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22 Jake Bechtel

  • Position OF
  • Class Junior
  • Ht./Wt. 6-5 / 230
  • Hometown Palm Harbor, Fla.
  • High School East Lake
  • Prev School NC State

Biography

2026 (Junior): Started all 58 games in centerfield for the Seahawks ... Led the Seahawks with 15 doubles and was second with 10 home runs ... Was second with 38 runs batted in and third with 41 runs ... Totaled 13 multi-hit games and closed the season on a five-game hitting streak ... Ha three hits, including a homer, while plating four runs and scoring three against Campbell (5/14) ... Also gave the Seahawks a 3-2 lead with a two-run homer against Northeastern (5/22) in the CAA Tournament ... Banged out four hits, all doubles and tying the program record, and knocked in five runs against Fordham (2/21).

Prior to UNCW: Played two seasons at NC State … Homered in his first at bat each season for the Wolfpack … Played for Waterloo during the summer of 2025 … Was the Bucks’ Co-Player of the Year … Participated in both the Northwoods League Home Run Derby and All-Star Game … Named Postseason NWL All-Star … Belted 12 home runs and stole 28 bases for the Bucks … Set Waterloo record with 64 runs batted in … Played four seasons on the varsity at East Lake High School, where he also started at quarterback for three seasons … Hit .363 over three seasons for the Eagles … Hit .442 as a junior and .366 his senior season … Earned Perfect Game Freshman All-America honors … Was an All-Region selection as a senior … Also earned first-team All-PCAC honors in 2023 … Participated in the Senior All-Star Classic and FACA State All-Star Game … Served as team captain twice while helping Eagles to a pair of District Championships.

Personal: Full name: Jake Kevin Bechtel … Son of Debbie and Kevin Bechtel … Father played baseball at South Florida.

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