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Jersey Number 19
Jared DeSantolo
- Position:
- Infielder
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 185
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Tampa, Fla.
- High School:
- Alonso
- Major:
- Marketing
- Birthday:
- 10/6/98
Bio
2020Â (Second Junior Season)
- Prior to the year, was voted team captain by his peers
- Played in 41 games with 30 starts, 27 at DH, two at 2B and one at 1B
- Had a walkoff winner on conference opening weekend against Marshall
- With the team down 6-0 earlier on, and 6-2 heading to the final inning, he stepped to the plate with the team down one, and lined a 3-2 two-out pitch to right-center to score two for the win
- The next day against the Thundering Herd, hit a solo home run and RBI double in his first two AB towards an 11-2 win
- Hit a three-run home run against FIU in the two team's series in Boca Raton
- Elder statesman of the team appeared in 133 games and had a .275 career average
- Graduated in the spring cum laude, with a bachelors in business administration marketing and a minor in health administration
2020Â (Junior)
- Played in eight games, with five starts, with three at 1B and one each at 3B and at DH
- In his first start, and only at DH, had the game-winning RBI, a two-run single
- Reached base six combined times in one day, a doubleheader against Binghamton
- In game one, had a double and two walks; drew three more bases on balls in the nightcap
- Scored a run in each game
- Held a season OBP of .423, on the strength of eight walks
2019 (Sophomore)
- Appeared in 43 games, with 28 starts (27 at DH and one at 1B)
- Batted .298 and held the team's longest hitting streak of the year, 12 games, from Feb. 27 to March 24
- The final five games of that streak came against C-USA foes
- In the Owls' NCAA Regional victory over Mercer, went 4-for-5 with two doubles, two runs scored and an RBI
- That was one of five multi-hit games he had on the year
2018 (Freshman)
- Had a fantastic debut campaign, which saw him bat .342 with four home runs and 24 RBI
- Added eight doubles as well, towards a slugging percentage of .513
- Started the last 21 games of the season at DH, and 24 of the last 25
- His very first start in that stretch came at Rice, going 2-for-4 with a home run, two runs scored and three RBI
- A week later, had four singles in as many at-bats, with two RBI, against UAB
- Would be named to both postseason All-Tournament Teams, at the Conference USA Championship and NCAA Regional
- In Biloxi, hit .385 (10-for-26), including a four-hit game versus Rice, along with a 3-for-5, two-RBI performance also against Rice
- His walkoff double at 2:05 a.m. Central Time walked the team off in the latter game vs. Rice
- Followed that up in Gainesville by getting at least a hit in all five games, totaling 8-for-18 (.444)Â
- In the team's win over No. 1 Florida, was 3-for-3 with a double and an RBI
- Hit safely in his final eight games, 14 of the last 15, and all but two of his 2018 starts at DH
- In the team's 11 postseason games, led Owls with a .409 average, 18 hits and four doubles, with the second-highest OBP of .469
- Had the team's only two pinch-hit home runs of 2018: His first career shot on March 13 versus North Florida, and again on April 17 against Bethune-Cookman
High School
- Played at Alonso High School under coach Landy Faedo
- Named Second Team All-Conference his senior year and was a state finalist
- Named to the honor roll all four years of high school
- Played under coach Ryan White for Chain Baseball
Personal
- Son of Rudy DeSantolo
- Born in Tampa, Florida
- Marketing major
- Favorite pro team is that Tampa Bay Rays; favorite professional athlete is Tom Brady
- Favorite movie is Rocky
- Favorite music to listen to is Drake
- Hobbies include lifting
- Something most people don't know about him? He lost in the championship game at Cooperstown
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