2025 Baseball Roster
Jersey Number 16
Jake Swartz
- Class:
- Junior
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 170
- Hometown:
- Bloomington, Ill.
- High School:
- University
CAREER HIGHS
- Innings pitched: 5.1, at Northwestern, April 8, 2023
- Strikeouts: 7, vs. Missouri, March 28, 2023
- Walks allowed: 3, 4x, last: vs. Northwestern, April 21, 2024
- Batters faced: 24, 2x, last: vs. Southern Indiana, March 16, 2024
- Field chances: 2, 3x, last: vs. Michigan State, March 3, 2024
- Putouts: 1, 4x, last: vs. Texas Tech, Feb. 28, 2025
- Assists: 2, vs. Ball State, Feb. 25, 2024
- Runners CS: 1, 6x, last: at Bradley, April 29, 2025
JUNIOR - 2025
- Went 1-1 with a 5.79 ERA (12 ER/18.2 IP) in 11 games, two starts.
- Totaled 10 strikeouts and limited hitters to a .211 average.
- Tossed 4.0 innings and allowed just one run on two hits on Feb. 28 vs. Texas Tech at the Las Vegas College Baseball Classic...tallied a season-high three strikeouts in the outing.
- Allowed just one run on two hits over 4.0 innings on May 10 vs. #18 UCLA.
SOPHOMORE - 2024
- Went 2-3 with a 7.50 ERA (35 ER/42.0 IP) in 14 games, nine starts.
- Amassed 37 strikeouts.
- Made season debut on Feb. 18 vs. Fordham, tossing the final 3.0 innings of the contest to earn his first-career save...allowed no runs and no hits while striking out three batters and issuing two walks.
- Turned in a solid 5.0 innings of work on March 10 at No. 8 Tennessee, holding a potent Vols offense to just two runs on three hits to go along with a pair of strikeouts.
- Worked 5.0 innings of shutout ball in his start on March 24 at Indiana...punched out four batters.
- Fired a season-high six strikeouts on March 30 vs. Penn State.
- Struck out three of the four batters he faced on April 23 vs. Western Illinois.
FRESHMAN - 2023
- Went 2-2 with a 7.68 ERA (29 ER/34.0 IP) in 13 games, nine starts...had 35 strikeouts compared to 14 walks.
- Made Illini and collegiate debut on Feb. 19 at Wake Forest...worked 0.2 innings.
- Made first start on March 15 vs. Indiana State...did not factor in the decision...tossed 3.1 innings and allowed two runs, one earned, on five hits to go along with four strikeouts and no walks.
- Fired a career-high seven strikeouts on March 28 vs. Missouri.
- Worked a career-high 5.1 innings on April 8 at Northwestern...allowed one run on four hits.
HIGH SCHOOL
- Ranked as the No. 52 overall player in Illinois and the No. 15 right-handed pitcher in the state by Perfect Game
- 2021 Prep Baseball Report Second-Team All-State
- Played for head coach Steve Paxson at University High School
- Tossed two no-hitters in his high school career
- Three-year letterwinner
- 2021 IHSA 2A third place
- 2021 Central State 8 triple crown winner
- 2021 Central State 8 All-Conference selection
- Went 7-1 with a 0.62 ERA, striking out 75 batters in 45.1 innings
- Also played golf all four years, earning three all-conference selections, including helping his team to a 2A seventh-place finish in 2021
- Had offers from Iowa, Purdue, Illinois State and Xavier
PERSONAL
- Born on March 6, 2004
- Son of Mike and Lori Swartz
- Has three brothers, Charlie, Gavin and Nolan
- Dad played baseball at Illinois Wesleyan from 1997-99
- Chose Illinois because, "I have grown up being an Illinois sports fan so I naturally had a love for Illinois. I always went to the basketball, football and baseball games growing up so I knew if there was an opportunity for me playing for the Illini it would be one of my top choices. On top of that, the coaching staff here is top notch. I don’t think there are any better coaches to run this program than the ones that are here now. Along with that the academics here are top notch so you can’t really ask for much more in a school. It was a perfect choice for me."
- Plans on majoring in business
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