Jacob Walker

Photo by: Megan Isenbarger

Photo by: Robert Hayes

Photo by: Megan Isenbarger

Photo by: Rachel Von Art

Photo by: Robert Hayes

Photo by: Rachel Von Art

Class:
Senior
Ht./Wt.:
6-0 / 190
Position:
INF/OF
Hometown:
Lafayette, Ind.
High School:
Jefferson
Prev School:
Lake Land College
B/T:
R/R

• 2024 All-Horizon League Second Team
• 2024 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District
• Horizon League Academic Honor Roll (Fall 2023, Spring 2024)

2024: Started 55 games at second ... Led the team in hits (72), total bases (111), doubles (19, fifth in the Horizon League) and hit by pitch (11) ... Second on the team in stolen bases (12), batting average (.329), slugging percentage (.507) and on-base percentage (.416) ... Finished season on a 20-game on-base streak ... Totaled 20 multi-hit games ... Three hits, including a home run, with three runs and three RBIs in the Horizon League Tournament vs. Oakland (May 22) ... Recorded four hits, two walks and three runs scored at Western Kentucky (Feb. 23) ... Picked up six hits and five RBIs in a four-game series with eventual Missouri Valley Conference Champion Evansville (May 1-3) ... Three RBIs and three hits at Youngstown State (March 17) ... recorded seven hits including four doubles in a three-game series at Oakland (April 13-14) ... Totaled three hits including a home run and two runs at Northern Kentucky (May 10) ... Recorded three hits including a home run at Ball State (March 12).

2023: Played in 51 games with 48 starts (24 at third base, 15 at center field, five at right field, three at designated hitter and one at second base) ... Third on the team in runs (33) ... Fourth on the team in batting average (.286), on-base percentage (.369) and walks (21) ... Fifth on the team in RBIs (22) ... Had five hits and drove in one run at Valparaiso (April 11) ... Drove in seven runs with three hits including a home run at Northern Kentucky (April 29) ... Totaled three hits, two RBIs, two runs and a double in game one at Wright State (March 17) ... Recorded three hits and three runs with one double vs. Ball State (March 5) ... Had three hits, two doubles and two runs vs. Dayton (April 26).

2021 (at Lake Land CC): Hit .294 with four home runs at Lake Land College.

Other: Walker's father played baseball at Purdue from 1995-1999... Walker's brother, Justin Walker Jr. played at Indiana (2018 & 2019) and Purdue (2020 & 2021).

Personal: Played for the Mahoning Valley Scrappers of the MLB Draft League in 2022 ... Played in the Prospect League with the Lafayette Aviators in 2023 ... Son of Justin and Julie Walker... Has one brother, Justin Jr., and one sister, Jianna... Majoring in General Studies.