Biography
2024 (Red-shirt Junior): Tied career high with 16 starts ... Earned wins against Charlotte (3/16), Elon, (3/23), Towson (4/13) and Hofstra (5/10) ... Struck out a career-high 10 against Princeton (2/24) ... Allowed three runs over the span of 15 innings against Charlotte and Elon.
2023 (Red-shirt sophomore): Second-team All-CAA ... Earned CAA All-Tournament honors ... Made career-high 16 starts, ranking second on the staff ... Also totaled career highs in innings (87.2), wins (7) and strikeouts (55) ... Limited opponents to a .246 batting average ... Tossed complete game against Monmouth (3/10), allowing a run on three hits and a walk while striking out five ... The win over Monmouth started a string of four straight wins in which he compiled a 2.28 ERA over 27.2 innings ... Tossed five shutout innings for the win over Delaware (5/25) in the opening game of the CAA Tournament ... Pitched for Cotuit in the Cape Cod League.
2022 (Sophomore): Made two appearances against St. John's (2/19) and Rutgers (2/26) before an injury shutdown his season ... Did not figure in the decision in either game.
2021 (Freshman): Split time between the rotation and bullpen, making five starts among his 14 appearances ... Made collegiate debut against Cincinnati (3/4) with 4.1 innings ... Earned first win against nationally-ranked East Carolina (3/7) with five innings of work and allowing two runs ... Came out of the bullpen with two innings of work against UNCA (4/18) ... Started games against Cincinnati, East Carolina, NC State, Coastal Carolina and Northeastern (5/30, CAA Championship game) ... Totaled nine games of at least two strikeouts, including three games of a season-high three ... Limited North Carolina (5/18) to a run over three innings of relief.
Prior to UNCW: Spent three seasons as a starter for Southwest Guildford ... Served as captain twice ... All three seasons, he helped the Cowboys to the 3A Piedmont Triad Conference title ... Twice named all-conference (2019 and 2020) ... Pitched in three combined no-hitters during the 2018 season ... Finished prep career with 12-2 mark and a 1.30 ERA ... Struck out 140 hitters over 102 career innings (12.4 per nine innings) ... Struck out 88 over 53.1 innings (14.9 per nine) while going 6-2 his junior season ... Played for NCBA Golden Pikes 2020 in 2017 through 2019 ... Participated in the PBR Top Prospect Games his sophomore season in Buies Creek, N.C.
Personal: Full name: Jacob Matthew Shafer ... Born in High Point, N.C. ... Son of Stephanie and Chris Shafer.
