Jacob Olson

AWARDS/HONORS

• Collegiate Baseball National Player of the Week (March 11, 2019)
• Rated No. 34 best prospect in the SEC for 2018 MLB Draft by D1Baseball
• Rated No. 65 best prospect in the 2017 Cape Cod League by D1Baseball

2019 (SENIOR)

• Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 26th round of the 2019 MLB First-Year Player Draft
• Played and started in all 56 games for the Gamecocks, hitting .254 with 14 doubles, a team-best 13 home runs and 37 RBI
• Had 16 multi-hit games and six multi-RBI performances
• Was 2-for-5 with three RBI and a walk-off home run in the bottom of the ninth in a win over North Carolina State (April 2)
• Homered and drove in four against Vanderbilt (May 3)
• Was 3-for-5 with five RBI in the win over Valpo (March 10)
• Was a perfect 8-for-8 in stolen bases
• Hit a walk-off home run in the 3-2 win over Valpo (March 9)
• Had two hits, scored a run and doubled in a win at Mississippi State (May 18)
• Had two hits and drove in four in the win over Utah Valley (Feb. 22)
• Belted a pair of home runs, driving in four, in the win over Liberty (Feb. 16)
• Also scored three runs in the Liberty win

2018 (JUNIOR)

• Played and started in 62 games for the Gamecocks his junior season
• Led the team with 20 doubles to go with 40 runs scored, 12 home runs and 36 RBI
• Tied for third in the SEC in doubles and 32 of his 55 hits were for extra bases
• Belted two home runs in the season finale at Arkansas (June 11) in the Fayetteville Super Regional
• Was 2-for-3 with a double, a home runs and a season-high five RBI in a win at The Citadel (April 10)
• Went 3-for-5 with a double vs. Ole Miss (May 6)
• Homered and had three hits in a win vs. Florida (March 17)
• Posted three hits and scored a pair of runs in a win at Texas A&M (May 19)
• Had two doubles and drove in a pair of runs at Kentucky (April 7)
• In his first at-bat of the season, belted a two-run home run to left field vs. VMI (Feb. 16)
• Homered and drove in a pair of runs in the win over North Florida (Feb. 20)
• Tied a career-high with three runs scored in the win over Winthrop (Feb. 21)
• Homered in back-to-back games against Charleston Southern (Feb. 23-24)
• Had a pair of doubles at Clemson (March 4)

2017 (SOPHOMORE)

• Played in 58 games with 56 starts, hit a team-best .294 (65-for-221) with 37 runs scored, 10 doubles, a triple, six homers and 27 RBIs, also a .347 on-base percentage with .430 slugging mark
• 2-for-4 with a run scored in 6-3 win vs. USC Upstate (5/16)
• 2-for-5 with a double and a pair of RBI in 5-3 loss at Missouri (5/14)
• Homered in 5-3 loss at Missouri (5/13)
• 2-for-5 with a run scored in 10-7 win vs. Liberty (5/10)
• 2-for-3 with a run scored in 4-3 win vs. Presbyterian (5/9)
• Doubled, scored a run and tallied his seventh assist of the season from the outfield in 7-6 loss at LSU (5/7)
• Tied career-high in hits going 3-for-5 with a double and a run scored in 9-5 win vs. Wofford (5/3)
• Tallied two assists from the outfield with a pair of plays at the plate in 9-4 loss vs. Kentucky (4/30)
• tied career-high in hits going 3-for-4 in 7-5 loss at Florida (4/22)
• 2-for-4 with a double and a RBI in 4-2 win at Florida (4/21)
• Key two-run single in 3-2 win vs. Davidson (4/18)
• 2-for-4 with two runs scored in 5-4 loss to Mississippi State (4/15)
• 2-for-4 with a RBI and a run scored in 20-5 loss to North Carolina (4/11)
• 2-for-4 with a double and a run scored in 7-6 loss to Vanderbilt (4/6)
• 2-for-3 with a double and three runs scored in 7-0 win at Auburn (4/1)
• 3-for-4 with a RBI and a run scored in 5-4 loss at Auburn (3/31)
• 3-for-6 with a double, a homer two runs scored and four RBI in 15-1 win at The Citadel (3/28)
• 2-for-4 with a three-run homer and two runs scored in 7-1 win at Tennessee (3/17)
• 2-for-4 with a double, a triple, a RBI and a run scored in 8-7 loss vs. Clemson (3/4)
• 2-for-4 with a pair of solo homers in 8-4 win over Appalachian State (2/28)
• 2-for-4 with a three-run double in 10-5 win over Wright State (2/25)
• Hit first career home run in 5-4 win over Charlotte (2/21)

HIGH SCHOOL

• 2016 MLB Draft selection (39th round/Arizona Diamondbacks)
• 2016 Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association All-Region First Team
• As a freshman in 2016 at West Georgia Tech JC, hit .351 with eight homers, 36 RBI as well as a conference-leading 20 doubles and a .603 slugging percentage
• Prepped at Monroe Area HS
• Named 2015 Georgia 8-AAAA Region Position Player of the Year

PERSONAL

• Born on May 21, 1997
• Parents are Karl and Jan Olson
• Major is retail management