2018 Baseball Roster
Jersey Number 31
Jake Norton
- Class:
- Junior
- Position:
- RHP
- Hometown:
- Waxahachie, Texas
- High School:
- Waxahachie HS
- Last College:
- North Central Texas College
Bio
2018 (Junior) | 2018 MLB Draft Pick (Miami Marlins • Round 32 • Pick 957)...Got off to a slow start due to an injury but went on to become one of the most reliable members of SFA's pitching staff during his first season at the NCAA Division I level...Submitted a 2-2 record with an ERA of 4.81 through his 12 appearances - seven of which were starts...In all, fired 33 2/3 innings and let up 20 runs (18 earned runs) on 27 hits and 22 walks while striking out 29...Debuted for SFA by getting the start in a non-conference loss at UTRGV where he tossed 1/3 of an inning before suffering an injury (2/17)...Secured his first and only save of the season by pitching the final 1/3 of an inning during a 15-inning Southland Conference win at Northwestern State (4/8)...Earned his first win of the season by throwing seven frames of one-run, five-hit baseball in a Southland Conference home victory over Nicholls (5/5)...Tied his season-high of seven innings pitched while fanning a season-high six batters en route to his second win during the team's Southland Conference home victory over Lamar (5/11).
2017 (Sophomore) | No player on the North Central Texas College squad logged more innings on the mound or racked up more strikeouts throughout the season...Led the team with 14 appearances and finished the season with a 3-6 record with an ERA of 5.26...Fanned 75 batters through 63.1 innings of work and walked 34...As a result of his work on the pitching rubber, earned a selection to the Texas/New Mexico junior college all-star game.
2016 (Freshman) | Quickly became an often-used member of the pitching rotation at North Central Texas College...Racked up 51.2 innings on the hill and posted a 1-1 record to go along with a 7.14 ERA...Totaled 51 strikeouts against 49 walks.
High School | Picked up two varsity letters while toeing the pitching rubber for head coach Tracy Wood at Waxahachie High School...Earned a First Team All-District nod as a senior.
Personal | Born Jake Robert Norton on August 28, 1996...Son of Greg and Laura Norton...Has one sister, Jessica, and one brother, Geoffrey...Will major in kinesiology at Stephen F. Austin.
2017 (Sophomore) | No player on the North Central Texas College squad logged more innings on the mound or racked up more strikeouts throughout the season...Led the team with 14 appearances and finished the season with a 3-6 record with an ERA of 5.26...Fanned 75 batters through 63.1 innings of work and walked 34...As a result of his work on the pitching rubber, earned a selection to the Texas/New Mexico junior college all-star game.
2016 (Freshman) | Quickly became an often-used member of the pitching rotation at North Central Texas College...Racked up 51.2 innings on the hill and posted a 1-1 record to go along with a 7.14 ERA...Totaled 51 strikeouts against 49 walks.
High School | Picked up two varsity letters while toeing the pitching rubber for head coach Tracy Wood at Waxahachie High School...Earned a First Team All-District nod as a senior.
Personal | Born Jake Robert Norton on August 28, 1996...Son of Greg and Laura Norton...Has one sister, Jessica, and one brother, Geoffrey...Will major in kinesiology at Stephen F. Austin.