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1  Jacob May
Jacob May

Class:
Sophomore

Hometown:
Liberty Township, Ohio

High School:
Lakota West HS

Height / Weight:
5-10 / 175

Position:
OF/2B

Bats/Throws:
B/R


05/26/2012

Coastal Wins 6th Straight Big South Title; Burke & Connolly Share MVP

WATCH PARTY IS SET FOR NOON MONDAY (May 28) AT HANDLEY'S PUB & GRUB

05/25/2012

Coastal Advances to Big South Title Game; Bowman Reaches 2 More Records

Coastal to face Liberty in Championship; First pitch is set for 4 pm and the game will be on ESPN3

05/23/2012

Coastal Beats Radford; Bowman Reaches Two Big South Milestones

Ryan Connolly got the win, pitching six shutout innnings

05/22/2012

Coastal Carolina Scores Three in the Ninth to Win Tournament Opener, 9-8

Justin Creel had a bases loaded, walk-off single in the 9-8 win over Charleston Southern

05/19/2012

Coastal Carolina Sweeps Charleston Southern to Conclude Regular Season

Luke Willis and Rich Witten Drive in Runs

04/23/2012

Coastal Carolina vs. VMI

Coastal Carolina vs. VMI

Tabbed 26th-best prospect in the Northwoods League by Perfect Game USA ... Batted .296 for the Green Bay Bullfrogs in the summer of 2011 with 12 doubles, 20 walks and 19 stolen bases in 45 games.

2011 (Fr.): Played in 44 games with 38 starts, mostly playing left field ... Missed the first 11 games after suffering a wrist injury during practice in the week leading up to opening day ... Led all Coastal outfielders with five assists ... Made his collegiate debut Mar. 7 as the starting DH versus Ball State, going 1-for-5 with an RBI and stolen base ... Versus Wake Forest as the DH, capped a six-run sixth inning with an RBI double down the third-base line (his first hit from the right side of the plate) ... Later, batting left handed, ripped a double down the first-base line ... Scored twice and walked once ... Was 1-for-2 with a looping single down the left field line in the exhibition game with the Texas Rangers ... Was just 1-for-11 in the Liberty series, but his one hit was a bunt single to start the ninth in game two ... He would later score the game-winning run on Daniel Bowman's sacrifice fly ... Versus Gardner-Webb, threw out a runner at the plate in the first inning of the second game, helping Matt Rein earn Big South Pitcher of the Week ... Was 4-for-13 at the plate in the series with three RBI, two doubles and a triple ... Went on a six-game hit streak, getting one hit each contest (VMI finale, three Radford games and the first two at Winthrop) ... Came off the bench in the championship game of the Big South Tournament to hit an triple in his lone plate appearance ... Pinch hit in each of the NCAA Clemson Regional games, walking once.

Prior to Coastal Carolina: Selected in the 39th round by the Cincinnati Reds in the 2010 Major League Baseball Draft, becoming the first player in Lakota West's history to be drafted out of high school ... Hit .440 in 27 games with five home runs, 29 RBI and 19 stolen bases as a senior to earn All-State and his second straight, first team All-Greater Miami Conference honor ... Holds the Lakota district record for career homers (10) ... Ranked sixth on the Buckeye Scout Class Top 100 ... Named to the Rawlings and Perfect Game USA Preseason All-American teams ... A two-time Cincinnati Enquirer All-Star and QueenCityHigh.com All-Ohio team honoree ... Was a first team All-Greater Miami Conference, All-Butler County and All-City selection and second team All-Ohio honoree his junior year ... Participated in the East Coast Pro Showcase, the Perfect Game National Showcase and was on the Perfect Game National Underclassmen Showcase Top Prospect Team ... Was an All-Greater Cincinnati Area selection by ESPN Rise ... Was an Honor Roll student at Lakota West.

Personal: Born Jan. 23, 1992 ... Son of Lee May, Jr. and Heather Cunningham ... Father was a first-round draft pick by the New York Mets in 1986, and is currently the hitting coach for the Cleveland Indians' AAA team, the Columbus Clippers ... May's grandfather, Lee May Sr., spent 18 seasons in the major leagues and is in the Reds Hall of Fame.

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