2021-22 Baseball
1 Nolan Tucker IF
2 Jake Kapers C
3 Cooper Avery RHP
4 Spencer Warfield OF
5 Jeremy Drudge OF
6 Alex Thurston IF
7 Grant Ross IF/RHP
8 Zach Fricke RHP
9 Matt Olive OF/C
10 Christian Hack LHP
11 Connor Lockwood RHP
12 Jacob Rosenkranz RHP
14 Angel DiFederico C
15 Kaleb Hannahs IF
16 Josh Cottrill RHP
17 Alex Ryan OF
18 Jonathan Hyman RHP
19 Kade Reinertson C
20 Brady Nowicki IF
21 Adam Brauch IF
22 Ryan Maka OF
25 Colin Fields RHP
27 Kyle Schmack OF/1B
28 Patrick Ilitch C
29 Jake Miller LHP
30 Brady Renfro LHP/1B
32 Bobby Nowak RHP
33 Keegan Bates LHP
34 Grant Jablonski RHP
35 Nolan Lebamoff RHP
36 Trent Turzenski RHP
38 Griffin McCluskey RHP
39 Ryan Mintz RHP
42 Nathan Chasey RHP
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Jake Miller

#29 Jake Miller

Pos. LHP
B/T L/L
Ht. 6-2
Wt. 185
Yr. So.
Hometown Chester, N.Y.
High School (Prev. School) Don Bosco Prep
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2022: Took the mound in 12 games including 11 starts... Finished the season with a 6-2 record and 5.58 ERA, becoming the first Valpo pitcher to win six games in a season since Dalton Lundeen in 2016... Logged 61 1/3 innings and struck out 75 while issuing just 17 walks... Ranked 15th in the MVC in innings pitched, eighth in strikeouts and tied for fifth in wins... Ranked fourth in the league in strikeout-to-walk ratio at 4.41 and fourth in strikeouts per nine innings at 11.01... Allowed just one run on six hits while striking out nine over seven innings on March 20 at Murray State... Pitched four shutout innings of relief to earn the save on March 25 vs. St. Bonaventure... Notched a career-high 11 strikeouts over seven innings of two-run ball on April 3 at UIC... Twirled seven shutout innings of three-hit ball while walking one and striking out nine on May 7 vs. Bradley, earning the May 9 MVC Pitcher of the Week award.

2021: Saw action in 11 games out of the Valpo bullpen… Logged 10 2/3 innings and notched 10 strikeouts… Made his collegiate debut on Feb. 20 at UAB… Worked a scoreless inning on April 2 at DBU… Tossed another shutout frame against the Patriots on May 26 in an MVC Tournament game in Carbondale.

2020: Did not see game action during his first season on campus.

Prep: Two-year varsity letter winner… Competed in travel ball with the New York Nine.

Personal: Majoring in finance… Son of Mike and Amy Miller… Enjoys golfing, hanging out with friends and going to New York City and Jersey Shore… Went to high school in New Jersey… Is a big fan of Barstool Sports… Favorite food is spaghetti and meatballs, movie is Step Brothers, pro baseball team is the New York Yankees, MLB player is Marcus Stroman, musical artist is Travis Scott and TV show is Outer Banks.