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Jacob Katzfey

8 Jacob Katzfey

  • Position
    Outfield
  • Height
    6-1
  • Weight
    194
  • Class
    Senior
  • Hometown
    Lee's Summit, Mo.
  • Highschool
    Lee's Summit West

Biography

2020 Senior*
Played in 12 games, including nine starts...Hit .138 with four hits in 29 at bats, going along with six runs, three RBI, a double and four walks...Scored a career-high four runs in WSU's 15-4 win over Air Force March 3. 

* Season suspended after 15 games due to COVID-19 pandemic.

2019 Junior
Saw action in 56 games, including 53 starts, hitting .276 with 56 hits, 40 runs, eight doubles, three triples, two homers (last vs. Oklahoma, April 23), 21 RBI, 11 walks and a team-best 13 stolen bases...Went 3-for-4 with an RBI vs. ECU May 11...Compiled 15 multi-hit and five multi-RBI games...Had a season-best 10-game hitting streak, and 13-game reached base safely streak...Had two hits in four straight games (March 30 through April 5)...Named to the American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team.

2018 Sophomore
Played in 33 games, including 11 starts…Hit .250 with 13 hits, 14 runs, two doubles, one homer, seven RBI, five walks and five stolen bases…Had three multi-hit games…Went a season-best 2-for-5 with three RBI and a homer in the second game of a doubleheader at Memphis May 18…Selected to the American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team...Played summer ball for the Winter Park (Fla.) Diamond Dawgs…Named an All-Star and an all-league selection at first base…Finished sixth in the Florida League in batting average (.316), first in home runs (7), and second in RBI (30).
 
2017 Freshman
Played in 31 games with 12 starts, 10 in left field, one in centerfield and one as the designated hitter…Hit .264 with seven runs, 14 hits, two doubles, one triple, six RBI and two stolen bases…Had one multiple-hit game and one multiple-RBI game…Had a season-high three hits at Oral Roberts on March 31…Had a season-high two RBI against Texas Tech on March 24…Went 1-for-1 with a run at LSU on March 11…Went 1-for-2 with a double against Texas Tech on March 25…Named to the AD's honor roll for Fall 2016 and Spring 2017.

High School
Attended Lee’s Summit West High School in Lee’s Summit, Mo…Lettered four years in football, two years in baseball and two years in basketball…In baseball, named first team all-conference and second team all-district…As a junior, hit .369 with 11 doubles, four triples, one home run and 40 RBI…Member of team that was district champions three times and state quarterfinalist twice…In football, named first team all-conference and first team all-district…Named Academic all-state in football and baseball…Member of the National Honor Society and the Principal’s Honor Roll.
 
Personal
Son of Jim and Debbie Katzfey…Has two sisters, Alex and Bailey…Graduated with a general business major in spring, 2020.

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Historical Player Information

  • 8

    2017Freshman

    Outfield
    6'3" 190 lbs
    8
  • 8

    2018Sophomore

    Outfield
    6'3" 190 lbs
    8
  • 8

    2019Junior

    Outfield
    6'3" 190 lbs
    8
  • 8

    2020Senior

    Outfield
    6'1" 194 lbs
    8