2025 Baseball Roster
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Jersey Number 34
Drake Westcott
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 221
- Hometown:
- Edwardsville, Ill.
- High School:
- Edwardsville
- Prev School:
- Louisville
 University of Illinois Graduate |
 2024 All-Big Ten Third Team |
CAREER HIGHS
- Hits: 4, 2x, last: at Indiana State, April 22, 2025
- Doubles: 1, 19x, last: vs. Michigan, May 2025
- Triples: --
- Home runs: 3, 2x, last: vs. Northern Illinois, April 14, 2024
- Total bases: 13, vs. Michigan State, May 6, 2023
- RBI: 7, vs. Michigan State, May 6, 2023
- Runs scored: 4, 3x, last: vs. Northern Illinois, April 14, 2024
- Walks: 4, at Indiana, March 24, 2024
- Hit by pitch: 1, 4x, last: vs. Northwestern, April 21, 2024
- Sac flies: 1, 6x, last: vs. SIUE, April 15, 2025
- Sac bunts: --
- At bats: 7, at Purdue, May 18, 2024
- Stolen bases: 1, vs. Youngstown State, Feb. 17, 2023
- Field chances: 15, 2x, last: vs. UT Martin, May 19, 2023
- Putouts: 15, 2x, last: vs. UT Martin, May 19, 2023
- Assists: 3, vs. Abilene Christian, Feb. 15, 2025
REDSHIRT SENIOR - 2025
- Big Ten All-Tournament Team - 1B
- Appeared in 39 games, making 35 starts...slashed .230/.344/.484 to go along with 22 runs, 29 hits, five doubles, nine home runs, 32 RBI and 23 walks.
- Finishes his Illini career with an overall slash of .277/.390/.550 in 146 games, 142 starts...recorded 116 runs, 150 hits, 19 doubles, 43 home runs, 131 RBI and 100 walks.
- His 43 career home runs at Illinois ranks second all-time in program history.
- Went 4-for-4 with three runs scored, two home runs and six RBI on April 22 at Indiana State...second-career four-hit game and the eighth multi-HR game of his career.
- Ended the campaign on a season-high four-game hitting streak...went 7-for-19 (.368) during that span with two doubles, two home runs and five RBI.
- Homered in both Big Ten Tournament games...went a combined 5-for-10 (.500) with two runs, a double, two home runs and an RBI during the tournament...was named to the all-tournament team.
REDSHIRT JUNIOR - 2024
- All-Big Ten Third Team.
- Academic All-Big Ten.
- Appeared and started in 55 games on the season...slashed .290/.421/.571 to go along with 11 doubles, 16 home runs and 52 RBI.
- Ranked tied for third in the Big Ten with 47 walks on the season.
- Ranked tied for fourth in the Big Ten in home runs.
- Was named Big Ten Co-Player of the Week on March 4 after batting.462 (6-for-13) while compiling seven RBI and a .667 on-base percentage...power numbers included three home runs, a 1.231 slugging percentage and 1.908 OPS, helping Illinois to a 3-1 week.
- Reached safely in all six plate appearances at Indiana on March 24...went 2-for-2 at the plate, scoring twice and collecting two RBI, and drawing a career-high four walks.
- Named Big Ten Player of the Week for the second time on the season on March 25...batted .400 (6-for-15) with a home run and six RBI to help Illinois to a 3-1 record from March 22-26....overall, slashed 400/.600/.800 for a 1.400 OPS as Illinois took its first series at Indiana since the 2008 season.
- Posted the second three-homer game of his career on April 14 vs. Northern Illinois...drove in a total of five runs...was one of two Illini batters to homer three times in that contest (Schroeder)...was first such instance in program history.
- Homered twice in the sixth inning on May 18 at Purdue...led off the inning with a solo shot and would later crush a grand slam in his second at-bat of the inning...first Illini to perform the feat since Dusty Benko on April 6, 2005.
- Ended the season on a seven-game hitting streak from May 18 - June 2...went 12-for-31 (.387) during that span with two doubles, two home runs and nine RBI.
REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE - 2023
- Slashed .299/.391/.582/.973 in 51 games/starts in his first season at Illinois.
- Slugged a team-high 18 home runs and also led the team with 47 RBI...most home runs in a season by an Illini batter since 2018.
- Big 10 Player of the Week on May 8...hit .533 (8-for-15) with five home runs and 10 RBI during weekend sweep of Michigan State from May 5-7...slugged 1.533 and produced an OPS of 2.066 during the series.
- Homered three times on May 6 vs. Michigan State...became the first Illini batter since 2018 to perform the feat...picked up a career-high seven RBI in that contest...followed that game up with two home runs on May 7 vs. the Spartans.
- Had season-high nine-game hitting streak from Feb. 24 - March 15.
- Had six games during the campaign with three RBI or more.
SOPHOMORE - 2022 (LOUISVILLE)
- Played in 12 games with one start in his first season on the field
- Hit .158 (3-for-19) with a double, home run and six RBIs
- Made his collegiate debut off the bench against UConn on Feb. 20, picking up his first career hit in his second at-bat
- Drew his first collegiate start at first base against Xavier on Feb. 21
- Doubled home a pair of runs against Akron on March 5
- Launched his first career home run over the batter’s eye at Western Kentucky on March 29.
FRESHMAN - 2021 (LOUISVILLE)
- Did not make an appearance
HIGH SCHOOL
- Lettered four years in baseball at Edwardsville
- All-Southwestern Conference First Team in 2017, ’18 and ‘19
- Illinois High School Baseball Coaches Association All-State Team in 2018 and ‘19
- 2019 Rawlings All- Region Team
- Rated No. 1 first basemen and No. 7 overall in Illinois by Perfect Game
- Rated No. 6 first baseman nationally by Perfect Game.
PERSONAL
- Born on Sept. 5, 2001
- Son of Bradley and Melissa Westcott
- Credits his father for having the most influence on his athletic career
- Relative Jay Westcott played basketball in the NBA G League.
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