Jake Koonin

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Height:
6-0
Weight:
195
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Winston Salem, N.C.
High School:
Mount Tabor

Awards:
CSC Academic All-District Team 2026
Second-Team All-Ivy (2024)
Academic All-Ivy (2026)

2026: Made a start in all 42 games...Tied for team lead in doubles with nine…Earned a .231 batting average bringing in five home runs…Added nine doubles for a .385 slugging percentage…Ranked second in the Ivy League in fielding percentage (1.000)...Went 3-for-4 with two hits in the win over Duke (Mar. 1)...Had a home run against South Carolina (Mar. 7)...Two hits in three at bats in win at Wofford…Home Runs in back to back games against Cornell (Mar. 21 doubleheader)...Hit .357 against Columbia with five hits (Apr. 11 & 12).

2025: Started in all 43 games…Broke the program record for longest hitting streak in the season opener against Miami (Feb. 21) and set a new record of 22 consecutive games recording a hit…Tied for team lead in home runs with eight…Added three triples and six doubles for a .460 slugging percentage…Led the team in total bases with 74…Had a home run against Maryland (Feb. 28)...Racked up three runs with two walks against Maryland (Mar. 1)...Went 3-for-4 in the win over VCU (Mar. 8)...Went 3-for-5 with a home run against William & Mary (Mar. 11)...Had a three-hit day against Dartmouth (Mar. 22)...Had two runs and two hits against Columbia (Mar. 29)...Tallied three hits against Penn (Apr. 4)...Knocked home runs in back to back games against Penn (Apr. 4 doubleheader).

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 head coach Scott Bradley (1998-2026) 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.