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Jersey Number 11
Jake Palomaki
- Class:
- Senior
- Position:
- INF
- Height:
- 5-10
- Weight:
- 175
- Custom1:
- S/R
- Hometown:
- Kennesaw, Ga.
- High School:
- Mount Paran Christian
Bio
CAREER GAME HIGHS
Hits: 5 vs. Villanova (2/28/16)
Runs: 3 (4x) last at Harvard (4/12/16)
RBIs: 4 vs. Notre Dame (5/19/17)
Hitting Streak: 11 games (4/28/15 – 5/15/15)
NOTES
Broke the Boston College all-time walks record in 2017, drawing 119 through three years … currently sixth in BC record books with a .427 career on-base percentage, tied for sixth with 41 career stolen bases and tied for ninth with 17 career sacrifice hits … drew 46 walks in 2015 to become BC’s record holder for a single season, while 42 walks in 2016 ranks second and 31 walks in 2017 tied for 10th on the same list ... voted a team captain.
AS A JUNIOR (2017)
Started 39 games at second base, playing in 40 contests … missed 13 games due to a hamstring injury suffered on March 18 … led the Eagles with a .446 on-base percentage, 31 walks and seven hit by pitches … ranked second on the team with a .391 slugging percentage, tied for second with 28 runs and ranked fourth with a .281 batting average … also logged 36 hits, including six doubles, a triple and two home runs, 17 RBIs, five sacrifice hits and was 7-for-9 on the stolen base path … logged eight multiple-hit games and four multiple-RBI games … batted .379 as the lead-off hitter … drove in the game-winning run three times and scored the game winner four times, tying for the team high … batted .318 at home with 14 hits and 10 walks … averaged 0.78 walks per game, 49th in the nation and fourth in the ACC … ranked eighth in the league for regular-season on-base percentage … recorded five errors in 161 chances for a .969 fielding percentage … helped turn 27 double plays … recorded a team single-game high six assists three times on the year … one of four players to record a team-high four hits a game and only BC hitter to launch two homers in a single game … one of two BC players to log a hit against No. 2 North Carolina (5/25) in the ACC Tournament … went 2-for-5 and scored the only BC run against NC State (5/23) in the conference tournament … batted .417 with five hits, a team-high five runs, five RBIs and 11 total bases and in the three-game sweep of Notre Dame … drove in a career-high four runs in the game-two victory over the Irish (5/19), going 4-for-5 with two two-run homers … went 3-for-6 with an RBI and two walks in the doubleheader victory over Quinnipiac (5/13) … drew a career-high four walks and scored a run in the series finale at No. 17 Wake Forest (5/7) … drew three walks and scored in the shutout win over the Demon Deacons in game two (5/6) … started the series in Winston-Salem with a 1-for-3 outing with a run and walk (5/5) … went 1-for-3 with two runs, two RBIs and a walk in the win against Miami (4/30) … tallied a hit in each of the three games in the series sweep of NC State (4/22-23), doubling twice, scoring three times and drawing two walks … drove in two, scored twice and tallied a triple and walk in the 15-6 win at Duke (4/15) … went 2-for-4 with a run in the series-opening win against the Blue Devils (4/14) … went 1-for-2 against No. 4 North Carolina (4/9) in first start since returning from injury … tallied two hits in two of the three games at No. 2 Florida State (3/10-11), doubling and scoring twice … went 2-for-4 with a run and two stolen bases at Oklahoma (2/26) … walked twice in a 1-for-2 day with two RBIs and a double in the win over Villanova (2/24) … drew three walks in a 1-for-2 ay with a run, RBI and stolen base at Bethune-Cookman (2/18).
AS A SOPHOMORE (2016)
Started all 57 games at second base … one of four players to start all 57 games and one of two players to start all games at the same position … earned a spot on the Oxford All-Regional Team … led the Eagles in runs (45), walks (42), hit by pitch (9), stolen bases (19) and was second with a .400 on-base percentage … fourth on the team with 25 RBIs and 55 hits, doubles (9) and total bases (64) … tied for third with five sac hits … tallied a .258 batting average over 213 at bats … 19-for-26 in stolen-base attempts … reached base in 49 of the Eagles' 57 games … batting .404 as the lead-off hitter … recorded a .690 fielding percentage, recording 10 errors in 248 chances … also leads the team with 33 double plays turned … tied for third with 14 multiple-hit games and six multiple-RBI games … scored the game-winning run six times and drove it in twice … recorded nine two-out RBIs … one of six player to score a team season-high three runs in a game and only one to do it three times … stole three bases in a game three times over the season, also a team season high … registered a .257 batting average in ACC play, recording 27 hits, 20 runs, seven doubles, eight RBIs, 18 walks, six hit by pitches, three sac hits, three stolen bases and a .955 fielding percentage … reached base in 14 straight games, from May 3 to June 5, tallying 17 runs, 18 hits, 10 RBIs and 14 walks … recorded a hit and run in the Super Regional finale against No. 3 seed Miami (6/12) … drove in a team-high four RBIs in the Oxford Regional … plated a run in the regional championship game against No. 15 Tulane (6/5) … recorded a season-high three RBIs in the regional opener against the Green Wave (6/3), going 1-for-4 with a walk and run … went 2-for-3 in the ACC Tournament first-round game against Georgia Tech (5/24) in Durham, N.C. … drove in three runs and scoring two in a 3-for-4 performance in the final game against the No. 22 Yellow Jackets (5/21) in Atlanta to complete the doubleheader sweep to send the Eagles to the conference tournament … went 8-for-15 with three walks, four runs and four RBIs in the four games against the Ramblin’ Wreck … stole three bases in a 3-for-4 day with two runs, two RBIs and a walk against Niagara (5/14) … went 6-for-14 with four runs, two doubles and two walks in the three-games series against Wake Forest (5/6-7), including a 3-for-5 game two … tied a career high by scoring three runs at Northeastern (5/4) in an 0-for-2 day, drawing two walks, stealing three bases as the Eagles recorded a program-best 11, and recording a sac hit … drew two walks in a 1-for-1 day with a run and sac hit against Bryant (4/27) … went 2-for-5 with a double in the series-tying win over No. 4 Louisville (4/23) … in the series-opening win against the Cardinals (4/22), turned in a 1-for-3 day with a run, RBI, double, two walks and a stolen base … stolen three bases on a 1-for-3 day with a walk in the first-round of the Beanpot Tournament against Massachusetts (4/13) … drew a season-high three walks and tied a career high with three runs at Harvard (4/12) … recorded a team season-high eight assists against No. 7 Florida State (4/1) … turned in a 2-for-4 day with two runs, two walks and a double in the first meeting at UMass (3/30) … tallied two hits in each of the three games at Pittsburgh (3/24-26) … scored in all three games at No. 8 NC State (3/11-13), reaching base in every contest on one hit, two walks and a hit by pitch … went 3-for-5 with two RBIs and a double against Ohio State (3/6) … had a career day against Villanova, going 5-for-5 with three runs scored, three RBIs, two walks and two stolen bases … the five hits was a team season high for the Eagles in 2016 … tallied a hit in three of the four games against Northern Illinois (2/19-21), scoring two runs, driving in two, walking once and stealing one base … one of the recipients of the Chatham Anglers’ (Cape Cod Baseball League) Ed Lyons Coaches Award, given annually to the players who have gone above and beyond the expectations of the coaching staff, are “grinders” who have led by example and hard work.
AS A FRESHMAN (2015)
Played in 50 games, making 47 starts – 35 at third base, six at second and six as the designated hitter … recorded a .289 batting average with 37 runs, 48 hits – including eight doubles and two home runs – 17 RBIs, 46 walks, seven sacrifice hits and was 15-for-23 on the stolen base path … led the Eagles in on-base percentage (.447), runs, walks, stolen bases and steal attempts … second on the team in sacrifice hits and plate appearances (222), fifth in slugging percentage (.373), hits and total bases (62) and tied for fifth with 11 multiple-hit games … batted .533 as the lead-off hitter and was 10-for-15 with a runner on third and less than two outs walked three times in a game six times on the year … notched at least one hit in 33 of the 50 games played and reached base in 39 … recorded a .918 fielding percentage … fourth on the team with a .300 batting average in Atlantic Coast Conference play, recording 30 hits, seven RBIs and 29 walks … ended the season on an 11-game hit streak – tied for 14th in BC record books – and reached base in the final 37 straight games … tallied 16 hits, 16 runs, three RBIs, four doubles, nine walks and two stolen bases during hit streak and 38 hits, 33 runs, 13 RBIs, 40 walks and 13 stolen bases during on-base streak … went 1-for-2 with three walks, two runs and a stolen base in the 10-inning victory over No. Notre Dame (5/15) … had a 3-for-4 day with two runs and a double in the first game of the doubleheader against the Irish (5/15) … was 1-for-2 with two runs, three walks, an RBI and a stolen base in the victory over Bryant (4/29) …went 2-for-4 with a double in the Eagles’ 2-0 victory over Massachusetts (4/22) to win the 2015 Beanpot Championship at Fenway Park … walked three times in the series finale at No. 18 North Carolina … stole two bases on a 1-for-3 day with a run and RBI in the win over No. 24 Georgia Tech (4/19) … turned in a 6-for-14 performance in the three-game series with Clemson (4/10-12), recording three runs, two RBIs, two doubles, two walks and a stolen base … walked three times, stole a base and scored twice in the win at Wake Forest (4/5) … launched a solo home run to go along with two walks, two runs and a stolen base in the second game against the Demon Deacons (4/4) … hit first career home run, a two-run shot to tie a season-high two-RBI day against UMass (4/1) … recorded a season-high four hits on a 4-for-5 afternoon, scoring two runs and notching a double in the win against Duke (3/28) … drew three walks in back-to-back games against Holy Cross (3/25) and Duke (3/27) … scored a career-high three runs and drove in two more on a 1-for-3 day at Northeastern (3/24), adding two walks, a sacrifice fly and a sacrifice hit … made first career start in the infield – at third base – against Villanova (3/2) and went 2-for-4 with two runs, an RBI, walk, stolen base and first career double … notched first career hits in a 2-for-4 performance with a run scored at No. 2 LSU (2/20) … tallied first career start – as the designated hitter – in the first game of a doubleheader against the Tigers (2/20) and drew first career walk.
BEFORE BC
Led Mount Paran Christian High School to a 29-5 overall record, going 20-0 in region and falling in the state finals as a senior … led the team with a .443 batting average and 52 runs while tallying a .556 on-base percentage, 43 hits, 18 RBIs, seven doubles and three home runs … named a captain junior and senior year … garnered all-region honors all four years … earned the team MVP award as a senior … tallied the win in a complete game, allowing eight hits and nine strikeouts, in the first of two games in the state 2014 semifinals while going 2-for-3 with two home runs and four RBIs in the second game … earned Cobb County First-Team accolades as sophomore … named to the headmaster honor roll as a sophomore and principle honor roll as a junior and year.
PERSONAL
Enrolled as a communication major in the Morrissey College of Arts and Sciences … Jake is the oldest of Nik and Sham Palomaki’s three children … recipient of the Daniel E. Lyons Athletic Scholarship Fund.
Hits: 5 vs. Villanova (2/28/16)
Runs: 3 (4x) last at Harvard (4/12/16)
RBIs: 4 vs. Notre Dame (5/19/17)
Hitting Streak: 11 games (4/28/15 – 5/15/15)
NOTES
Broke the Boston College all-time walks record in 2017, drawing 119 through three years … currently sixth in BC record books with a .427 career on-base percentage, tied for sixth with 41 career stolen bases and tied for ninth with 17 career sacrifice hits … drew 46 walks in 2015 to become BC’s record holder for a single season, while 42 walks in 2016 ranks second and 31 walks in 2017 tied for 10th on the same list ... voted a team captain.
AS A JUNIOR (2017)
Started 39 games at second base, playing in 40 contests … missed 13 games due to a hamstring injury suffered on March 18 … led the Eagles with a .446 on-base percentage, 31 walks and seven hit by pitches … ranked second on the team with a .391 slugging percentage, tied for second with 28 runs and ranked fourth with a .281 batting average … also logged 36 hits, including six doubles, a triple and two home runs, 17 RBIs, five sacrifice hits and was 7-for-9 on the stolen base path … logged eight multiple-hit games and four multiple-RBI games … batted .379 as the lead-off hitter … drove in the game-winning run three times and scored the game winner four times, tying for the team high … batted .318 at home with 14 hits and 10 walks … averaged 0.78 walks per game, 49th in the nation and fourth in the ACC … ranked eighth in the league for regular-season on-base percentage … recorded five errors in 161 chances for a .969 fielding percentage … helped turn 27 double plays … recorded a team single-game high six assists three times on the year … one of four players to record a team-high four hits a game and only BC hitter to launch two homers in a single game … one of two BC players to log a hit against No. 2 North Carolina (5/25) in the ACC Tournament … went 2-for-5 and scored the only BC run against NC State (5/23) in the conference tournament … batted .417 with five hits, a team-high five runs, five RBIs and 11 total bases and in the three-game sweep of Notre Dame … drove in a career-high four runs in the game-two victory over the Irish (5/19), going 4-for-5 with two two-run homers … went 3-for-6 with an RBI and two walks in the doubleheader victory over Quinnipiac (5/13) … drew a career-high four walks and scored a run in the series finale at No. 17 Wake Forest (5/7) … drew three walks and scored in the shutout win over the Demon Deacons in game two (5/6) … started the series in Winston-Salem with a 1-for-3 outing with a run and walk (5/5) … went 1-for-3 with two runs, two RBIs and a walk in the win against Miami (4/30) … tallied a hit in each of the three games in the series sweep of NC State (4/22-23), doubling twice, scoring three times and drawing two walks … drove in two, scored twice and tallied a triple and walk in the 15-6 win at Duke (4/15) … went 2-for-4 with a run in the series-opening win against the Blue Devils (4/14) … went 1-for-2 against No. 4 North Carolina (4/9) in first start since returning from injury … tallied two hits in two of the three games at No. 2 Florida State (3/10-11), doubling and scoring twice … went 2-for-4 with a run and two stolen bases at Oklahoma (2/26) … walked twice in a 1-for-2 day with two RBIs and a double in the win over Villanova (2/24) … drew three walks in a 1-for-2 ay with a run, RBI and stolen base at Bethune-Cookman (2/18).
AS A SOPHOMORE (2016)
Started all 57 games at second base … one of four players to start all 57 games and one of two players to start all games at the same position … earned a spot on the Oxford All-Regional Team … led the Eagles in runs (45), walks (42), hit by pitch (9), stolen bases (19) and was second with a .400 on-base percentage … fourth on the team with 25 RBIs and 55 hits, doubles (9) and total bases (64) … tied for third with five sac hits … tallied a .258 batting average over 213 at bats … 19-for-26 in stolen-base attempts … reached base in 49 of the Eagles' 57 games … batting .404 as the lead-off hitter … recorded a .690 fielding percentage, recording 10 errors in 248 chances … also leads the team with 33 double plays turned … tied for third with 14 multiple-hit games and six multiple-RBI games … scored the game-winning run six times and drove it in twice … recorded nine two-out RBIs … one of six player to score a team season-high three runs in a game and only one to do it three times … stole three bases in a game three times over the season, also a team season high … registered a .257 batting average in ACC play, recording 27 hits, 20 runs, seven doubles, eight RBIs, 18 walks, six hit by pitches, three sac hits, three stolen bases and a .955 fielding percentage … reached base in 14 straight games, from May 3 to June 5, tallying 17 runs, 18 hits, 10 RBIs and 14 walks … recorded a hit and run in the Super Regional finale against No. 3 seed Miami (6/12) … drove in a team-high four RBIs in the Oxford Regional … plated a run in the regional championship game against No. 15 Tulane (6/5) … recorded a season-high three RBIs in the regional opener against the Green Wave (6/3), going 1-for-4 with a walk and run … went 2-for-3 in the ACC Tournament first-round game against Georgia Tech (5/24) in Durham, N.C. … drove in three runs and scoring two in a 3-for-4 performance in the final game against the No. 22 Yellow Jackets (5/21) in Atlanta to complete the doubleheader sweep to send the Eagles to the conference tournament … went 8-for-15 with three walks, four runs and four RBIs in the four games against the Ramblin’ Wreck … stole three bases in a 3-for-4 day with two runs, two RBIs and a walk against Niagara (5/14) … went 6-for-14 with four runs, two doubles and two walks in the three-games series against Wake Forest (5/6-7), including a 3-for-5 game two … tied a career high by scoring three runs at Northeastern (5/4) in an 0-for-2 day, drawing two walks, stealing three bases as the Eagles recorded a program-best 11, and recording a sac hit … drew two walks in a 1-for-1 day with a run and sac hit against Bryant (4/27) … went 2-for-5 with a double in the series-tying win over No. 4 Louisville (4/23) … in the series-opening win against the Cardinals (4/22), turned in a 1-for-3 day with a run, RBI, double, two walks and a stolen base … stolen three bases on a 1-for-3 day with a walk in the first-round of the Beanpot Tournament against Massachusetts (4/13) … drew a season-high three walks and tied a career high with three runs at Harvard (4/12) … recorded a team season-high eight assists against No. 7 Florida State (4/1) … turned in a 2-for-4 day with two runs, two walks and a double in the first meeting at UMass (3/30) … tallied two hits in each of the three games at Pittsburgh (3/24-26) … scored in all three games at No. 8 NC State (3/11-13), reaching base in every contest on one hit, two walks and a hit by pitch … went 3-for-5 with two RBIs and a double against Ohio State (3/6) … had a career day against Villanova, going 5-for-5 with three runs scored, three RBIs, two walks and two stolen bases … the five hits was a team season high for the Eagles in 2016 … tallied a hit in three of the four games against Northern Illinois (2/19-21), scoring two runs, driving in two, walking once and stealing one base … one of the recipients of the Chatham Anglers’ (Cape Cod Baseball League) Ed Lyons Coaches Award, given annually to the players who have gone above and beyond the expectations of the coaching staff, are “grinders” who have led by example and hard work.
AS A FRESHMAN (2015)
Played in 50 games, making 47 starts – 35 at third base, six at second and six as the designated hitter … recorded a .289 batting average with 37 runs, 48 hits – including eight doubles and two home runs – 17 RBIs, 46 walks, seven sacrifice hits and was 15-for-23 on the stolen base path … led the Eagles in on-base percentage (.447), runs, walks, stolen bases and steal attempts … second on the team in sacrifice hits and plate appearances (222), fifth in slugging percentage (.373), hits and total bases (62) and tied for fifth with 11 multiple-hit games … batted .533 as the lead-off hitter and was 10-for-15 with a runner on third and less than two outs walked three times in a game six times on the year … notched at least one hit in 33 of the 50 games played and reached base in 39 … recorded a .918 fielding percentage … fourth on the team with a .300 batting average in Atlantic Coast Conference play, recording 30 hits, seven RBIs and 29 walks … ended the season on an 11-game hit streak – tied for 14th in BC record books – and reached base in the final 37 straight games … tallied 16 hits, 16 runs, three RBIs, four doubles, nine walks and two stolen bases during hit streak and 38 hits, 33 runs, 13 RBIs, 40 walks and 13 stolen bases during on-base streak … went 1-for-2 with three walks, two runs and a stolen base in the 10-inning victory over No. Notre Dame (5/15) … had a 3-for-4 day with two runs and a double in the first game of the doubleheader against the Irish (5/15) … was 1-for-2 with two runs, three walks, an RBI and a stolen base in the victory over Bryant (4/29) …went 2-for-4 with a double in the Eagles’ 2-0 victory over Massachusetts (4/22) to win the 2015 Beanpot Championship at Fenway Park … walked three times in the series finale at No. 18 North Carolina … stole two bases on a 1-for-3 day with a run and RBI in the win over No. 24 Georgia Tech (4/19) … turned in a 6-for-14 performance in the three-game series with Clemson (4/10-12), recording three runs, two RBIs, two doubles, two walks and a stolen base … walked three times, stole a base and scored twice in the win at Wake Forest (4/5) … launched a solo home run to go along with two walks, two runs and a stolen base in the second game against the Demon Deacons (4/4) … hit first career home run, a two-run shot to tie a season-high two-RBI day against UMass (4/1) … recorded a season-high four hits on a 4-for-5 afternoon, scoring two runs and notching a double in the win against Duke (3/28) … drew three walks in back-to-back games against Holy Cross (3/25) and Duke (3/27) … scored a career-high three runs and drove in two more on a 1-for-3 day at Northeastern (3/24), adding two walks, a sacrifice fly and a sacrifice hit … made first career start in the infield – at third base – against Villanova (3/2) and went 2-for-4 with two runs, an RBI, walk, stolen base and first career double … notched first career hits in a 2-for-4 performance with a run scored at No. 2 LSU (2/20) … tallied first career start – as the designated hitter – in the first game of a doubleheader against the Tigers (2/20) and drew first career walk.
BEFORE BC
Led Mount Paran Christian High School to a 29-5 overall record, going 20-0 in region and falling in the state finals as a senior … led the team with a .443 batting average and 52 runs while tallying a .556 on-base percentage, 43 hits, 18 RBIs, seven doubles and three home runs … named a captain junior and senior year … garnered all-region honors all four years … earned the team MVP award as a senior … tallied the win in a complete game, allowing eight hits and nine strikeouts, in the first of two games in the state 2014 semifinals while going 2-for-3 with two home runs and four RBIs in the second game … earned Cobb County First-Team accolades as sophomore … named to the headmaster honor roll as a sophomore and principle honor roll as a junior and year.
PERSONAL
Enrolled as a communication major in the Morrissey College of Arts and Sciences … Jake is the oldest of Nik and Sham Palomaki’s three children … recipient of the Daniel E. Lyons Athletic Scholarship Fund.
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