (3/24)...collected one of WSU's four hits at Vanderbilt (3/25)...tripled and drove in a pair of RBI's against Butler (3/27) in the second game of a twinbill...hit a grand slam, doubled and collected four RBI's in the series opener at Milwaukee (4/10)...posted two hits, walked twice and drove in two runs in a double-header at Milwaukee (4/11)...posted back-to-back multi-hit games at the Joe Nuxhall Classic against Miami (4/14) and Xavier (4/15)...posted three hits and drove in an RBI in a twinbill at Valparaiso (4/18)...drove in three RBI's in a double-header at UIC (5/2)...chipped in a pair of hits - including a home run - in the second game of a twinbill at Youngstown State (5/8)...collected five hits, scored five runs with a home run and a double in two games at Cleveland State (5/9).

Prep: Lettered three times for the Vikings...earned All-Greater Western Ohio Conference honors during his junior and season seasons...was named to the Miami Valley Baseball Coaches Association's All-Region team as a junior and senior...was selected to the All-Mid Miami League squad during his sophomore season...was an Academic All-State selection as a senior...batted .350 with seven home runs during his senior season...helped the Vikings to the Ohio High School Athletic Association Division I Final Four in 2006...played for head coach Jared Lovin at MHS...also lettered in Football...was an All-GWOC Wide Receiver selection as a senior.

Personal: Born Jacob Douglas Hibberd on June 25, 1989...the son of Doug and Brenda Hibberd.

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Historical Player Information

  • 1

    2009Freshman

    Infield
    5'11" 190 lbs
    1
  • 17

    2010Sophomore

    Infield
    5'11" 200 lbs
    17
  • 17

    2011Junior

    Infield
    5'11" 200 lbs
    17
  • 17

    2012Senior

    Infield
    5'11" 200 lbs
    17