2019 Baseball Roster
Jersey Number 32
Jeff Korte
- Ht./Wt.:
- 5-8 / 190
- Position:
- C
- Hometown:
- Melbourne, Fla.
- High School:
- Melbourne
Career Highs
- Hits: 3, Rutgers, Apr 13, 2018 ; Penn State, Apr 20, 2019 ; at Southern Illinois, Mar 17, 2018
- Doubles: 1, 12 times
- Triples: 1, Penn State, Apr 20, 2019 ; Purdue, May 12, 2019
- Home runs: 2, at Florida Atlantic, Feb 22, 2019
- Total bases: 8, at Florida Atlantic, Feb 22, 2019
- RBI: 5, at Florida Atlantic, Feb 22, 2019
- Runs scored: 3, at Southern Illinois, Mar 17, 2018
- Walks: 3, at Minnesota, Apr 14, 2019
- Hit by pitch: 1, 9 times
- Sac flies: 2, Indiana, May 03, 2019
- Sac bunts: 1, 4 times
- At bats: 5, 8 times
- Field chances: 15, at Bradley, April 23, 2019
- Putouts: 14, at Bradley, April 23, 2019
- Assists: 3, Illinois State, Mar 23, 2019 ; Purdue, May 12, 2019
- Runners CS: 2, 4 times
Senior - 2019
- Played in 37 games with 31 starts
- .226 (24-106), 2 2B, 2 3B, 3 HR, 23 RBIs
- First career two-homer game and career-high five RBIs at Florida Atlantic 2/22/19
Junior - 2018
- Played in 49 games with 47 starts at catcher
- .262 (43-164), 11 2B, 3 HR, 26 RBI, 16 BB
- .299 (23-77), 6 2B, 2 HR, 13 RBI, 8 BB in Big Ten games
- Third on the team with seven hit by pitches
- .305 (29-95) with runners on base
- Eight multi-hit games
- DQ Classic/Big Ten-Pac-12 Challenge All-Tournament Team
- Hit .300 (3-10) with two RBIs and two runners caught stealing to help Illinois sweep three games at the DQ Classic/Big Ten-Pac-12 Challenge
Junior College
- Transferred to Illinois with two years of eligibility left
- .343, HR, 19 RBIs as a sophomore at Eastern Florida State College
High School
- Two-time all-state
- Two-time all-conference in high school
- Senior Florida All-Star
- .480, 6 HR as a senior
- .465, HR as a junior
- Led Melbourne to a 26-1 record as a junior
Personal
- Born May 3, 1996
- Son of Richard and Marcelle Korte
- Two older brothers, Steve and Mike
- Brother, Mike, played baseball at Lipscomb
- Brother, Steve, played rugby at Florida
- Majoring in communication
- Why Illinois: "Growing up in the south I watched a lot of college baseball. I quickly noticed how good of a program Illinois was from their previous seasons. The school has an opportunity to play in the College World Series every year and I just wanted to be apart of it. Also, playing in a Power 5 conference such as the Big Ten has always been a dream for me. After stepping foot on this beautiful campus I knew that Illinois was the perfect place to get my education."
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Thursday, February 13
Monday, December 09
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