AT SJSU: 4-3, 7.23 ERA 74.2 innings and 40 strikeouts for his career...Was a redshirt on the Spartans football team in 2009.
2013: His 28 appearances as a pitcher ties him with Anthony Chavez (1992) for the second-most in a single season...finished 3-2 with a 9.71 ERA in 46.1 innings...made his first-career start against USF (2/26) and struck out a career-high five...1-2 with a 3.79 ERA in five starts...first win as a starter came on the road at rival Fresno State (3/5)...pitched an effective inning of relief with a strikeout in a ninth-inning win at Sacramento State (5/11)...threw a shutout inning with a strikeout at home against Santa Clara (3/8).
2012: Made 17 appearances in relief...Second on the team with a 2.74 ERA...Had a 1-1 record in 23 innings pitched...Held opponents to a .213 batting average, second-best on the team...Had two different four-game streaks of not allowing a run - The first from April 3-17, where he threw four shutout innings with just two hits and one walk; The second from April 24-May 4, going 4 1/3 innings with just three hits...Did not allow an earned run in 12 of his 17 appearances...Began the season with three straight hitless, scoreless appearances Feb. 21-28, throwing a total of 2 1/3 innings with two strikeouts...Earned the win with one inning of shutout relief against Pacific (April 6).
2011: Made four appearances in relief...Longest outing of the season was three innings versus Nevada on May 20, where he had two strikeouts...Threw a scoreless inning of relief against Louisiana Tech in the WAC Tournament on May 27...Had a shutout inning of relief against the University of San Francisco in a game at AT&T Park...Safely completed both defensive chances for a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage.
HIGH SCHOOL: A 2008 graduate of Saint Rita of Cascia High School in Chicago, Ill....Earned All-Catholic League Blue Division in baseball (Coach Mike Zunila)...Honored as an all-area performer...Posted a 9-1 record as a senior...Selected all-state, all-area and all-conference in football.
JASON: Majoring in sociology...Hopes to pursue a career in professional baseball after graduating...Brother Mike is a quarterback for the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League...A native of Chicago, Ill., Jason Kafka was born December 4, 1989.