Jake Sanford

Hometown: Cole Harbour, N.S.

Bats/Throws: L-R

Height/Weight: 6’ 2” 215 lbs.

Position: OF

School: Western Kentucky University.

Coach: John Pawlowski

Past Teams: McCook Community College Indians, Dartmouth Moosehead Dry, Nova Scotia Selects 17U, Dartmouth Juniors, Dartmouth Arrows and Cole Harbour Cardinals.

Past coaches: Jon Olsen, Bob Gillis, Jason Davis, Kevin Richardson, Pat Westhaver, Johnny Schrider, Joe Hicks, Danny Fraser and Andrew Boyd.

Twitter Handle: @jake_sanford96

Ranked Baseball America’s eighth ranked prospect on top 15 list from Kentucy … 107th on Jim Callis’ top 200 on MLB Pipeline (May 28, 2019) … Perfect Game’s 6th ranked prospect of top 10 in Kentucky … 325th on Baseball America’ top 500 combined high school and college list (May 15, 2019).

2019 season as a junior at Western Kentucky _ Batted .398 with 20 doubles, two triples, 22 homers and 66 RBIs ... Had a 1.288 OPS in 56 games, all starts ... Doubled against Austin Peay ... Three hits with a solo homer and an RBI against Louisiana Tech ... Three two-hit games with a double, homer and six RBIs in three-game sweep over Rice ... four hits, including a solo homer facing Texas-San Antonio ... Went 4-for-4 with two doubles facing Kentucky ... Facing Florida Atlantic, he hit a pair of three-run home runs _ one in Game 1 to tie the game at 4-4 in the fifth, then a second in Game 2 to give the Hilltoppers a 6-0 lead in the second frame. Florida Atlantic intentionally walked Sanford twice but he still went 2-for-3 ... Six hits against Marshall with a double, home run and three RBIs ... Seven hits against Middle Tennessee including a triple, homer and one RBI ... Two hits including an RBI double against Vanderbilt ... Nine hits with a double, two homers and seven RBIs in Charlotte series ... Was 3-for-6 with three homers and eight RBIs in win over Eastern Kentucky to break the school record with of RBIs in a single game ... Against Florida International in a three-game set he had four hits, a double and two bombs ... Solo homer in Austin Peay game ... In Alabama-Birmingham match up he had five hits, two homers as he plated five runs ... Had two four-hit days against Memphis including a home run, driving in three ... Homered to drive in two runs facing Louisiana Monroe ... Solo homer against Tennessee ... Three hits facing Eastern Illinois with three RBIs ... Five hits in opening sweep of Northern Kentucky with three doubles and a triple driving in four.

2018 season as a sophomore at McCook CC _ Batted .374, with 16 doubles, five triples, with 12 home runs and 55 RBIs in 54 games. He had a .450 on-base average while slugging .700 ... His average led the team and was eighth best in the region, while his slugging mark was the all-time best for an MCC hitter, his 73 total bases were second best in the region, his homers tied for the Region IX lead and his RBIs were fourth most ... Slashed .356/.424/.671 in 108 games in two seasons with the Indians with 61 extra-base hits, including 23 home runs, 10 triples and 28 doubles ... Had 42 walks compared to 72 strikeouts ... Produced 40 multi-hit, 21 multi-run and 16 multi-RBI games at McCook ... Had a multi-home run game against Lamar.

2017 season as a freshman at McCook _ Hit .358 with 13 doubles, five triples, 11 home runs, 39 RBIs and a slugging percentage of .663, which is a school record ... Had opposite field home run was out of reach of Colby’s Joe Lubick for a 7-6 victory. He also hit a two-run home run over the right centre fence to tie the game in the seventh ... Had multi-home run games against Colby and Southeast ... The first baseman made the team as a walk-on.

2016 season: Selected to Tournament 12 at the Rogers Centre.

High school days at Auburn Drive HS: Hit .450 as a senior.

Honours 2019 _ Conference USA Player of the Year … One of 40 players named to Golden Spikes Award Midseason Watch List ... Earned Perfect Game/Rawlings First Team Midseason All-American ... Was back-to-back Conference USA Hitter of the Week ... Earned Perfect Game/Rawlings Player of the Week as well as National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Hitter of the Week, Collegiate Baseball Newspaper Player of the Week (twice) ... College Sports Madness National Player of the Week ... TOPSYs John O. Oldham Male Student-Athlete of the Year ... TOPSYs Best Male Record-Breaking Performance ... 2018 season _ Earned All-Nebraska College honors among two-year college players ... Named First Team all-Region IX team at McCook ... 2017 season: Earned All-Region IX First Team honors ... 2014-16 _ Earned Athlete of the Year ... 2013-16 seasons _ Named All-Region in baseball and volleyball from 2013-16.

Most influential person in my baseball life: “My junior college coach Jon Olsen. He gave me the opportunity to be a walk on at McCook and let me prove myself to earn a spot on the roster, be a starter for two years and eventually first team all region both years.”

Last Nova Scotia player in the majors: LHP Vince Horsman (Dartmouth, NS), who pitched for the Toronto Blue Jays, Oakland A’s and Minnesota Twins (1991-1995).

At the nationals: Competed at the Canada Cup once for Nova Scotia, went to junior nationals three times and the senior nationals once.

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