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Jersey Number 23
Jakob Simons
- Position:
- Outfielder
- Height:
- 5-9
- Weight:
- 185
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Pleasanton, CA
- High School:
- Foothill HS
- Prev School:
- Chabot College
- B/T:
- R/R
Bio
2024 All-Big West Second Team
2024 Preseason All-Big West
2023 Big West Co-Field Player of the Year
2023 All-Big West First Team
2023 ABCA/Rawlings All-West Region Second Team
2023 Big West Scholar-Athlete of the Year
CSUN - 2024 (Senior)
Simons closed his CSUN career with an All-Big West Second Team award ... started all 54 games including 52 times in center field ... led the Big West with 16 homers while he was second in slugging percentage (.632), OPS (1.109) and stolen bases (17) and third in runs scored (61) and RBI (56), ... also topped the team with 62 hits, a .321 batting average and a .477 on-base percentage ... third in the nation with 29 hit by pitches ... his 61 runs scored were the most by a Matador in 23 seasons ... first CSUN player since 2010 to record at least 50 RBI and 50 runs scored ... led the team with 15 multi-RBI games while he was second with 18 multi-hit games ... slashed .288/.427/.495 in Big West play ... posted a .315 batting average with nine homers and 30 RBI in road games ... opened the season with three hits, three RBI and a home run vs. Utah Valley (2/16/24) ... hit a go-ahead two-run homer in a comeback win over San Diego (2/27/24) ... drove in three and hit a walk-off homer vs. Nevada (2/29/24) ... reached base five times and collected three hits including a homer at No. 6 Oregon State (3/9/24) ... went 3-for-5 with five RBI and three runs scored at Utah (4/7/24) ... homered twice and drove in four vs. Long Beach State (4/12/24) ... named to the Big West All-Academic Team and CSC Academic All-District Team.
CSUN - 2023 (Junior)
Simons had a breakout season, earning Big West Co-Field Player of the Year and All-Big West First Team accolades ... collected ABCA/Rawlings All-West Region Second Team honors ... started 48 times in center field including 29 times in Big West play ... led The Big West in OPS (1.115) while he ranked second in slugging percentage (.665), tied for third in home runs (14), fourth in batting average (.356), on-base percentage (.450) and runs scored (51), fifth in stolen bases (11) and seventh in RBI (48) and hits (67) ... his 51 runs scored were the most by a Matador since 2010 ... slashed .350/.441/.650 with eight homers and 30 RBI in Big West play ... received Big West Player of the Week honors on April 17 ... topped the team in home runs, runs scored, base hits, slugging percentage, on-base percentage and stolen bases ... registered a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage for a second-straight season to go with two outfield assists ... led the team with 23 multi-hit games and shared the team lead with 14 multi-RBi games ... homered and drove in three runs in a win at Pepperdine (3/13/23) ... hit a game-tying two-run homer in the seventh in an eventual win over Pepperdine (3/20/23) ... finished 5-for-6 with five RBI, three runs scored, two doubles and a homer vs. UC Riverside (3/31/23) ... recorded his first career two homer game while driving in three vs. UC Riverside (4/1/23) ... belted a grand slam and had two hits at Long Beach State (4/14/23) ... smacked a three-run homer vs. Hawai'i (5/21/23) ... placed on the CSC Academic All-District Team ... named to Big West All-Academic Team ... received Big West Scholar-Athlete of the Year honors.
CSUN - 2022 (Sophomore)
Simons appeared in 37 games, starting 24 times in center field in his first season at CSUN ... batted .227 with 22 hits, 15 runs, 11 walks, five doubles and three triples ... went 6-for-8 in stolen base attempts ... ranked third in the Big West in triples and seventh in hit-by-pitch (14) ... did not commit an error in 64 chances ... recorded six multiple-hit games and three multiple-RBI games ... notched a season-high four hits and two RBI at McNeese State (3/11/22) ... went 2-for-4 with an RBI triple at Loyola Marymount (3/15/22) ... finished with two runs, two RBI, two hit-by-pitch and one RBI vs. Long Beach State (3/25/22) ... went 2-for-6 with two RBI, a triple, a walk and a stolen base at UC Irvine (4/2/22) ... doubled twice and drove in three vs. CSU Bakersfield (4/30/22).
Chabot College
Simons spent three years at Chabot from 2019-21 ... earned first-team all-conference honors in 2019 ... batted .318 with 42 hits, 41 runs, 20 walks, 19 stolen bases, 19 RBI, 10 doubles and two home runs in 32 games as a freshman in 2019 ... tallied 22 hits, 15 runs, 12 RBI, 11 walks, eight stolen bases and a .268 batting average in the shortened 2020 season ... did not compete in 2021.
Foothill High School
Spent four seasons on the baseball and football teams ... earned a host awards as a senior including third-team all-state, second-team All-North Coast Section and first-team all-league ... was a linebacker and running back on the football team ... earned all-league honors in 2016 and 2017 in football ... graduated in 2018.
Personal
Parents are Patrick and Rebecca Simons ... he has one sister, Anika ... favorites include the Las Vegas Raiders, Oakland Athletics ... Mike Trout, Mark Wahlberg, "Narcos," "Saving Private Ryan," Travis Scott and YouTube ... chose CSUN because of the coaching staff and the opportunity to play college baseball ... lists hitting two home runs in a game in junior college as his greatest sports moment so far ... his parents are his greatest heroes.
CSUN CAREER HIGHS
2024 Preseason All-Big West
2023 Big West Co-Field Player of the Year
2023 All-Big West First Team
2023 ABCA/Rawlings All-West Region Second Team
2023 Big West Scholar-Athlete of the Year
CSUN - 2024 (Senior)
Simons closed his CSUN career with an All-Big West Second Team award ... started all 54 games including 52 times in center field ... led the Big West with 16 homers while he was second in slugging percentage (.632), OPS (1.109) and stolen bases (17) and third in runs scored (61) and RBI (56), ... also topped the team with 62 hits, a .321 batting average and a .477 on-base percentage ... third in the nation with 29 hit by pitches ... his 61 runs scored were the most by a Matador in 23 seasons ... first CSUN player since 2010 to record at least 50 RBI and 50 runs scored ... led the team with 15 multi-RBI games while he was second with 18 multi-hit games ... slashed .288/.427/.495 in Big West play ... posted a .315 batting average with nine homers and 30 RBI in road games ... opened the season with three hits, three RBI and a home run vs. Utah Valley (2/16/24) ... hit a go-ahead two-run homer in a comeback win over San Diego (2/27/24) ... drove in three and hit a walk-off homer vs. Nevada (2/29/24) ... reached base five times and collected three hits including a homer at No. 6 Oregon State (3/9/24) ... went 3-for-5 with five RBI and three runs scored at Utah (4/7/24) ... homered twice and drove in four vs. Long Beach State (4/12/24) ... named to the Big West All-Academic Team and CSC Academic All-District Team.
CSUN - 2023 (Junior)
Simons had a breakout season, earning Big West Co-Field Player of the Year and All-Big West First Team accolades ... collected ABCA/Rawlings All-West Region Second Team honors ... started 48 times in center field including 29 times in Big West play ... led The Big West in OPS (1.115) while he ranked second in slugging percentage (.665), tied for third in home runs (14), fourth in batting average (.356), on-base percentage (.450) and runs scored (51), fifth in stolen bases (11) and seventh in RBI (48) and hits (67) ... his 51 runs scored were the most by a Matador since 2010 ... slashed .350/.441/.650 with eight homers and 30 RBI in Big West play ... received Big West Player of the Week honors on April 17 ... topped the team in home runs, runs scored, base hits, slugging percentage, on-base percentage and stolen bases ... registered a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage for a second-straight season to go with two outfield assists ... led the team with 23 multi-hit games and shared the team lead with 14 multi-RBi games ... homered and drove in three runs in a win at Pepperdine (3/13/23) ... hit a game-tying two-run homer in the seventh in an eventual win over Pepperdine (3/20/23) ... finished 5-for-6 with five RBI, three runs scored, two doubles and a homer vs. UC Riverside (3/31/23) ... recorded his first career two homer game while driving in three vs. UC Riverside (4/1/23) ... belted a grand slam and had two hits at Long Beach State (4/14/23) ... smacked a three-run homer vs. Hawai'i (5/21/23) ... placed on the CSC Academic All-District Team ... named to Big West All-Academic Team ... received Big West Scholar-Athlete of the Year honors.
CSUN - 2022 (Sophomore)
Simons appeared in 37 games, starting 24 times in center field in his first season at CSUN ... batted .227 with 22 hits, 15 runs, 11 walks, five doubles and three triples ... went 6-for-8 in stolen base attempts ... ranked third in the Big West in triples and seventh in hit-by-pitch (14) ... did not commit an error in 64 chances ... recorded six multiple-hit games and three multiple-RBI games ... notched a season-high four hits and two RBI at McNeese State (3/11/22) ... went 2-for-4 with an RBI triple at Loyola Marymount (3/15/22) ... finished with two runs, two RBI, two hit-by-pitch and one RBI vs. Long Beach State (3/25/22) ... went 2-for-6 with two RBI, a triple, a walk and a stolen base at UC Irvine (4/2/22) ... doubled twice and drove in three vs. CSU Bakersfield (4/30/22).
Chabot College
Simons spent three years at Chabot from 2019-21 ... earned first-team all-conference honors in 2019 ... batted .318 with 42 hits, 41 runs, 20 walks, 19 stolen bases, 19 RBI, 10 doubles and two home runs in 32 games as a freshman in 2019 ... tallied 22 hits, 15 runs, 12 RBI, 11 walks, eight stolen bases and a .268 batting average in the shortened 2020 season ... did not compete in 2021.
Foothill High School
Spent four seasons on the baseball and football teams ... earned a host awards as a senior including third-team all-state, second-team All-North Coast Section and first-team all-league ... was a linebacker and running back on the football team ... earned all-league honors in 2016 and 2017 in football ... graduated in 2018.
Personal
Parents are Patrick and Rebecca Simons ... he has one sister, Anika ... favorites include the Las Vegas Raiders, Oakland Athletics ... Mike Trout, Mark Wahlberg, "Narcos," "Saving Private Ryan," Travis Scott and YouTube ... chose CSUN because of the coaching staff and the opportunity to play college baseball ... lists hitting two home runs in a game in junior college as his greatest sports moment so far ... his parents are his greatest heroes.
CSUN CAREER HIGHS
| Runs | 3 (10x) last at UC Irvine | 5/25/24 |
| Hits | 5 vs. UC Riverside | 3/31/22 |
| Doubles | 2 (4x) last vs. Cal Poly | 4/22/23 |
| RBI | 5 (2x) last at Utah | 4/7/24 |
| Home Runs | 2 (2x) last vs. Long Beach State - Game 1 | 4/12/24 |
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