2016 Baseball Roster
Jersey Number 34
Jason Goldstein
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-0 / 210
- Position:
- C
- Hometown:
- Highland Park, Ill.
- High School:
- Highland Park
Career Highs
- Hits: 5 vs. Rutgers, 5/10/15
- Doubles: 2, twice (Northwestern, 4/4/14)
- Triples: 1 vs. Indiana, 4/5/13
- Home Runs: 1, 16 times (Eastern Illinois, 4/19/16)
- Runs: 3, 5 times (Rutgers, 5/10/15)
- RBI: 6 vs. Eastern Illinois, 4/7/15
- Walks: 3, twice (Ohio State, 4/23/16)
- Stolen Bases: 1, 8 times (Villanova, 3/6/16)
Senior - 2016
- 2016 MLB Draft - 9th round - Seattle Mariners
- All-Big Ten third team catcher
- Academic All-Big Ten
- Senior CLASS Award All-America first team
- Led the Illini in batting average (.312), on-base percentage (.402) and RBIs (29)
- Illinois was 26-17 when he started at catcher
- Second on the team with 15-multi-hit games, including team-best seven three-hit games
- Called pitches for the pitching staff
- Threw out 15 of 39 base stealers
- Preseason No. 11 catcher in the nation by D1Baseball.com
- Preseason No. 12 senior in the nation by Perfect Game
- Preseason Big Ten Players To Watch List
- Preseason "Best Defensive Catcher" and "Best Arm" in the Big Ten by Baseball America
Junior - 2015
- 2015 MLB Draft - 17th round - Los Angeles Dodgers
- All-Big Ten first team catcher
- ABCA Second-Team All-Mideast Region catcher
- Called pitches for the Big Ten's best pitching staff
- Hit .286 with 36 runs and a career-high eight home runs and 47 RBIs
- Ranked first in the Big Ten in sacrifice flies (7), seventh in home runs (8), ninth in RBI (47) and 12th in doubles (15)
- Had two hits and a run during the NCAA Tournament
- Batted .300 during the Big Ten Tournament with three RBIs and two walks
- Big Ten Player of the Week (May 12) after hitting .583 (7-of-12) with a grand slam and a two-run home run, four runs and nine RBIs during the Rutgers sweep
- Big Ten Player of the Week (April 7) for the first time after posting a team-high .600 average, 1.067 slugging percentage, .667 on-base percentage, seven runs, seven RBIs and five extra-base hits, including four doubles and a home run
- Johnny Bench Award Watch List
- Academic All-Big Ten
Sophomore - 2014
- All-Big Ten second team catcher
- Ranked second on the Illini with a .316 average and was third with four home runs and 28 RBIs
- Made 47 starts at catcher and three as the designated hitter
- Third-most caught stealing (23) in the Big Ten
- Season-best 10-game hitting streak Feb. 28-March 21
- Tied for fifth in the Big Ten with three home runs in conference games
- Tied for second on the team with 17 multi-hit games and third with seven multi-RBI games
- Two home runs in the Michigan State series, including the game-tying homer against the Spartans on May 3
- Hit .542 (13-for-24) with five runs, a home run, 10 RBI and two walks in Illinois' six midweek games
- Game-winning RBI single in the 1-0 victory at Northwestern (4/5)
- Hit first career home run vs. Indiana State (3/18), where he went 3 for 3 with a career-high three runs and three RBIs
- Academic All-Big Ten
- Played for the Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox of the Cape Cod League along with Illini teammates Kevin Duchene and Tyler Jay during the summer
Freshman - 2013
- All-Big Ten Freshman Team selection
- .231 with 18 runs and 11 RBIs in 43 games, including 42 starts behind the plate
- Led the Big Ten in caught stealing in conference games (11) and ranked third in the conference overall (18)
- Fourth-longest hitting streak by an Illini in 2013 with 12 straight from March 22-April 20, while hitting .405 (17-42)
- First career multi-hit game vs. Oakland (3/31)
- Scored first career run in the season opener at Tennessee Tech (2/15) and tallied first RBI in the third game at Tennessee Tech (2/17)
- Registered a hit in the first four games of his collegiate career
- Became first Illini freshman to start the season opener at catcher since Brian Schullian in 1992
- Helped the Madison Mallards win the Northwoods League World Series title during the summer
High School
- Ranked the No. 4 catcher in the country and the No. 71 prospect nationally in the class of 2012 by Perfect Game
- Ranked No. 8 overall and the No. 3 position player in the state of Illinois in the class of 2012 by Prep Baseball Report
- Participated in the 2011 Area Code Games and the 2011 Perfect Game All-American Classic
- Named to the 2011 Perfect Game All-American Classic team
- Named to the Area Code Games all-tournament second team after hitting .363 at the event
- Ranked the best catcher and a top-five hitter in the class of 2012 in Illinois by Prep Baseball Report
- 2011 Perfect Game preseason All-American
- Named a 2011 top prospect at the Super 60 Showcase
- Named an Under Armour preseason All-American in 2010 and 2011
- Member of the 2010 Cincinnati Reds scout team
- Three-year varsity starter at Highland Park, where he hit .394 with 37 doubles, 11 home runs, 77 RBIs, a .650 slugging percentage and a .470 on-base percentage
- He holds the HPHS career doubles record, ranks third in career home runs and fourth in career hits (108)
- Two-time All-Area and All-Central Suburban League selection
- Captain of both the baseball and football teams at Highland Park
- Led Highland Park to two Central Suburban League championships.
Personal
- Born March 9, 1994
- Parents are Scott and Terri Goldstein
- Majoring in industrial engineering
- Has one brother, Tyler, who is a pitcher at Johns Hopkins University
- Father, Scott, played football at Grinnell College
- Favorite athlete is Sandy Koufax
- Earliest baseball memory is pitching to his dad and catching for his brother in their backyard at age seven
- His father most influenced his athletic career because he taught him everything he know in terms of work ethic, dedication and perseverance
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