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Jersey Number 19
Jake Slunder
- Position:
- Outfielder
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 180
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Cabot, Ark.
- High School:
- Cabot HS
- Prev School:
- Cabot HS
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
Before MSU
Personal
- Named All-OVC and earned a spot on the OVC All-Tournament Team.
- MSU’s every day center fielder saw action in 55 games with 54 starts.
- Batted .317 on 74-for-233, slugged ..467 and was on base .371.
- Had 23 multi-hit games with a season-best three hits five times.
- Led the OVC with 25 stolen bases (in 27 attempts) and in runs with 57.
- His 25 steals were fourth all-time at MSU for a single season, just behind the 27 Jack Perconte had in 1975, 30 by Doren Perdue in 1980 and 31 by Perconte in 1975.
- Slunder’s season was the seventh time a MSU player has stolen 20 or bases.
- Tied for the team lead with three triples.
- Had MSU’s first inside the park home run since Shane Witzel in 1992. Slunder circled the bases at home (May 7) against UT Martin.
- Had a career-best three home runs and six RBI at Morehead State (May 1).
- At the OVC Tournament, hit .315 on 6-for-19 with a double and two stolen bases.
2020
- Saw action in 16 games as the regular center fielder with a .294 batting average (20-68).
- Had eight extra base hits, including his first MSU home run (March 6) at home against Saint Peter's.
- Drove in a career-high seven runs in the opening weekend of OVC play against at Austin Peay.
- The season was cut short to only 17 games because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
2019
- Only Racer to start all 54 games.
- Hit .263 and was second on the team with 55 hits and third with 42 runs scored
- Led the team with nine hit-by-pitches
- Stole nine bases, tied for fourth-most on the team
- Had a .973 fielding percentage in 113 chances in the outfield
- Went 4-4 with an RBI and a run scored against Western Kentucky on February 27
- Went 3-4 with a double and four runs scored in win over Eastern Illinois on March 17
- Went 3-4 with three runs scored at Belmont on April 19
2018
- Appeared in 29 games, making five starts
- Had nine RBI and 15 runs scored
- Had three RBI and two runs scored in win over Fort Wayne
- Went 2-4 with a RBI in win over Belmont
2017
- Redshirted
Before MSU
- Was a three-year letterwinner with Cabot High School and helped lead them to a state semifinal appearance in 2014
- Was named Second Team All-State last season and was also an all-conference honoree while being named Most Outstanding Outfielder in the league
Personal
- Born May 2, 1998
- Son of Scott and Robin Slunder
- Majoring in Fisheries/Aquatic Biology
- Has two brothers, Zach and Ryan
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