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2019 Baseball Roster

Dave Wegiel
Dave Wegiel

5 Jake Means

  • Position Infielder
  • Height 6-1
  • Weight 220
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Gardner, Kan.
  • Highschool Cowley CC
  • Prev School Cowley CC

Biography

2019 - Named the Missouri Valley Conference Defensive Player of the Year ... Earned All-MVC Honorable Mention at third base ... Earned MVC All-Defensive Team honors ... Finished fourth on the team with a .286 batting average after recording 61 base hits over 58 starts at third base ... Tallied 10 doubles and five home runs to go along with his .404 slugging percentage ... Drove in 42 runs and scored 43 times ... Finished the year with a .417 on-base percentage after reaching base 33 times on walks and 17 times on hit-by-pitches ... Recorded four stolen bases and four sacrifice hits ... Recorded 18 multi-hit games, including a three-hit game against McNeese in the NCAA Tournament ... Led the team with 11 multi-RBI games ... Drafted in the 22nd round (Pick 475) by the Kansas City Royals.

2018 - Earned First Team All-MVC and was named to the MVC All-Defensive Team ... Was a standout for the Sycamores during his first season on campus, starting all 55 games ... Finished the season with a .265 batting average with 53 hits in 200 at bats ... Provided plenty of power in the middle of the lineup with 11 home runs, eight doubles and a triple for a .480 slugging percentage ... Drove in 33 RBI and scored 39 times ... Was hit by 14 pitches and drew 16 walks ... Finished the season with a .358 on-base percentage ... Fielded .933 with 36 putouts and 116 assists on the year ... Had 13 multi-hit games, including three three-hit contests ... Had multiple RBIs in nine games with one four RBI game ... Reached base in 17 straight games ... Hit two home runs against Austin Peay Mar. 4 and again on May 15 at Missouri ... Hit a walk-off home run in the MVC Tournament to knock off Southern Illinois May 25. 

Prior to Indiana State - Played two seasons at Cowley College under Dave Burroughs ... Earned First Team All-Region and First Team All-Conference at shortstop ... Helped his squad to its second-straight JUCO World Series appearance and a third-place finish in 2017 ... A four year letterwinner at Gardner Edgerton under head coach Corey Shrack. 

Personal - Son of Alan and Jill Means ... Majoring in sports management at ISU ... Brother (John) plays baseball at West Virginia. 

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Historical Player Information

  • 5

    2018Junior

    Infielder
    6'2" 205 lbs
    5
  • 5

    2019Senior

    Infielder
    6'1" 220 lbs
    5