Jake Shusterich

Position:
First Baseman
Height:
6-3
Weight:
205
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Nipomo, Calif.
High School:
Arroyo Grande H.S.

2020: Season shortened due to COVID-19...led SCSU with four home runs and 14 RBI while starting in all 14 games...hit .250 with an .869 OPS...went 2-4 with two homers and three RBI against Missouri Western State on February 17...drove in four and had a 3-4 performance on March 5 against Wilmington...

Before SCSU: A 2017 graduate of Arroyo Grande H.S., where he played for coach Brad Lachemann...also played two seasons of baseball at Allan Hanock College, where he recieved First Team All-Conference and First Team All-Region honors and was nominated for All-American honors...2X letterwinner in high school baseball...a first team All-League selection and first team All-CIF selection for two seasons in high school...lettered in basketball at AGHS...posted a .437 batting average in high school as a senior...posted a monster freshman campaign, slashing .384/.451/.656 for a 1.107 OPS with 11 doubles, a triple, seven homers and 39 RBI...finished third in the Western State-North Conference in batting average and RBI, and had the second-most home runs in the league as a freshman...also pitched in 10 games out of the bullpen, working 17.0 innings to a 4.76 ERA with just four walks...in 2019 posted a .892 OPS over 34 games with nine doubles, four home runs and 17 RBI...made 12 appearances on the mound with nine starts, going 2-3 with a 4.46 ERA across 42.1 innings, striking out 22 and walking 16...

Personal: The son of Ludwig and Laurie Shusterich...construction management major at SCSU...on Dean's List at Allan Hancock College...enjoys beach volleyball, golf, wakeboarding and wake surfing...paternal grandfather held world record for power cling...maternal grandmother was the electrical engineer for the Ghetty Museum (Los Angeles, CA), Luxor Hotel (Las Vegas, NV) and the St. Louis Gateway Arch...