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Jersey Number 2
Jace Jung
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 205
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- San Antonio, Texas
- High School:
- MacArthur
Bio
2022 (Sophomore/3rd Yr.):
2020 (Freshman/1st. Yr.): Made an immediate impact as a freshman, appearing in all 19 games with 16 starts in the infield … helped Tech go 16-3 during the shortened 2020 season, climbing at one point to as high as No. 1 in the polls for the first time since 1997 … among the team’s offensive leaders in several categories, including base on balls (1st), home runs (2nd) and RBI (3rd) … nine of his 14 hits went for extra bases … hit .264 with a .604 slugging percentage and a .438 on base percentage … went 14-of-53 overall with four home runs, four doubles and a triple … recorded 23 RBI and 16 runs … added 18 walks, two sacrifice flies and went 1-for-1 in stolen bases … tied for fourth on the team with five multi-hit games … third on the team with five multi-RBI games, including a season-high five RBI against Houston Baptist (Feb. 15) … also had two games with four RBI against Northern Colorado (Feb. 16) and UNLV (Mar. 4) … started the year with four straight multi-hit games … hit his first dinger against HBU (Feb. 15) and was part of back-to-back-to-back home runs with Rombach and Conley … posted his first multi-home run game against UNLV (Mar. 4) … HONORS … Freshman All-American by Collegiate Baseball Newspaper … recognized as Big 12 Newcomer of the Week following a strong debut weekend in which he announced his presence by hitting .500 and racking up 13 RBI over four games … ranked as the No. 28 third baseman in the country following the shortened season in D1Baseball.com’s postseason position rankings … also named one of 16 ‘Fab Freshmen’ in the Big 12 in D1Baseball.com’s conference wrap … BIG 12 LEADER … third in the league in RBI with 23 … second in the conference with 18 walks … tied for fourth in home runs (4) … also among the league leaders in slugging and runs … TEAM LEADER … led the team with 18 walks … tied for the team-lead with two sacrifice flies … second in home runs and third in RBI (23) … fourth in runs scored (16) and fifth in doubles (4) … AGAINST NATIONALLY RANKED TEAMS … appeared in all five games against ranked teams with three starts … went 1-for-10 (.100) with a triple and two RBI … added three walks for a .308 on base percentage to go with a .300 slugging percentage … had an RBI triple in the bottom of the seventh against No. 15 Stanford at the Round Rock Classic (Feb. 22) … recorded a walk and an RBI against No. 10 Mississippi State in Biloxi (Mar. 10) … AGAINST UNRANKED TEAMS … appeared in all 14 games against unranked teams, making 13 starts … hit .302 with a .674 slugging percentage and a .467 on base percentage … went 13-for-43 overall with four home runs and four doubles … tied for third on the team with 21 RBI … fourth on the team with 15 runs … drew a team-high 15 walks and added two sacrifice flies … went 1-for-1 in stolen bases … all five multi-hit games and multi-RBI efforts came against unranked teams … started the year going 8-for-16 (.500) with two home runs, two doubles, 13 RBI and seven runs scored on opening in four games against HBU and Northern Colorado (Feb. 14-16) … had his first multi-home run game against UNLV (Mar. 4), driving in four RBI … posted two four-RBI games along with a career-high five RBI against HBU (Feb. 15) … added two hits, three RBI, five runs and walked eight times in the Rice series (Mar. 6-8) … HOME GAMES … appeared in all 11 games with 10 starts … hit .382 to rank fifth on the team among regular starters … ranked third on the team with an .853 slugging percentage … went 13-for-34 with four home runs and four doubles … second on the team with 21 RBI … fourth with 15 runs scored … led the team with 13 walks … went 1-for-1 in stolen bases … started the year going 8-for-16 (.500) with two home runs, two doubles, 13 RBI and seven runs scored on opening in four games against HBU and Northern Colorado (Feb. 14-16) … had his first multi-home run game against UNLV (Mar. 4), driving in four RBI … posted two four-RBI games along with a career-high five RBI against HBU (Feb. 15) … added two hits, three RBI, five runs and walked eight times in the Rice series (Mar. 6-8) … AWAY GAMES … appeared in both games at No. 9 Florida State, starting the finale … went 0-for-2 with two walks in the contest (Mar. 1) … appeared as a defensive replacement late in the first game and moved a runner over with a sacrifice bunt (Feb. 29) … NEUTRAL SITE … appeared in all six neutral site games with five starts … went 1-for-17 (0.59) at the plate with three walks … lone hit came on an RBI triple against No. 15 Stanford in Round Rock (Feb. 22) … drew a bases-loaded walk against No. 10 Mississippi State in Biloxi (Mar. 10) … DAY GAMES … appeared in all 13 games and made 12 starts … hit .286 with a .643 slugging percentage and a .446 on base percentage … went 12-for-42 overall with all four home runs and three of his four doubles … posted 19 of his 23 RBI and 14 of his 16 runs scored … drew a team-high 13 walks and went 1-for-1 in stolen bases … NIGHT GAMES … appeared in all six night games with four starts … went 2-for-11 (.182) at the plate with a triple, a double and two walks … tallied four RBI and two runs … second on the team with a .455 slugging percentage and a .412 on base percentage … recorded an RBI triple against No. 15 Stanford in Round Rock (Feb. 22) … had an RBI double and added a second RBI while drawing a pair of walks against Rice (Mar. 6) … drew a bases-loaded walk for an RBI against No. 10 Mississippi State in Biloxi (Mar. 10).
HIGH SCHOOL: A four-year letterwinner for coach Tommy Alferei at MacArthur High School in San Antonio, Texas … ranked as the No. 34 overall prospect from the state of Texas in the 2019 class by Perfect Game … starred at shortstop for MacArthur, where he was named TSWA Class 6A All-State first team as a senior … also named to the TBCA All-State second team and TSWA All-State third team as a junior … received All-District 26-6A second team honors his freshman and sophomore seasons … 2019 First Team All-Vype San Antonio team … hit .476 as a senior with seven home runs … played summer ball with USA Prime.
PERSONAL: Born in San Antonio, Texas … son of Jeff and Mary Jung …brother to Josh, an All-American infielder at Texas Tech who was drafted No. 8 overall by the Texas Rangers in the 2019 MLB Draft … Sport Management major.
- Drafted 12th overall by the Detroit Tigers in the 2022 MLB Draft
- Became the third first-round Major League Baseball Draft pick in program history, joining his brother Josh Jung (8th, Texas Rangers/2019) and Donald Harris (5th, Texas Rangers/1989)
- National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association First Team All-American
- Perfect Game First Team All-American
- Baseball America First Team All-American
- D1 Baseball First Team All-American
- Collegiate Baseball Second Team All-American
- ABCA Third Team All-American
- ABCA All-Region First Team
- All-Big 12 First Team
- Statesboro All-Regional team
- Golden Spikes Award Semifinalist
- Started 61 of 61 games: all at second base
- Batted third in the order a Red Raiders’ lead 56 times
- Ranked fifth in the NCAA and second in the Big 12 in walks (59)
- Ranked sixth in the NCAA and second in the Big 12 in walks per game (0.97)
- Ranked 37th in the NCAA and fourth in the Big 12 in runs scored (68)
- Ranked 39th in the NCAA and third in the Big 12 in on-base percentage (0.481)
- Ranked 67th in the NCAA and fourth in the Big 12 in runs per game (1.11)
- Ranked sixth in the Big 12 in slugging percentage (0.612)
- Ranked 10th in the Big 12 in doubles (18)
- Ranked 11th in the Big 12 in RBIs (57)
- Ranked 11th in the Big 12 in total bases (137)
- Was the Red Raiders’ 2022 annual leader for batting average (.335)
- Was the Red Raiders’ 2022 annual co-leader for home runs (14)
- Single-Season Record Book: Tied for third-most walks in a single season in program history (59)
- Single-Season Record Book (Big 12 games only): Tied for fourth-most walks in conference season (24)
- Career Record Book: Ended season ranked tied with the fifth-most home runs by a Red Raider in a career (39)
- Career Record Book: Ended season ranked 10th for career RBIs (147)
- Career Record Book: Ended season ranked 10th in career slugging percentage (.647)
- Career Record Book: Ended season ranked 5th in career walks (126)
- Career Record Book (Big 12 games only): Ended season ranked tied second all-time in home runs in conference games (19)
- Career Record Book (Big 12 games only): Ended season ranked tied ninth all-time in RBIs in conference games (53)
- Career Record Book (Big 12 games only): Ended season ranked seventh all-time in walks in conference games (44)
- Career Record Book (Big 12 games only): Ended season ranked tied fourth all-time in slugging percentage in conference games (.684)
- One of two players in 2022 to own a five-hit game joining Hudson White; Jung’s five hits was a career-high set on March 29 versus Stephen F. Austin
- Tied for the team’s individual game-high for runs scored (5) with Hudson White on March 29 versus Stephen F. Austin
- Tied single game career-high of five RBI vs. Stephen F. Austin on March 29. It was the third five RBI performance of his career and first since dating back to 2021
- Was the first Red Raider to have four multi-base hits in a game (3 2B, 1 HR vs. SFA on March 29) since Roger Kieschnick (2 2B, 1 3B, 1 HR vs. Army on Feb. 24, 2008)
- Hit three doubles in the same game on March 29, 2022. The first time that happened since Brian Klein hit three vs. UNLC on March 4, 2020.
- For the season, owned a single game team-high for doubles (3), set on March 29 versus SFA
- For the season, tied for the single game team-high for walks (4) vs. Kent State on Feb. 26
- Hit a game-winning walk-off home run versus Kansas State, a two-run shot in the bottom of the ninth, on April 10, 2022
- Featured on SportsCenter’s SC Top 10 plays as the No. 1 play for his defensive play in shallow center field snagging a short fly ball versus Mississippi State in Biloxi on March 8
- Entered 2022 with much hype and backed it up by being the only position player to be named a preseason and postseason D1Baseball First Team All-American
- CoSIDA Academic First Team All-American
- Academic All-Big 12 First Team
2020 (Freshman/1st. Yr.): Made an immediate impact as a freshman, appearing in all 19 games with 16 starts in the infield … helped Tech go 16-3 during the shortened 2020 season, climbing at one point to as high as No. 1 in the polls for the first time since 1997 … among the team’s offensive leaders in several categories, including base on balls (1st), home runs (2nd) and RBI (3rd) … nine of his 14 hits went for extra bases … hit .264 with a .604 slugging percentage and a .438 on base percentage … went 14-of-53 overall with four home runs, four doubles and a triple … recorded 23 RBI and 16 runs … added 18 walks, two sacrifice flies and went 1-for-1 in stolen bases … tied for fourth on the team with five multi-hit games … third on the team with five multi-RBI games, including a season-high five RBI against Houston Baptist (Feb. 15) … also had two games with four RBI against Northern Colorado (Feb. 16) and UNLV (Mar. 4) … started the year with four straight multi-hit games … hit his first dinger against HBU (Feb. 15) and was part of back-to-back-to-back home runs with Rombach and Conley … posted his first multi-home run game against UNLV (Mar. 4) … HONORS … Freshman All-American by Collegiate Baseball Newspaper … recognized as Big 12 Newcomer of the Week following a strong debut weekend in which he announced his presence by hitting .500 and racking up 13 RBI over four games … ranked as the No. 28 third baseman in the country following the shortened season in D1Baseball.com’s postseason position rankings … also named one of 16 ‘Fab Freshmen’ in the Big 12 in D1Baseball.com’s conference wrap … BIG 12 LEADER … third in the league in RBI with 23 … second in the conference with 18 walks … tied for fourth in home runs (4) … also among the league leaders in slugging and runs … TEAM LEADER … led the team with 18 walks … tied for the team-lead with two sacrifice flies … second in home runs and third in RBI (23) … fourth in runs scored (16) and fifth in doubles (4) … AGAINST NATIONALLY RANKED TEAMS … appeared in all five games against ranked teams with three starts … went 1-for-10 (.100) with a triple and two RBI … added three walks for a .308 on base percentage to go with a .300 slugging percentage … had an RBI triple in the bottom of the seventh against No. 15 Stanford at the Round Rock Classic (Feb. 22) … recorded a walk and an RBI against No. 10 Mississippi State in Biloxi (Mar. 10) … AGAINST UNRANKED TEAMS … appeared in all 14 games against unranked teams, making 13 starts … hit .302 with a .674 slugging percentage and a .467 on base percentage … went 13-for-43 overall with four home runs and four doubles … tied for third on the team with 21 RBI … fourth on the team with 15 runs … drew a team-high 15 walks and added two sacrifice flies … went 1-for-1 in stolen bases … all five multi-hit games and multi-RBI efforts came against unranked teams … started the year going 8-for-16 (.500) with two home runs, two doubles, 13 RBI and seven runs scored on opening in four games against HBU and Northern Colorado (Feb. 14-16) … had his first multi-home run game against UNLV (Mar. 4), driving in four RBI … posted two four-RBI games along with a career-high five RBI against HBU (Feb. 15) … added two hits, three RBI, five runs and walked eight times in the Rice series (Mar. 6-8) … HOME GAMES … appeared in all 11 games with 10 starts … hit .382 to rank fifth on the team among regular starters … ranked third on the team with an .853 slugging percentage … went 13-for-34 with four home runs and four doubles … second on the team with 21 RBI … fourth with 15 runs scored … led the team with 13 walks … went 1-for-1 in stolen bases … started the year going 8-for-16 (.500) with two home runs, two doubles, 13 RBI and seven runs scored on opening in four games against HBU and Northern Colorado (Feb. 14-16) … had his first multi-home run game against UNLV (Mar. 4), driving in four RBI … posted two four-RBI games along with a career-high five RBI against HBU (Feb. 15) … added two hits, three RBI, five runs and walked eight times in the Rice series (Mar. 6-8) … AWAY GAMES … appeared in both games at No. 9 Florida State, starting the finale … went 0-for-2 with two walks in the contest (Mar. 1) … appeared as a defensive replacement late in the first game and moved a runner over with a sacrifice bunt (Feb. 29) … NEUTRAL SITE … appeared in all six neutral site games with five starts … went 1-for-17 (0.59) at the plate with three walks … lone hit came on an RBI triple against No. 15 Stanford in Round Rock (Feb. 22) … drew a bases-loaded walk against No. 10 Mississippi State in Biloxi (Mar. 10) … DAY GAMES … appeared in all 13 games and made 12 starts … hit .286 with a .643 slugging percentage and a .446 on base percentage … went 12-for-42 overall with all four home runs and three of his four doubles … posted 19 of his 23 RBI and 14 of his 16 runs scored … drew a team-high 13 walks and went 1-for-1 in stolen bases … NIGHT GAMES … appeared in all six night games with four starts … went 2-for-11 (.182) at the plate with a triple, a double and two walks … tallied four RBI and two runs … second on the team with a .455 slugging percentage and a .412 on base percentage … recorded an RBI triple against No. 15 Stanford in Round Rock (Feb. 22) … had an RBI double and added a second RBI while drawing a pair of walks against Rice (Mar. 6) … drew a bases-loaded walk for an RBI against No. 10 Mississippi State in Biloxi (Mar. 10).
HIGH SCHOOL: A four-year letterwinner for coach Tommy Alferei at MacArthur High School in San Antonio, Texas … ranked as the No. 34 overall prospect from the state of Texas in the 2019 class by Perfect Game … starred at shortstop for MacArthur, where he was named TSWA Class 6A All-State first team as a senior … also named to the TBCA All-State second team and TSWA All-State third team as a junior … received All-District 26-6A second team honors his freshman and sophomore seasons … 2019 First Team All-Vype San Antonio team … hit .476 as a senior with seven home runs … played summer ball with USA Prime.
PERSONAL: Born in San Antonio, Texas … son of Jeff and Mary Jung …brother to Josh, an All-American infielder at Texas Tech who was drafted No. 8 overall by the Texas Rangers in the 2019 MLB Draft … Sport Management major.
Highlights: Cincinnati (Big 12 Tournament)
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Behind the Mic - UC vs TTU
Wednesday, May 21
Preview Presser: Cincinnati (B12 Tournament)
Tuesday, May 20
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