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Jersey Number 12
Jake Minarik
- Position:
- Outfielder
- Height:
- 6-2
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Huntersville, N.C.
- Major:
- Business
2026 Season (Sophomore) - Played and started in 48 games as a sophomore...Slashed .285/.384/.465 on the season...Totaled 49 hits including 11 doubles, one triple and six home runs...Scored 37 runs and drove in 33 runs...Also drew 22 walks and stole two bases...Registered a career-high eight putouts on Mar. 20 at Villanova...Matched his career-high four hits including two doubles and a home run on Apr. 26 against Charleston Southern...Also scored three runs and drove in six runs in that game.Â
2025 Season (Freshman) - Appeared in 39 games making 32 starts as a freshman...Third on the team with a .317 batting average along with an on-base percentage of .370 and slugging .593...Totaled 39 hits with seven doubles and a team-high nine home runs...Drove in 32 runs and scored 21...Also drew seven walks and stole two bases...Scored a career-high three runs at Queens (N.C.) on Mar. 11...Mashed a career-high two home runs at Western Carolina on Mar. 25...Drove in a career-high three runs at Winthrop on Apr. 5...Registered a career-high six putouts at High Point on Apr. 19...Tallied a career-high four hits at Charleston Southern on May 9.Â
Prior to Asheville -Â 2023 Queen City All-Conference selection...Nominated for outfielder of the year in the greater Charlotte area.
2025 Season (Freshman) - Appeared in 39 games making 32 starts as a freshman...Third on the team with a .317 batting average along with an on-base percentage of .370 and slugging .593...Totaled 39 hits with seven doubles and a team-high nine home runs...Drove in 32 runs and scored 21...Also drew seven walks and stole two bases...Scored a career-high three runs at Queens (N.C.) on Mar. 11...Mashed a career-high two home runs at Western Carolina on Mar. 25...Drove in a career-high three runs at Winthrop on Apr. 5...Registered a career-high six putouts at High Point on Apr. 19...Tallied a career-high four hits at Charleston Southern on May 9.Â
Prior to Asheville -Â 2023 Queen City All-Conference selection...Nominated for outfielder of the year in the greater Charlotte area.
Highlights || Baseball || UNC Asheville vs Presbyterian (Game 3)
Tuesday, May 28
Highlights || Baseball || UNC Asheville at Presbyterian (Game 2)
Tuesday, May 28
Highlights || Baseball || UNC Asheville at Presbyterian (Game 1)
Tuesday, May 28
Highlights || Baseball || UNC Asheville vs Gardner-Webb (Game 3)
Monday, May 13
