Jacob Valdez Season 2014

AT SJSU: Completed his fourth and final season with the Spartans in 2014...played in at least 50 games during all four seasons.

2014: Vaulted into SJSU[apos]s top-10 all-time for at-bats (782, 3^rd), games (211, 5th), runs (128, 7^th) and hits (226, 7^th)...batted .282 in 52 starts...scored 26 runs and drove in a team high 32...13 extra-base hits included 10 doubles, one triple and two home runs...both home runs came on the same day in a doubleheader at Air Force on May 10...18 multiple-hit games...seven multiple-RBI games including three contests with three RBI...ended the regular season with four consecutive multi-RBI performances...3-for-5 with three RBI and a run in SJSU[apos]s 11-3 win over Air Force at the MW Championship tournament...registered hits in seven of his last eight games as a Spartan.

2013: Started 54 games at second base...second on the team with a .317 average in 205 at bats and was the toughest hitter in the WAC to strikeout with only 12 all season...collected 28 RBI and scored a team-high 43 runs...second on the team with 65 hits and also second with a .382 on-base percentage...18-for-46 (.391) with 16 runs, four RBI and six doubles during a career-long 11-game hitting streak...26-for-64 (.406) with 22 runs and a .500 slugging percentage in 16 games during the month of April...stole eight bases to lead the team...20 multi-hit games...scored in ten straight games (4/2-20) totaling 19 runs during the stretch...began the season with a hit and RBI in five of the first six games...knocked in the tying run in a comeback win at Sacramento State (5/11)...3-for-4 with two runs and an RBI in a win at Santa Clara (3/9)...3-for-4 with three runs at Saint Mary[apos]s College (4/2)...3-for-5 with three runs and an RBI-double against #26-Stanford (4/9)...ended the season with multi-hit performances in five of his last eight games.

2012: Appeared in 50 of the Spartans[apos] 51 games with a team-leading 48 starts...Hit a team-high two triples on the year and scored 21 runs, third-most on the team...Also hit four doubles and a homerun while carrying a .324 on-base percentage, batting .246 and gathering 12 RBIs...Led the team with 10 multi-hit games (six 2-hit games, four 3-hit games)...Hit safely in 14 of 16 games from Feb. 21-March 18...Had three different hitting streaks of five games or more, including two separate six-game streaks: the first from March 8-18 (.429, 5 RBIs, 3 runs), the second from May 1-12 (.400, RBI, 5 runs)...Went 3-for-4 with three RBIs in the Spartans[apos] 6-1 win over Columbia (March 12)...Hit a game-tying solo homerun in the seventh inning at Louisiana Tech (May 4)...Batted .380 as a leadoff hitter and .455 with a runner on third and less than two outs.

2011: Played in 55 games with 52 starts (47 at 2B, five at DH)...Batted .307 with 59 hits, 10 doubles and 24 RBIs...Stole nine bases, third-most on the team...Made his collegiate debut on Feb. 23 versus Albany with his first career start, going 2-for-6 with a walk, double and run scored...Had five different hitting streaks of four games or longer, his longest being a six-game streak from Feb. 27-March 8 where he hit .348 (8-for-23) with four RBIs...Hit .500 (8-for-16) over four games versus Nevada (May 21-25) with five runs scored...Boasted 18 multi-hit games, including two different streaks of three in a row (March 12-15 and April 9-12)...Ended the year on a streak of 32 games without committing an error (72 chances)...Gathered two doubles in a 3-for-4 day with three runs scored versus Nevada (May 21)...Was a .345 hitter with two outs and carried a .533 average with a runner on third and less than two outs.

HIGH SCHOOL: A 2010 graduate of Tracy (Calif.) High School... Three-time letterwinner (Coach Vic Alkire)...Named an All-San Joaquin Athletic Association performer three times including first-team as a senior...Honored as a second-team all-area performer by The Stockton Record...As a junior, batted .370 with 32 runs, eight doubles, three home runs, 28 RBI, a .487 on-base percentage and 12 stolen bases...Lettered in football.

JACOB: Majoring in communication studies...enjoys playing video games, snowboarding, swimming and diving...Wants to pursue a career in law enforcement after graduation...Jacob, nicknamed 'Steezy', was born on September 30, 1992 in Tracy, Calif.

Year	Avg.	GP-GS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	TB	Slg%	BB	HBP	SO	OB%	Fld%
2011	.307	55-52	192	37	59	10	2	1	24	76	.396	22	9	34	.402	.946
2012	.246	50-48	183	21	45	4	2	1	12	56	.306	13	8	21	.324	.970
2013	.317	54-54	205	43	65	12	2	0	28	81	.395	16	8	12	.382	.970
2014	.282	52-52	202	27	57	10	1	2	32	75	.371	18	7	19	.361	.963
TOTAL	.289	211-206	782	128	226	36	7	4	96	228	.368	69	32	86	.368	.964