#52 Will Jacobsen Baseball Roster

HONORS & AWARDS

• Second Team All-Ivy accolades (2023)
• CSC Academic All-District honors (2023)
• Honorable Mention All-Ivy honors (2022)
• Academic All-Ivy accolades (2022)
• Harvard Team Captain (2022)

AS A GRADUATE STUDENT (2024)

• Made 18 appearances during the season season with a 2-0 record
• Went 25.1 innings with a 6.75 ERA and 25 strikeouts
• Came on for 2.2 innings of relief in 9-5 victory over Rice (February 17), retiring eight of the 10 hitters faced and striking out two
• Part of a shared shutout win against North Carolina (April 12)
• Had two appearances of 2.0 innings with no hits and no runs allowed (North Carolina, April 14; Michigan State, April 30) 
• Earned the pitching win after going 2.0 and allowing one run with three strikeouts against Purdue Fort Wayne (April 17)
• Collected the win with a strikeout and no hits allowed in 2.0 innings at Michigan State (April 30)
• Wrung up a season-best four strikeouts against Toledo (May 10)
• Registered at least one strikeout in 13 out of 18 games

Prior to Notre Dame

At Harvard University

SENIOR YEAR (2023)

• Played in 33 games with 33 starts
• Made 16 starts as the designated hitter, 14 starts at third base, and eight starts on the mound
• Hit .288 on the year with 15 runs, 34 hits, nine doubles, two homers, 24 RBIs, a .415 slugging percentage, and .380 OBP
• Made 10 appearances and eight starts as a pitcher
• Tossed 34.2 innings on the year with a 7.01 ERA and 25 strikeouts
• Hit .333 in league play with 12 runs, 24 hits, six doubles, one homer, 12 RBIs, and a .429 OBP
• Appeared twice as a pitcher in conference play, tossing 6.0 innings with a 3.00 ERA and four strikeouts
• Played in all 21 Ivy League games, one of five Crimson to do so
• During conference play, ranked third on the team in average (.333) and OBP (.429) and second in hits (24) and doubles (six)
• Posted 10 multi-hit games and six multi-RBI games on the year
• Totaled a season-high six RBIs with a 3-for-6 effort, a grand slam, and a double at FIU (Mar. 4)
• Tallied eight RBIs in the Princeton series (Mar. 31 to Apr. 2); went 3-for-5 with three RBIs and two runs in game two
• Notched two hits and two RBIs at Dartmouth (Apr. 9)
• Went 3-for-4 at Brown (Apr. 22)
• Threw 6.0 innings in the start in the Beanpot semifinals at Northeastern (Apr. 4), allowing two earned runs with four strikeouts
• Tossed 5.0 innings in the start vs. Columbia (Apr. 28), permitting two earned runs with four strikeouts. 

JUNIOR YEAR (2022)

• Gained Ivy League Player of the Week on Apr. 25
• Played in 40 games with 39 starts
• Hit .327 with 19 runs, 48 hits, six doubles, one triple, three home runs, and 19 RBIs alongside a .353 OBP and .442 slugging percentage
• Made 12 appearances with three starts as a pitcher
• Posted a 5.28 ERA, 2-2 record, one save, and 17 strikeouts over 29.0 innings
• In Ivy League play, hit a team-best .371 with 13 runs, 33 hits, three doubles, one triple, two homers, and 10 RBIs alongside a .391 OBP and .494 slugging percentage
• Made four appearances as a pitcher in Ivy play, registering a 5.40 ERA, 1-0 record, one save, and seven strikeouts over 8.1 innings
• In Ivy League play only, ranked fourth in the league in hits (33) and seventh in batting average (.371)
• Ranked second on the team in average (.327) and third in hits (48) and slugging (.442) on the year
• Started all 21 games in Ivy play, one of three Crimson to do so
• In Ivy play, paced the team in average (.371) and hits (33)
• Tallied 16 multi-hit games on the year, including seven games with three or more hits … Posted four multi-RBI games on the season
• Compiled three hits, six RBIs, a home run, and a double vs. Merrimack (Apr. 19)
• Went 4-for-5 with three RBIs and two walks at Princeton (Apr. 24); earned the win on the mound, tossing 2.0 innings of scoreless relief
• Finished 3-for-4 in game one at Yale (May 14)
• Totaled three hits, two runs, an RBI, and a double at UCLA (Mar. 19)
• Finished 3-for-5 with two runs at Cornell (Mar. 26); also gained the save, hurling an inning of scoreless relief with two strikeouts
• Tossed a season-high 6.0 innings in the win at Fresno State (Mar. 15). 

SOPHOMORE YEAR (2021)

• Team did not compete due to COVID-19. 

FRESHMAN YEAR (2020)

• Started all six games for the Crimson
• Primarily served as the team’s third baseman and designated hitter
• Made two appearances on the mound
• Hit a pair of singles and scored a run vs. Alabama (Feb. 29)
• Recorded his first career RBI and pitched 0.2 innings against Alabama (Mar. 1)
• Recorded a hit and run scored against Fairfield (Mar. 6)
• Went 1-for-4 with a single and two RBIs vs. Stetson (Mar. 8)
• Pitched a scoreless ninth inning vs. the Hatters (Mar. 8) to earn his first career save. 

PREP & PERSONAL

• Four-year letterwinner in baseball and basketball for The Branson School
• Served as baseball team captain in 2018 and 2019
• Helped his team to a North Coast Section championship in his senior season
• Named to the Marin County Athletic League’s All-League First Team (2019) and Second team (2018)
• Played club baseball for NorCal Baseball and the California Warriors
• Named to the All-Metro Bay Area team in 2019
• Three-time section winner in basketball (2017-19)
• Basketball team captain in 2019
• Awarded the Marin Athletic Foundation’s Outstanding Student Athlete Award in 2019
• Enjoys camping and fishing.
• Son to Rich and Margaret, with older brother Tom and younger brothers Jack and Matt.
• Masters in Business Analytics