2018 Baseball Roster
Jersey Number 34
Zack Jones
- Ht./Wt.:
- 5-11 / 165
- Position:
- LHP
- Hometown:
- Downers Grove, Ill.
- High School:
- Downers Grove South
Career Highs
Last updated following the 2018 season
- Innings pitched: 3.2, Illinois State, Apr 10, 2018 ; Valparaiso, Apr 17, 2018
- Walks allowed: 3, Toledo, Mar 19, 2017 ; at Michigan, May 11, 2018
- Strikeouts: 4, at Milwaukee, Feb 18, 2017
- Batters faced: 16, Valparaiso, Apr 17, 2018
- Field chances: 2, Bradley, Mar 28, 2017
- Putouts: 1, at Michigan, Apr 07, 2017 ; vs VCU, Feb 25, 2018 ; Bradley, Mar 28, 2017
- Assists: 1, 7 times
- Runners CS: 1, Valparaiso, Apr 17, 2018 ; vs Houston, Feb 25, 2017 ; Toledo, Mar 19, 2017
Junior - 2019
- 4.2 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K during the six-game foreign trip to Curaçao and Aruba
Sophomore - 2018
- Academic All-Big Ten
- Appeared in 21 games, all in relief
- 3-2, 3.86 ERA, 25.2 IP, 16 H, 12 R, 18 K, 5 BB
- Third on the team with 21 relief appearances
- Opponents were .167 (6-36) with runners on base
- Lowest on the team in walks allowed per nine innings with 1.75
- Lowest on the team in hits allowed per nine innings with 5.61
- Career-high 3.2 inning pitched against Illinois State 4/10/18 and Valparaiso 4/17/18
Freshman - 2017
- 0-3, 7.85 ERA, 20 APP, 18.1 IP, 11 BB, 17 SO, .297 BAA
- Worked as the primarily lefty reliever for most of the year
- Career-high four strikeouts against Milwaukee 2/18/17
High School
- Two-year starter at Downers Grove South
- Team's Pitcher of the Year in 2016
- 5-1, 0.76 ERA, 46 IP, 5 ER, 40 SO, 5 BB as a senior
- 2016 All-Area team
- 2016 Perfect Game All-High School Team Central Region honorable mention
- Two-time IHSA All-Academic
- Two-time West Suburban All-Academic
Personal
- Born August 7, 1998
- Parents are Julie and Rich Jones
- Mother, Julie Jones, attended Illinois
- Majoring in information systems and information technology
- Why Illinois: "I chose Illinois because I wanted a school that was equally as impressive academically as it is for baseball."
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