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Jersey Number 2
Jake Miednik
- Position:
- Pitcher
- Height:
- 5-10
- Weight:
- 185
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Parkland, Fla.
- Prev School:
- Walters State CC
- High School:
- Marjory Stoneman Douglas
- Major:
- Public Safety Administration
- Birthday:
- 5/1/96
Bio
2018 (Senior)
- Took over the role as the Owls' Friday Night starter, and flourished, as he was named First Team All-Conference USA, and he was also recognized as a DI College All-American by the Jewish Sports Review
- Went 8-1 with a 3.31 ERA, and team bests of 91 strikeouts, 81.2 innings pitched, and a batting average against of .221
- Was among the Conference USA leaders in all those categories: Fourth in strikeouts and wins, seventh in OBA and ninth in ERA
- He was also second in C-USA with 31 strikeouts looking
- Team was 12-2 in his starts, and 7-1 in C-USA play
- Opened the season with six innings of one-hit, zero-run baseball against George Washington, with seven strikeouts
- Earned C-USA Pitcher of the Week honors after his second start, going 7 1/3 innings, allowing just two hits and one earned run with 14 strikeouts of Delaware
- Had three other games with eight or more strikeouts, including 10 in a road win over Marshall
- He had six or seven strikeouts in five other contests
- Finished 10th all-time among FAU hurlers with 8.9 strikeouts per nine innings, and tied for 10th with a winning percentage of .750 (15-5)
- Drafted in the 20th round of the 2018 MLB Draft by the Cleveland Indians
- Prior to the year, chosen Preseason All-Conference USA, and was tabbed by Baseball America as their choice for Preseason C-USA Pitcher of the Year
2017 (Junior)
- Was a mainstay in the Owls' rotation. In 15 starts, he led the team with seven wins and 75 strikeouts (tied for fourth and tied for 12th, respectively, in Conference USA)
- Overall record was 7-4 with a 4.88 ERA, in 86 2/3 innings (eighth in C-USA)
- Of his 75 K's, 24 were looking, tied for sixth in the league
- Earned Conference USA Pitcher of the Week honors after the regular season finale victory over Old Dominion, when he pitched eight innings of shutout baseball, walking no Monarchs and striking out five (May 20)
- In his Owls' debut, earned his first win by striking out eight Monmouth hitters, allowing just an unearned run on three hits (March 18)
- Followed that up the following week with an eight-inning win vs. Indiana, giving up five hits and two runs with seven punchouts (March 25)
- Had back-to-back starts giving up just one run, in eight innings vs. FIU (April 30) and 5 2/3 at Southern Miss (May 7)
- Closed the year with another sterling effort against ODU, in the Conference USA Championships, pitching 7 1/3 innings of four-hit, two-run baseball, with five K's
Prior to FAU
- Earned multiple accolades at Walters State for coach David Shelton
- Was National JUCO Pitcher of the Year and TCCAA Pitcher of the Year
- Chosen as First Team All-American and First Team All-Conference
- Went 13-1 in 17 games, 15 starts, while striking out 127 batters in 79.2 innings pitched
High School
- Played for coach Todd Fitzgerald at Stoneman Douglas in Parkland
Personal
- Son of Kim and Ben Miednik
- Majoring in public safety administration
- Born in Plattsburgh, New York
- Favorite movie is Goodfellas
- Last book he read was Green Eggs and Ham
- Favorite food is filet mignon
- Likes to play NBA 2K
- Something most people don't know about him? He is a movie fanatic
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