Jake Willsey

Photo by: Parker Waters

Height:
5-11
Weight:
190
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Chestnut Hill, Mass.
High School:
The Rivers School

2016 American Athletic Conference All-Second Team
2016 American Athletic Conference Weekly Honor Roll (2/29)
2016 Tony Gwynn Classic Tournament Co-MVP

Career: Appeared in 204 career games with 183 starts...batted .255 in 611 career at bats with 81 runs, 156 hits, 22 doubles, six triples, 19 home runs, 70 RBI, 70 walks, and 11 stolen bases...career on-base percentage of .353 and slugging percentage of .404...turned the second-most double plays in Tulane history (139) and finished tied for eighth in career hit by pitches (25).

2017 (Senior): Appeared in 58 games ad starter 56 games, all at second base … batted .239 with 28 runs, 42 hits, five doubles, two triples, nine home runs, 20 RBI, 28 walks, and eight stolen bases … notched a slugging percentage of .443 while posting an on-base percentage of .368 …led the team in triples and ranked second in stolen bases…recorded eight multi-hit games and five multi-RBI games…tallied two stolen bases and a single vs. Army (2/19)…hit a home run and a single at Southeastern Louisiana (2/21)…hit a home run with a walk and a stolen base at UC Santa Barbara (2/24)…drove in two RBI vs. McNeese State (3/21)…notched two hits and a stolen base vs. Stetson (3/24)…hit two home runs and drove in three RBI at LSU (3/28)…tallied a home run, two RBI, two runs, and a walk vs. USF (4/1)…recorded a double, a triple, a walk, and two runs at Cincinnati (4/8)…hit a three-run double and scored a run vs. UCONN (4/13)…totaled a double, one walk, one RBI, and two runs vs. UCONN (4/15)…notched three hits including two solo home runs at Houston (4/21)…hit a triple along with one run and one RBI vs. LSU (4/25)…hit a home run at East Carolina (4/28)…tallied two hits, one run, one walk, and one stolen base vs. Houston (5/14)…recorded two hits, a home run, two runs, one RBI, and a walk at Memphis (5/18)…tallied two hits in the final game vs. UCF (5/25).

2016 (Junior): An All-American Athletic Conference Second Team selection … appeared in 59 games with 53 starts (48 at second base, 3 at shortstop and 2 at third base) … batted .265 with 28 runs, 45 hits, 10 doubles, three triples, 10 home runs, 31 RBI and 22 walks … notched a slugging percentage of .535 while posting an on-base percentage of .377 … recorded 13 multi-hit games and seven multi-RBI games … led the team in sacrifice bunts (9), sacrifice flies (4), hit by pitch (11), assists (152) fielding double plays (31) and slugging percentage, ranked second on the team in triples and on-base percentage, third on the team in home runs and total bases (91), tied for third on the team in doubles, fourth on the team in RBI and tied for fifth in games played … nine sacrifice hits are tied for eighth in single-season Tulane history … ranked second in the American Athletic Conference in hit by pitch, tied for second in sacrifice flies, fourth in slugging percentage and assists (152), fifth in sacrifice bunts and tied for sixth in home runs … hit his first-career home run vs. Illinois (2/20) … notched a sac fly while going 1-for-2 with a hit by pitch vs. Alabama A&M (2/24) … went 3-for-4 with two home runs and a double, three RBI and three runs scored vs. Arizona (2/26) … went 2-for-4 with a two-run home run and one run scored vs. Nebraska (2/28) … posted two RBI and scored a run vs. Pepperdine (3/5) … singled and scored a run during the opening game of the series at Texas (3/19) … posted three RBI during a 2-for-2 day at the plate vs. Southern Miss (3/22) … notched two RBI and a double during the first game of a doubleheader against Illinois State (3/26) before going 2-for-3 with two runs, a double and a triple during game two … notched a solo home run at LSU (3/29) … recorded two doubles and one RBI at UL-Lafayette (4/12) … tripled against Cincinnati (4/15) … went 2-for-4 with a run scored vs. Southern Miss (4/19) … doubled at UCF (4/24) … notched a solo home run vs. LSU (4/26) … tallied three RBI with two home runs and two runs scored at USF (5/6) … went 3-for-4 with a run, an RBI and a double at USF (5/8) … posted a double and a triple vs. Southern (5/11), adding an RBI, a walk and a run scored … singled and doubled with a run scored vs. Memphis (5/14) … went 2-for-3 with a run and an RBI vs. Memphis (5/15) … hit the go-ahead home run at Houston (5/21) during the regular-season finale … was 2-for-3 with two runs and a solo home run vs. UCF at The American Baseball Championships (5/27) … scored a run and walked twice vs. Ole Miss during the NCAA Oxford Regional (6/4).

2015 (Sophomore): Appeared in 48 games with 39 starts (38 at second base and one at third base) … batted .263 with 11 runs, 36 hits, four doubles, one triple, 14 RBI, 10 walks, two sacrifice hits and two stolen bases … notched a slugging percentage of .307 with an on-base percentage of .331 … posted eight multi-hit games and three multi-RBI games … was at the plate during a walk-off wild pitch against San Francisco (2/21) … went 2-for-4 against Creighton (3/1) in his second start on the season … collected two RBI at Nicholls (3/3) … doubled at Southern Miss (3/11) … went 2-for-4 with a run against Xavier (3/13) before recording a run and an RBI on a hit during the series finale against the Musketeers two days later … made his first-career start at third base at East Carolina (4/4), going 1-for-5 with an RBI … singled and tripled with an RBI at Houston (4/10) … posted three-straight two-hit performances at Cincinnati (4/24 to 4/26), while doubling twice and recording three RBI during the Saturday game before knocking in two more and walking twice in the series finale … went 3-for-4 at the dish with an RBI at Memphis (3/14) … closed out the Memphis series with a 2-for-5 performance with one run, one RBI and one stolen base in the second game of a doubleheader (5/16) … singled against East Carolina (5/21) during The American Baseball Championships.

2014 (Freshman): Appeared in 39 games, making 35 starts (all at second base) … batted .258 with 14 runs, 33 hits, three doubles, five RBI, ten walks, two sacrifice flies, one sacrifice hit and one stolen base … fifth on the team in runs scored (14) … tied for sixth on the team in hits (33) … posted nine multi-hit games … tied for the fourth-longest hitting streak of the season at five games … made his collegiate debut as a pinch-hitter against Arkansas-Pine Bluff (2/16) … scored a run and walked at Louisiana Tech (2/22) … collected his first-career hit in a pinch-hitting role at San Francisco (3/12) … went 2-for-5 with a run scored in his first-career start against Louisiana-Lafayette (3/12) … went 3-for-3 in the second game of a doubleheader at East Carolina (3/15) … posted back-to-back 2-for-4 days against Middle Tennessee (2/21 and 2/22) … recorded a double and scored twice - included the game-winning run - during a 2-for-5 performance against LSU (3/25) … went 2-for-2 at Louisiana-Lafayette (4/1) .. had a 2-for-4 day at the plate against UTSA (4/5) … had a 2-for-4 day at the plate with his first-career stolen base at LSU (4/22) to start his five-game hitting streak … went 1-for-5 with a run against Wichita State (4/25), followed by a 2-for-4 day with an RBI and a run against Wichita State (4/26) … scored a run and doubled and in the final game of the series against Wichita State (4/27) … doubled and scored a run against Nicholls State (4/29) … had an RBI against FIU (5/15) while going 1-for-4 and 1-for-3, respectively, during the final two games of the season against FIU (5/16 and 5/17) … earned Conference USA Commissioner's Honor Roll honors, as well as the C-USA Academic Medal for maintaining a cumulative-GPA of 3.75 or better.

High School: Was a four-year letterwinner at The Rivers School in Chestnut Hill, Mass. … played in the infield … helped lead his team to a 15-5 record during his senior year, placing third in the Independent School League … batted .391 during his senior campaign...earned First Team All-League Honors during his senior season … also earned Honorable Mention All-League Honors during his sophomore year … played for the Northeast Mudhens during the summer.

Personal: Has one younger sister … major is health and wellness.