2015 Baseball Roster
Roster
Jake Vickerson
- Position:
- OF
- Height:
- 5-9
- Weight:
- 184
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Tuscsaloosa, AL
- High School/Previous School:
- Shelton State [AL] CC
CAREER STATS
CAREER: Appeared in 111 games for MSU after transferring from Shelton State (Ala.) Community College, starting 80 games • Hit .280 (89-for-318) with 59 runs, 36 walks, 32 RBIs, 13 doubles, two triples and a home run • Also stole 16 bases in 23 attempts • Ended his time in Starkville with a .990 career fielding percentage and six assists • Two-time member of the SEC Academic Honor Roll.
2015: Appeared in 51 of the team’s 54 games, hitting .300 with 29 runs, 17 RBIs, 12 walks and eight doubles • Stole five bases in eight attempts • Started 29 games in right field and four in left (33 total) • Recorded a .981 fielding percentage with one error in 54 chances, notching four assists and taking part in one double play • Went 25-for-92 (.272) in 28 conference games (21 starts), while hitting .354 in 23 non-conference contests • Led the team with a .355 average in 35 home games • Recorded 11 multi-hit games, tied for third on the team • Registered four multi-RBI games, tied for fourth on the squad • Reached base safely in a career-long nine straight games March 27-April 10 • Went 2-for-7 in his final SEC series at Tennessee, collecting a double, RBI and a run • Had a career day in the walk-off win against No. 1 LSU May 2, tying career highs with three hits and two walks while setting a personal best with three runs scored • Had two hits in the Governor’s Cup against Ole Miss April 28 in Pearl, Miss. • Notched four hits in 11 at bats (.364) against top-10 Florida April 17-19, scoring three runs • Doubled and scored a run April 7 at Memphis in AutoZone Park • Had his best series of the season April 2-4 against top-15 South Carolina, going 7-for-12 (.583) with five runs, four RBIs, three doubles and a pair of walks • Posted a season-long five-game hitting streak Feb. 21-28, recording four multi-hit games to go along with a .529 average (9-for-17) • Made his season debut Feb. 14 in a start in left field against Miami (Ohio), hitting his first career home run for the Maroon and White • Finished opening weekend 3-for-7 (.429) with four runs, three RBIs and a pair of walks • Member of the SEC Academic Honor Roll.
2014: Appeared in 60 of the team’s 63 games, hitting .264 with 30 runs, 24 walks, 15 RBIs, 11 stolen bases, five doubles and one triple • Started 34 games in left field, three games in right and 10 at designated hitter • Led off a team-high 31 times • Did not make an error in 46 chances • Recorded 10 games with multiple hits and two games with multiple RBIs • Raised his average from .253 to .264 the final 10 games of the season, going 10-for-27 (.370) with five RBIs, four walks and three runs • Tallied a season-long six-game hitting streak Feb. 21-26 • Trailing 2-1 in the first game of the 2014 NCAA Lafayette Regional against San Diego State, hit a two-out, three-RBI game-winning triple to give the Bulldogs the victory • Came back the next day and scored the game-winning run against Jackson State in a 2-for-4 performance • Collected an RBI and a base hit in the 2014 SEC Tournament vs. Kentucky May 22 • Recorded a bases-loaded RBI walk in pinch hit duty in the May 20 SEC Tournament win vs. No. 6 South Carolina • Hit a team-best .600 in the series win at No. 19 Alabama in his hometown of Tuscaloosa • Tallied two hits and two runs May 15 in a 9-4 win at Alabama May 15 • Went 1-for-3 with a run and a walk in the 3-0 victory at Auburn May 3, helping MSU get its first series win on the Plains in a decade • Finished Super Bulldog Weekend against No. 13 Ole Miss 3-for-9 (.333) • Tied a career high with three hits and two runs at No. 9 LSU April 6, finishing the series with a .333 average • Hit .333 in the series win vs. Arkansas March 29-30, scoring three times, walking twice and stealing once • Went 1-for-3 with an RBI March 25 in the win against Southeast Missouri • Collected two hits, a double and a run vs. UC Santa Barbara March 7 at the Hi Corbett Classic in Tucson, Ariz. • On March 2 became the first Bulldog with two hits in the same inning since Nick Ammirati did so at Texas A&M April 14, 2013 • Knocked out three hits March 2 vs. Eastern Illinois • Went 2-for-4 with an RBI double, two runs and a stolen base March 1 vs. EIU • Hit .500 (7-for-14) in the Holy Cross series Feb. 21-23 with five runs, four walks, three stolen bases, two doubles and two RBIs • Recorded his first MSU hit Feb. 15 vs. Western Carolina • Made his MSU debut as the Opening Day starter in left field Feb. 14 vs. WCU • Played summer ball for the Santa Barbara Foresters of the California Collegiate League, where he was named a CCL All-Star and along with MSU teammate Cody Walker helped capture the National Baseball Congress World Series championship • Member of the 2014 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll • Named Offensive MVP of the 2014 Bulldog Fall World Series.
JUNIOR COLLEGE: Named first-team all-region and all-state as an outfielder after hitting .371 as a sophomore in 33 games • Scored 45 runs, tallied 23 RBIs and stole 23 bases in 24 attempts • Played multiple positions on a team which won 40 games, won the Alabama Community College Conference Tournament and advanced to the JUCO World Series in Colorado • Earned first-team all-region and second-team all-state accolades as a freshman after recording a .392 average in 42 games • Scored 63 runs, drove in 20 and stole 19 bases in 21 attempts • Struck out just once and walked 30 times as a freshman • Chose Mississippi State over his hometown school, the University of Alabama.
HIGH SCHOOL: 2011 Rawlings Southeast Region Honorable Mention • 2011 all-state selection • 2010 Perfect Game Underclassmen Honorable Mention All-American • Won a state championship in 2009 and 2010 for Tuscaloosa Post 34 in American Legion ball • Made the playoffs every year in high school.
PERSONAL: Born Jacob Alan Vickerson on Nov. 28, 1992 in Tuscaloosa, Ala. • Son of Rebecca Hicks and Richard Vickerson • Brother Nick played for Mississippi State and hit a famous walk-off home run in the 2011 NCAA Gainesville Super Regional • Majoring in business administration.
CAREER HIGHS:
AB: 6, 2x, last vs. LSU, 5/2/15
R: 3 vs. LSU, 5/2/15
H: 3, 6x, last vs. LSU, 5/2/15
RBI: 3 vs. San Diego State, 5/30/14
2B: 2, 2x, last vs. LSU, 5/2/15
3B: 1, 2x, last vs. Samford (DH-2), 2/28/15
HR: 1 vs. Miami (Ohio), 2/14/15
BB: 2, 4x, last vs. Southern Miss, 4/8/14
SB: 3 vs. Louisiana-Lafayette, 6/2/14
