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2018 Baseball Roster

34 Zack Jones

  • Ht./Wt. 5-11 / 165
  • Position LHP
  • Hometown Downers Grove, Ill.
  • High School Downers Grove South

Biography

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."

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 34

    2017Freshman

    LHP
    5'11" 165 lbs
    34
  • 34

    2018Sophomore

    LHP
    5'11" 165 lbs
    34