2021 Baseball Roster
Jersey Number 14
Jackson Raper
- Position:
- INF
- Class:
- Senior
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 200
- Hometown:
- Concord, N.C.
- High School:
- Robinson
- Prev School:
- Catawba College
Career Highs
- Hits: 4, vs Michigan, May 02, 2021 ; at Indiana, Apr 09, 2021
- Doubles: 1, 10 times - last at Iowa, May 15, 2021
- Triples: 1, vs Michigan, May 02, 2021
- Home runs: 2, Penn State, May 21, 2021 ; Northwestern, Mar 27, 2021
- Total bases: 10, vs Michigan, May 02, 2021
- RBI: 7, vs Michigan, May 02, 2021
- Runs scored: 3, at Rutgers, May 29, 2021 ; Michigan State, Apr 16, 2021 ; Northwestern, Mar 27, 2021
- Walks: 3, at Rutgers, May 29, 2021 ; Ohio State, Mar 06, 2021
- Hit by pitch: 1, Penn State, May 22, 2021 ; Northwestern, Mar 27, 2021 ; at Minnesota, Mar 13, 2021
- Sac flies: 1, Michigan State, Apr 16, 2021
- At bats: 6, Ohio State, Mar 05, 2021
- Stolen bases: 1, 4 times - last at Rutgers, May 28, 2021
- Field chances: 6, Ohio State, Mar 05, 2021
- Putouts: 2, 5 times - last at Purdue, Apr 25, 2021
- Assists: 4, Maryland, May 08, 2021 ; Ohio State, Mar 05, 2021
Redshirt Senior - 2021
- ABCA/Rawlings All-Region first team
- All-Big Ten first team
- Started all 44 games at third base
- .311/.423/.634, 11 2B, 3B, 13 HR, 44 RBIs, 29 BB, 102 TB
- Led the team in home runs (13), RBIs (44), doubles (11), total bases (102), slugging percentage (.634), OPS (1.034), walks (29) and runs scored (39)
- Fourth in the conference in both home runs (13) and slugging percentage (.634)
- Hit for the cycle vs. Michigan 5/2/21 (4-for-5 with a career-high 7 RBI, 2 R); 4th cycle in the last 32 seasons (since 1990) and first since 2013
- His 7 RBI vs. Michigan 5/2/21 were the most by an Illini since National Player of the Year Bren Spillane (8 RBI on 3/21/18)
- First Illini to have more than one multi-HR game in a season since National Player of the Year Bren Spillane in 2018
- Second multi-HR game of season vs. Penn State 5/21/21
- 2-for-4, 2 HR, 6 RBIs, 3 R vs. Northwestern 3/27/21
- 6 HR in a span of seven games from 3/26/21-4/9/21
- First HR with Illini came at Minnesota 3/13/21 (back-to-back with Jacob Campbell)
- Hit .548 (17-31) when leading off an inning
- Graduated with his master’s in Accountancy Science in May 2021
- Lee and Euline Eilbracht Memorial Scholarship recipient
- No. 32 MLB Draft prospect in the Big Ten by Perfect Game
- Enrolled at Illinois as a graduate transfer with one year of eligibility remaining
Catawba - 2017-20
- Played for Division II Catawba College from 2017-20
- Division II national leader in hits in 2020
- 2020 Academic All-District
- 2019 NCBWA All-America Honorable Mention
- Two-time All-SAC Second Team (2018, 2019)
- Two-time SAC All-Tournament Team (2018, 2019)
- 2019 SAC Defensive Team third baseman
- 2019 All-Region
- South Atlantic Conference Player of the Week 3/17/2020
- .436/.442/.819, 9 HR, 35 RBIs, 3-3 SB in COVID-19 shortened 2020 season
- .352/.414/.563, 8 HR, 55 RBIs, 7-9 SB in 2019
- .356/.464/.623, 9 HR, 47 RBIs, 3-5 SB in 2018
- .296/.391/.424, 2 HR, 23 RBIs in 2017
High School
- Three-year starter at Robinson High School
- Defensive MVP as a junior
- Helped Bulldogs to a conference tournament title
- Played on the state championship basketball team
- Kannapolis Legion Offensive MVP
Personal
- Born March 11, 1998
- Son of Norris and Sandy Raper
- Two younger brothers, Marshall and Lincoln
- Majored in accounting at Catawba
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