2023 Baseball Roster
Long, Jonathon
Jersey Number 24
Jonathon Long
- Position:
- INF
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 210
- Class:
- Junior
- Major:
- Communications
- Hometown:
- Orange, Calif.
- Prev School:
- Orange HS
Bio
2023 SECOND-TEAM ALL-CONFERENCE
2022 HONORABLE MENTION ALL-CONFERENCE
2023 (Junior): Selected in the ninth round of the MLB Draft by the Chicago Cubs, 266th overall ... Named second-team All-Conference … Was a Collegiate Baseball National Player of the Week selection on April 3, the second Dirtbag position player in to garner national weekly honors … Also named Big West Player of the Week that week, slashing .444/.500/1.167 with a double, four home runs, four runs scored, and six RBI … Started all 55 games, splitting time between first and third base … Led the team with a .312 batting average, .404 on-base percentage, 67 hits, 17 doubles, 15 home runs, 52 RBI, 29 walks, 129 total bases, 22 multi-hit games, and 18 multi-RBI games … His .600 slugging percentage was second on the team … His 15 home runs ranked tied for third most in a single-season also moving him into second in career home runs with 26 long balls … Recorded a team-long 23 reached base streak from Feb. 27 through Apr. 7 that saw his batting average jump 117 points. ... Chosen Academic All-Conference.
2022 (Sophomore): Selected honorable mention All-Conference … Named Big West Field Player of the Week on Feb. 21 after slashing .545/.583/1.182 in a series upset over then No. 3 Mississippi State … Started all 50 games he played in at both corner infield spots … Recorded 57 hits in 183 at-bats, good for a .311 average which ranked third among qualified Dirtbag hitters … His .411 on-base percentage led the team while his .454 slugging percentage was second … Totaled 14 extra-base hits, six of which left the yard … Drove in the second most RBI with 37 along with 33 runs scored … Led the team with 11 multi-RBI games … Posted a 24-game reached base streak from Mar. 4 to Apr. 12 and ended the season on a separate 10-game reached base streak … Recorded his first career four-hit game at Mississippi State on Feb. 19 where he went 4-for-4 with two home runs, three RBI, and three runs scored ... named Academic All-Conference.
2021 (Freshman): Appeared in 27 games, making 26 starts primarily at third base as a true freshman … Missed the final 14 games due to a leg injury … Slashed .341/.410/.591 with five home runs and 16 RBI … Led the team with a .591 slugging percentage and ranked in the top ten in the Big West until his injury … His 20 runs scored was fourth-most on the team … Record nine multi-hit games including a pair of three-hit efforts … Best game was Apr. 18 at Pacific, going 3-for-5 at the plate with two home runs, four runs scored, four RBI, and a pair of walks.
High School: A four-year letterwinner in baseball that played primarily at the corner infield positions at Orange High School … A three-time first-team All-League selection, as well as the Orange Coast League MVP as a junior … Hit .343 as a freshman, then improved to .431 with 16 doubles as a sophomore … Hit .550 with seven home runs as a junior.
Personal: Majoring in Communications.
2022 HONORABLE MENTION ALL-CONFERENCE
2023 (Junior): Selected in the ninth round of the MLB Draft by the Chicago Cubs, 266th overall ... Named second-team All-Conference … Was a Collegiate Baseball National Player of the Week selection on April 3, the second Dirtbag position player in to garner national weekly honors … Also named Big West Player of the Week that week, slashing .444/.500/1.167 with a double, four home runs, four runs scored, and six RBI … Started all 55 games, splitting time between first and third base … Led the team with a .312 batting average, .404 on-base percentage, 67 hits, 17 doubles, 15 home runs, 52 RBI, 29 walks, 129 total bases, 22 multi-hit games, and 18 multi-RBI games … His .600 slugging percentage was second on the team … His 15 home runs ranked tied for third most in a single-season also moving him into second in career home runs with 26 long balls … Recorded a team-long 23 reached base streak from Feb. 27 through Apr. 7 that saw his batting average jump 117 points. ... Chosen Academic All-Conference.
2022 (Sophomore): Selected honorable mention All-Conference … Named Big West Field Player of the Week on Feb. 21 after slashing .545/.583/1.182 in a series upset over then No. 3 Mississippi State … Started all 50 games he played in at both corner infield spots … Recorded 57 hits in 183 at-bats, good for a .311 average which ranked third among qualified Dirtbag hitters … His .411 on-base percentage led the team while his .454 slugging percentage was second … Totaled 14 extra-base hits, six of which left the yard … Drove in the second most RBI with 37 along with 33 runs scored … Led the team with 11 multi-RBI games … Posted a 24-game reached base streak from Mar. 4 to Apr. 12 and ended the season on a separate 10-game reached base streak … Recorded his first career four-hit game at Mississippi State on Feb. 19 where he went 4-for-4 with two home runs, three RBI, and three runs scored ... named Academic All-Conference.
2021 (Freshman): Appeared in 27 games, making 26 starts primarily at third base as a true freshman … Missed the final 14 games due to a leg injury … Slashed .341/.410/.591 with five home runs and 16 RBI … Led the team with a .591 slugging percentage and ranked in the top ten in the Big West until his injury … His 20 runs scored was fourth-most on the team … Record nine multi-hit games including a pair of three-hit efforts … Best game was Apr. 18 at Pacific, going 3-for-5 at the plate with two home runs, four runs scored, four RBI, and a pair of walks.
High School: A four-year letterwinner in baseball that played primarily at the corner infield positions at Orange High School … A three-time first-team All-League selection, as well as the Orange Coast League MVP as a junior … Hit .343 as a freshman, then improved to .431 with 16 doubles as a sophomore … Hit .550 with seven home runs as a junior.
Personal: Majoring in Communications.
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