Jake Koonin

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Height:
6-0
Weight:
185
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Winston Salem, N.C.
High School:
Mount Tabor

Awards:
Second-Team All-Ivy (2024)

2024: Led the team in hitting (.319), RBI (41), total bases (86), slugging (.528) and stolen bases (11) … Ended the season on a 20-game hitting streak which is tied for the longest in program history (Apr. 7-May 19) … Had a hit in 38 of the team’s 44 games and 11 multi-hit performances … Recorded two hits at UNC Wilmington (Feb. 24) … Snagged two knocks and two RBI at Navy (Mar. 10) … Contributed three RBI, two runs and two hits at Navy (Mar. 10) … Consecutive games with two RBI (Mar. 11-12) … Hit two home runs and two doubles, adding six RBI at VCU (Mar. 17) … Scored four times, adding three RBI and a home run at Brown (Apr. 6) … Secured two hits vs. Monmouth (Apr. 9) … Corralled three straight multi-hit performances (Apr. 27-Apr. 28) … Had three RBI and two doubles at Dartmouth (Apr. 27) … Nabbed three hits at Columbia (May 3).

2023: Saw time in 21 games … Hit three home runs with 11 RBI … Had two hits and two runs at Georgia (Feb. 26) … Blasted two home runs and scored three times at Duke (Mar. 3) … Had two RBI vs. Dartmouth (Mar. 26) … Produced two hits at Harvard (Apr. 2).

Before Princeton:
Mount Tabor: Three-time captain who was a two-time All-Conference player … Batted .425 as a senior and .487 as a junior … Three-time Perfect Game Preseason All-American and Top 500 National Ranking … Earned the team MVP … Squad made the playoffs in 2020 and 2021 … Lettered in basketball and track … Helped set the school record on the 4x200m team … Track team was the state runner-up … National and English Honor Society … Top Academic Athlete, ranking 10th overall in class of 338.

Personal: Son of Angie and Jason Koonin … Has two brothers, William and Tyler … Father, Jason '99, played baseball at Princeton under current head coach Scott Bradley and was part of three Gehrig Division titles … Uncle, Spencer, attends Princeton … Cousin, Hannah Mutch, played lacrosse at Wofford … Uncle, Scott, played football at Columbia.