2016 Baseball Roster
Jack Claeys
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 210
- Position:
- C
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Eden Prairie, Minn.
- High School:
- Eden Prairie
2018: Appeared in 48 games, starting 47 at catcher...finished second on the team with a .306 batting average...led the team with eight home runs, 39 RBI, 88 total bases, and a .518 slugging percentage...tied for the team lead with 10 doubles...his 39 RBI finished him 15th in the conference...recorded multiple hits in 14 games...recorded two RBI in consecutive games versus Judson and at Central Michigan (3/11-3/16)...hit his first home run of the season in a 4-for-4 outing versus Illinois (3/24)...smacked two home runs and tied for a season-high four RBI in a 3-for-4 performance at Maryland (3/31)...hit .391 over a five-game win streak (4/24-5/1)...recorded a hit in 14 of the last 15 games, including eight multi-hit performances...tied a season-high four RBI with a home run in a 2-for-4 game versus Iowa (5/13)...scored three runs in a 3-for-4 performance versus Belmont (5/17)...hit .454 with four RBI in the final series versus Belmont (5/17-5/19)…Academic All-Big Ten.
2017: Played in 55 games and made 53 starts … Posted a .250 clip with a .379 slugging percentage … Ranked fourth on the team in RBI with 27 … Had eight doubles and three home runs … Drew 21 walks, third most on the team … Tossed out 13 base runners … Went 3-for-3 against Western Michigan (April 11) with a home run and three RBI … Went 3-for 3 with a pair of doubles and two RBI vs. Santa Clara (March 5) … Posted a 2-for-3 game vs. Rutgers (May 18) with a home run, three runs scored and three RBI … Went 2-for-2 with three runs scored and a RBI-double vs. Minnesota in the Big Ten Tournament (May 26) … Hit a three-run home in the semifinal of the Big Ten Tournament to help Northwestern beat Maryland (May 28) … Academic All-Big Ten.
2016: Started 36 games and made 46 appearances ... Hit .248 for the season and collected 24 RBIs ... Went 4-4 with a pair of doubles and RBI's against Nevada (2/21)... Went 2-4 with 1 RBI against Saint Leo (3/4)... Earned 1 hit and 1 RBI againt Illinois State (3/6) ... Hit a grand-slam and knocked in a season-high four runs against Chicago State (3/30) ... Went 2-5 and scored two runs against Michigan (4/3) ... Went 2/4 with a double and scored two runs against Bradley (4/13) ... Batted in two runs against Chicago State (4/19) ... Earned one hit and two RBIs and scored a run against Purdue (5/7).
2015: Played in 13 games while making 2 starts … Drove in three runs in his debut season as Northwestern’s backup catcher … Drove in two runs and had two hits in a win against UIC (4/22) … Collected an RBI at Iowa (4/18) … Recorded a base hit in a big win over Minnesota (3/29).
High School: Two-year letter winner at Eden Prairie H.S. ... Served as team captain ... Helped the Eagles to a Lakes Conference title, a Section 2AAA championship and a runner-up finish in the Division 3A State Championship ... Chosen for All-Section 2AAA Team ... Named All-Lakes Conference and Best Defensive Player on his team ... Threw out 71 percent of would-be base stealers ... Batted .318 in 2014 ... Played hockey for two years ... Helped the Eagles capture a 2014 Section championship on the ice and to a fourth-place finish in the state tournament.
Personal: Born Jack Andrew Claeys on 12/18/95 ... Son of Andy and Tracy Claeys... Played against NU teammate Matt Hopfner in high school ... Attended same high school as Nick Leddy of the New York Islanders and Cole De Vries, formerly of the Minnesota Twins ... Chose Northwestern over St. Thomas and Butler ... Major is Learning and Organizational Change.
