2020 Baseball Roster
Jacob Hughey
- Position:
- 1B/OF
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 195
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Major:
- Consumer Affairs
- Hometown:
- Long Beach, Calif.
- Prev School:
- Millikan HS
2019 SECOND-TEAM ALL-CONFERENCE
2020 (Senior): 2020 season shortened due to COVID-19 pandemic (granted extra season of eligibility) ... Appeared in 15 games, making 11 starts ... Recorded five hits in 43 at-bats ... scored four runs and posted four RBI ... Charted six walks.
2019 (Junior): Named second-team All-Conference … Played in 53 games and made 49 starts on the season … Made 43 starts at first base and six at DH … Was Long Beach State’s leading hitter with a .324 batting average … Also led qualified hitters in slugging (.404) and on-base percentage (.387) … Led the Dirtbags offense in runs (23), hits (61), doubles (13), and RBIs (26) … Had 16 multi-hit games including six three-hit games … Drove in his first two runs of the season along with his first double at Ole Miss (Mar. 2) … Went 2-for-4 with a run and two RBIs in LBSU’s win over Michigan (Mar. 5) … Smacked two doubles in his first three-hit game of the season against Minnesota (Mar. 17), scoring twice and driving in a pair … Had an eight-game hitting streak from Apr. 9-23, with five multi-hit games in that stretch … Closed the season with a bang, going 3-for-4 with a season-high three RBIs, two runs scored, and his only triple of the season against Hawai’i on May 25.
2018 (Sophomore): Played a big role as both a pitcher and a hitter in his sophomore season, making 12 appearances on the mound while appearing in 35 games offensively with 29 starts … Had a record-setting offensive outburst in a 24-10 win at Fresno State on Mar. 29, tying the school record with six hits, setting a new school record with six runs scored, while also collecting a career-best five RBIs in just his fourth career start in the lineup … Had eight multi-hit games, receiving starts at first base and DH, hitting .297 on the season in 111 at-bats with five doubles, 15 runs scored, 16 RBIs and a .350 OBP … Made nine relief appearances and three starts as a pitcher, posting a 1-0 record with a 4.72 ERA, striking out 24 hitters in 26.2 innings … His first start of the season was his best, going a career-best 6.0 innings on Apr. 10 against No. 17 UCLA, allowing two runs on three hits with a career-high seven strikeouts … Also started that game as the designated hitter, going 2-for-4 at the plate with three RBIs in the 5-2 victory.
2017 (Redshirt): Redshirted the season.
2016 (Freshman): Made 13 appearances including four starts in his freshman season ... worked the ninth inning of LBSU's season-opening 7-1 win over Holy Cross (Feb. 19), and even collected the final putout, catching a popup to seal the team's first win of the year ... recorded a season-best four strikeouts in two innings against Columbia (Mar. 18) ... made his first career start at San Diego State (Apr. 5) but lasted just 2+ innings ... had his most productive start at home vs. SDSU (Apr. 26), going three scoreless innings allowing just one hit but five walks ... made one pinch-hit appearance and slapped a single to left field in a 14-3 win over Cal Poly (Apr. 29) ... struck out three in 1.1 innings against Cal State Fullerton on May 26 ... made the start in the Dirtbags' final game of the season, at Miami (FL) in the Coral Gables Regional.
High School: Four-year varsity player for Millikan High School ... Played for coach Scott Glasser ... batted .343 over his four-year career for the Rams, collecting 96 hits in 92 games ... was a .386 hitter as a senior with a 1.062 OPS ... went a perfect 19-for-19 in stolen base attempts in high school ... as a pitcher, boasted a 1.86 career ERA and was 5-2 as a senior with 76 strikeouts in 52.1 innings ... recorded 15 strikeouts in a 2-1 win over rival Lakewood at Blair Field his senior year, going the full seven innings allowing an unearned run and just three baserunners ... three-time All-Moore League selection and the league's co-Offensive Player of the Year as a senior ... named a first-teamer on the Press-Telegram Dream Team as a senior.
Personal: Parents are Gary and Lisa ... father played baseball at Long Beach City College ... hobbies include hanging with friends, going to the movies and Disneyland ... also recruited by UCLA, Arkansas and Cal State Fullerton
