Jacob Flores Season 2018

HONORS
2021 Mountain West All-Academic Selection
2020 Mountain West All-Academic Selection

2021 SEASON (As A Redshirt Junior): Pitched 5.0 innings in seven games as a reliever with six strikeouts … Fanned two batters in a pair of appearances vs. UC San Diego (2-27-21) and San José State (5-8-21) … Also posted a strikeout in outings against Dixie State (4-25-21) and at Air Force (5-22-21) … Earned a spot on the Mountain West All-Academic team for the second year in a row ... Also merited SDSU scholar-athlete distinction.

2020 SEASON (As A Junior): Tied for second on the team with eight appearances during his junior campaign that was cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic … Posted a 2-0 record and a 1.45 earned run average, which ranked second in the Mountain West … Also found himself among the conference leaders in several categories, including strikeouts (T-3rd - 25), strikeouts/9 innings (3rd - 12.05), victories (T-3rd - 2) and opposing batting average (4th - .203) … Did not allow a run in six of eight games and yielded just two extra base hits all year … Picked up his first victory at the season-opening Brittain Resorts Baseball by the Bay event, where he struck out five batters in 3.2 innings of scoreless relief in the Aztecs' come-from-behind 7-5 triumph over Virginia Tech (2-14-20) … Also pocketed a win in the series finale against 2018 national champion Oregon State, helping SDSU to a split in the four-game weekend set (3-1-20) … Matched his season-best with five strikeouts in just 2.2 innings of the Aztecs’ 2-1 win at perennial Big West contender UC Irvine (2-25-20) … Logged his second career start vs. No. 25 Cal State Fullerton but did not earn a decision in SDSU’s 8-4 home victory (2-18-20) … Received Mountain West all-academic recognition.

2019 SEASON (As A Sophomore): Posted a 2-2 record with one save in 20 appearances … Ranked second on the team with a 3.75 earned run average in 36.0 innings to go with 38 strikeouts … Enjoyed a highly productive stretch of 14 games from March 12-May 12, when he compiled a 2.32 ERA and fanned 32 batters … Did not allow an earned run in eight contests during that span (15.0 IP) … Recorded his first collegiate victory with four innings of scoreless relief in the Aztecs’ 5-4 triumph over Air Force (4-20-19) … Also logged a career-high five strikeouts vs. the Falcons … Earned his lone save of the year with another four-inning performance in SDSU’s 11-4 conquest of UNLV (4-26-19) … Collected his second win of the year after tossing an inning of relief in the Aztecs’ 9-7 victory over San José State (5-4-19) … Pitched a career-high 4.2 innings at Fresno State (5-12-19) … Received his first collegiate start in the regular-season finale against New Mexico (5-18-19) ... Ended the year with an appearance vs. Nevada in the second game of the Mountain West tournament (5-24-19).

SUMMER 2018: Made eight appearances with one start for the Anchorage Bucs of the Alaska Baseball League ... Finished with a 4.26 ERA to go with 20 strikeouts and eight walks in 17 innings ... Pitched two scoreless innings in the Alaska Baseball League championship game.

2018 SEASON (As A Freshman): Pitched 21 innings in 19 games during his first year on The Mesa ... Held opponents scoreless in 11 of 17 relief appearances ... Finished with 3.86 earned run average, including a 1.69 mark in non-conference games ... Also limited the opposition to a .171 batting average with runners on base and a .148 clip with two outs (4-for-27) ... Logged a stretch of four consecutive outings from March 13-20 without yielding an earned run and allowed only one hit during that span ... Notched his first career save in the Aztecs' 9-7 victory at Cal Poly (3-16-18) ... Pitched two perfect innings in his first collegiate start against CSU Bakersfield but did not get a decision (3-20-18) ... Also earned a start in his next outing at UNLV (3-25-19) ... Tossed one shutout inning in SDSU’s  loss to Northwestern State in the Corvallis Regional (6-2-18).

HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated in 2017 fromRio Mesa High School in Oxnard, California … Was named the Ventura County Star's Baseball Player of the Year after his senior year ... Finished with a 9-1 record, 1.25 ERA and 101 strikeouts in 72.1 innings while hitting .423 with two home runs at the plate that season ... Ranked as the No. 7 class of 2017 left-handed pitcher in California and received Rawlings/Perfect Game All-America honorable mention … Also garnered second-team all-region honors in California by Perfect Game … Was a third-team Underclass All-America selection in 2016 by Perfect Game after meriting honorable mention in 2015.