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Jersey Number 11
Jackson Wenstrom
- Position:
- Outfielder
- Bats/Throws:
- L/R
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 237
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Mandan, N.D.
- High School:
- Mandan
- Prev School:
- Hudson Valley CC
- Birthday:
- 1/10/95
- Major:
- Public Safety Administration
Bio
Click HERE for Wenstrom's football bio
BASEBALL
2021Â (Second Junior Season)
- Played in 51 games, with 48 starts, in his first full year as an Owl
- Hit seven home runs, knocked in 26 runs and scored 24 runs
- Had a 3-for-3 showing with a home run and four RBI against Marshall
- Against Charlotte in the regular season, crushed a tape-measure shot that was 109 MPH off the bat and traveled 447 feet
- In the C-USA Championship win over Charlotte, had another long bomb among a 2-for-5 game with four RBI
- Reached base in each of his last 13 games
- Played a sterling centerfield, with multiple highlight plays, and did not commit an error in 113 chances
- Had six outfield assists, third most among C-USA outfielders
- Graduated in the spring with a bachelor's degree in public safety administration
2020Â (Junior)
- In his first season, batted .286 (third highest on the team) in 14 games, with 12 starts
- Also finished tied for second on the squad with an even .500 slugging percentage
- Started his career by reaching base in his first 10 games, the second-longest streak on the team in 2020
- Had two hits, and three RBI, in each end of a doubleheader vs. Binghamton (Feb. 23)
- In the nightcap, hit his first FAU home run
- Added his second blast against Northeastern (March 7)
- In the team's win over No. 6 Miami, was 2-for-3 with a walk, two runs scored and two RBI
- Had four multi-hit games, and three games with two or more RBI
- Played a flawless centerfield, including an outfield assist, amongst 36 chances
- Prior to the year, won the offseason 2020 Iron Owl competition
- In the summer, also became a member of the Owls' football team (click HERE for football bio)
Prior to FAU
- Starred at Hudson Valley CC, including being named NJCAA Region III Player of the Year
- As a sophomore, batted .362 with nine home runs, 45 RBI and 40 runs scored in just 31 games
- Finished his two-year career as the HVCC all-time home run leader with 23, and also finished third in the record books with 103 RBI
- Was NJCAA First Team All-American, First Team All-Region, Defensive Player of the Year, and Rawlings Gold Glove winner
- Also successful off the field: four-time Dean's list and three-time President's list honoree, 2018 Academic All-American, 2019 SUNY Chancellor's Scholar Athlete Award recipient, and winner of the 2019 NJCAA Lea Plarski Award (https://www.hvccathletics.com/sports/bsb/2018-19/releases/20190711nx7vc0)
High School
- Played for coach Jake Kincaid
- Graduated from Mandan in 2013, and then spent 3 1/2 years in the United States Army, stationed in Fort Myer, Virginia
Personal
- Son of Wayne and Jamie Wenstrom
- Majoring in public safety administration
- Hopes to be a professional athlete or work with a professional team
- Favorite pro team is the Minnesota Twins; favorite athletes are Torii Hunter, Joe Mauer, Jerome Iginla and Jason Witten
- Top movie is Apocalypto, and last book he read was American Sniper
- Favorite restaurant is Satori's Kitchen
- Enjoys freeboarding, wakeboarding, archery and snowboarding
- Most people don't know that he played hockey his whole life
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