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2021 Baseball Roster

Brent Smith
Jimmy Lafakis
Brent Smith
Brent Smith

12 Jacob Margroff

  • Position OF
  • Height 5-11
  • Weight 170
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
  • Highschool Woodridge

Biography

2021 – Senior Season: Played in 25 games, making 12 starts… Came up with eight hits in 42 at-bats to post a .190 batting average… Scored 11 runs… Hit one double… Recorded three RBI and nine total bases… Walked 10 times and was hit by a pitch to push his on-base percentage up to .358… Stole three bases… Top tier outfielder that made 28 put-outs without an error… First hit came vs. DePauw (3/9)… Scored two runs at Evansville (3/20)… First RBI came at Ball State (4/3)… Walked three times against the Cardinals... Went 2-for-3 at Georgetown with an RBI and a run scored (5/21)… Ended his season with another 2-for-3 day that included a double, two runs scored and an RBI.

2020 – Junior Season: Played in 12 games, making seven starts… Held a .233 batting average with seven hits in 30 at-bats… Scored six runs… Recorded seven RBI and seven total bases… Walked five times and was hit by a pitch twice to raise his on-base percentage to .378… Perfect in the outfield with 10 put-outs… Went 3-for-5 from the plate with two RBI and a run scored vs. Saint Francis (3/3)… First hit of the season was an RBI single against Western Illinois (2/23)… Followed that game with a 2-for-4 effort that included two RBI and a run scored… Scored one run and recorded one RBI in each of the last two games of the year.

2019 – Sophomore Season: Played in 42 games, making 17 starts… Defensive sub at left field… Recorded 20 hits in 77 at-bats to post a .260 average… Walked 20 times to raise his on-base percentage to .436… Perfect in the field making 51 put-outs with zero errors… Scored 15 runs… Recorded 11 RBI… Stole one base… First hit was a two-RBI double vs. Saint Peter’s (March 1)… First multi-hit game came vs. Western Michigan (March 16)… Recorded a pinch-hit double vs. St. John’s (April 5)… Hit a triple at Air Force (May 12)… Opened the Air Force series going 3-for-5 with two RBI (May 11).

2018 – Freshman Season: Played in 33 games, making 19 starts… Held a .260 batting average… Collected 19 hits on 73 at-bats… Hit three doubles… Scored 12 runs… Posted eight RBI… Walked 14 times to raise his on-base percentage to .402… Stole two bases… Made 29 putouts in the outfield… Added on assist… Hit .194 against BIG EAST opponents… Scored three runs and added three RBI… Scored a run in his Butler debut vs. Lehigh (Feb. 16)… First hit of the year came vs. Lehigh (Feb. 17)… Went 2-for-4 with two RBI and three runs scored vs. St. Peter’s (March 4)… Started in the outfield in the home opener vs. Fort Wayne (March 9)… Posted two RBI off two hits in the victory… Hit a double at Western Michigan (March 16)… Came up with an RBI double vs. Anderson (March 28)… Went 3-for-6 at Fort Wayne with wo runs scored and a stolen base (April 10)… Got the start at Villanova and responded two RBI against the Wildcats (April 13)… Played great the next day, going 2-for-3 with a walk… Ended the game with a double, one RBI and a run scored.

High School: Three-sport athlete at Woodridge...  Hit .422 as a junior with 38 hits, 22 runs scored, 18 RBI and seven stolen bases... Helped his club win a sectional championship... Named First Team All-PTC Metro, First Team All-District and Second Team All-State... Member of the National Honor Society.

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Historical Player Information

  • 12

    2018Freshman

    OF
    5'11" 170 lbs
    12
  • 12

    2019Sophomore

    OF
    5'11" 170 lbs
    12
  • 12

    2020Junior

    OF
    5'11" 170 lbs
    12
  • 12

    2021Senior

    OF
    5'11" 170 lbs
    12
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