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Sacramento State

2025 Baseball Roster

4 Jacob Cortez

  • Height 6-0
  • Weight 180
  • Bats/Throws R/R
  • Year Junior
  • Hometown Antioch, Calif.
  • High School Clayton Valley HS
  • Previous College Clayton Valley HS
  • Position C

Biography

SACRAMENTO STATE
2025: Made 38 appearances, making 23 starts at catcher… Hit .210 on the year with 17 hits and 13 runs scored, adding a pair of doubles and driving in seven… Walked 12 times on the season… Posted a season-best 4-for-5 performance at the plate in the series opener at Grand Canyon (5/2), scoring twice and driving in three… Finished 3-for-3 with a run scored in the series finale at Utah Valley (5/11)… Also had a trio of two-hit games… Defensively, threw out a team-high five would-be base stealers.

2024: Appeared in 41 games, making 34 starts (33 of those at catcher)… Hit .306 with 34 hits, five doubles, a home run, and 15 RBI while scoring 14 runs… Defensively behind the plate, threw out 12 would-be base stealers — the most for a Hornet catcher since Gunner Pohlman threw out 26 in 2016 — and ranked tied for fifth in the WAC in runners caught stealing… Finished with eight multi-hit games and had five games with multiple RBI… Compiled an eight-game hitting streak from April 19 to May 4 and was part of a run of 16 consecutive games in which he reached base safely beginning on March 30 at Grand Canyon… The 16-game streak was tied for the third longest on the team… In WAC play, hit .295 (third on the team) with a home run and 13 RBI… Had a season-high three hits (3-for-4) with a run scored and three RBI at Seattle U (4/13).

2023: Made 37 appearances for the Hornets in his debut season, starting 29 games at catcher and second base… Hit .265 on the season with 13 runs scored, a pair of doubles, a home run, and 15 RBI… Made his debut off the bench against North Dakota State (2/19) and collected his first career hits as part of a 2-for-3 day with an RBI at Fresno State (3/15)… Finished with a season-high four hits as part of a 4-for-5 day at Stephen F. Austin (4/1) in the first game of a doubleheader, scoring three runs and driving home another… Added three-hit games in back-to-back contests at Pacific (4/10) and UC Davis (4/11), driving in a combined three runs in those contests… Finished the year with eight multi-hit games, including three-straight two-hit games from April 15-18… Those three, two-hit games started a season-high six-game hitting streak that lasted until April 23… Slugged his first career home run at Abilene Christian (3/24), driving in a season-high three runs in that game… Also added back-to-back games with a double in the road games against the Tigers and Aggies… Defensively, posted a .984 fielding percentage in 253 chances, throwing out six would-be baserunners.

CLAYTON VALLEY CHARTER HS
Team captain for the Ugly Eagles as a senior, helping his team to the Diablo Foothill League title and a CIF North Coast Section Division I quarterfinal appearance.

PERSONAL
Parents are Will and Anne Marie… Has a brother, Will Jr… Chose Sacramento State because, “It was a good fit for who I am as a player and a person. I also enjoy the coaching staff because they truly care for each and every guy that is on the team.”

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Historical Player Information

  • 36

    2023Freshman

    Catcher/Infield
    6'0" 180 lbs
    36
  • 4

    2024Sophomore

    Catcher
    6'0" 180 lbs
    4
  • 4

    2025Junior

    Catcher
    6'0" 180 lbs
    4

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