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2023 Baseball Roster

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28 Jacob Ference

  • Height 6-2
  • Weight 210
  • B/T R/R
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Mt. Airy, Md.
  • High School Linganore
  • Position C

Biography

SU Career Rankings: Eighth in slugging percentage (.592), t-eighth in home runs (20), 10th in defensive putouts (664)…
 
SU Single-Season Rankings: T-first in home runs (14, 2023), fifth in slugging percentage (.773), t-12th in HBPs (15, 2021)…
 
2023: Consensus Third-Team All-Region V…First-Team All-C2C, All-C2C Tournament Team…C2C Player of the Week, 4/17…D3baseball.com National Team of the Week (C), 2/22…National rankings: 13th in HR/G (0.38), t-26th in home runs (14), 31st in slugging percentage (.773)…C2C rankings: T-first in home runs, fifth in RBIs (45), t-seventh in batting average (.364)…Three multi-homer games (four career)…Homered on first two pitches he faced with five RBIs on Opening Day, 2/18 vs. Widener…Three-game homer streak, 3/19-3/23…Hit two home runs with three runs, three RBIs, 3/21 vs. VWU…Homered twice with four RBIs, four runs scored, 4/12 at Stevenson…Went 1-for-3 with home run, two runs, three RBIs in C2C Championship, 5/12 vs. UMW…Hit rally-sparking home run and finished 3-for-3 with three walks, one RBI, four runs in Salisbury Super Regional clincher, 5/27 at Rowan…Broke 25-year-old SU single-season home run record with 14th long ball at CWS, 6/2 vs. ETBU…Hit two-run double to ice game at CWS, 6/3 vs. UW-La Crosse…
 
2022: All-C2C Honorable Mention…D3baseball.com National Team of the Week, 5/11…Caught 10 of 19 would-be base stealers (.526)…Scored five runs in season-opening doubleheader, 2/12 vs. Alfred State…Executed ninth-inning sac bunt to set up game-winning hit, 2/27 vs. Oswego…Went 4-for-4 with run and RBI, 4/9 vs. UMW (Game 1)…Belted two homers and drove in six runs, 5/3 at DeSales…Starting catcher in all but two postseason games…Went 2-for-4 with double, run and two RBIs in elimination game at Granville Regional, 5/22 vs. William Paterson…Hit key two-run triple in fifth inning at College World Series, 6/6 vs. Wisconsin-Stevens Point…
 
2021: C2C rankings: t-fourth in home runs (four), t-15th in RBIs (20)…Went 3-for-5 with first career home run, triple and three RBIs, 3/17 at Randolph-Macon…Went 2-for-4 with double, homer, two RBIs and two runs scored, 4/30 at Mary Washington…Drove in three runs and scored twice in C2C championship clincher, 5/22 vs. CNU…Tripled and plated three runs, 5/29 vs. Lynchburg…Started every game and caught all but one inning of five games in College World Series, tallying six hits with two homers, three RBIs and five runs scored…Belted go-ahead two-run homer in second inning to put Sea Gulls ahead to stay in opener of CWS finals, 6/7 vs. St. Thomas (Minn.)…
 
2020: Appeared in six games…Scored run in collegiate debut, 2/16 vs. Alfred State…
 
High School: Played baseball and basketball at Linganore…Two-time all-County First Team in baseball (2018-19)…
 
Personal: Son of Jeffrey and Tammy Ference…Brother of Lucas Ference…Favorite food is chicken and rice…Favorite professional team is the Cleveland Browns…Favorite athlete is Justin Meekins because of his beard and ’stache…Favorite song is “Lord Pretty Flacko Jodye 2” by A$AP Rocky…Favorite vacation spot is Myrtle Beach, South Carolina…Enjoys lifting weights and playing video games…Plays ping pong at an elite level…Chose SU for its great baseball program and highly-accredited business program…

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Historical Player Information

  • 23

    2020Freshman

    C
    6'2" 205 lbs
    23
  • 28

    2021Sophomore

    C
    6'2" 205 lbs
    28
  • 28

    2022Junior

    C
    6'2" 210 lbs
    28
  • 28

    2023Senior

    C
    6'2" 210 lbs
    28