2026: Played in 23 games with 18 starts... Posted four doubles, a triple and 10 RBI... Went 2-for-4 in the season opener at Rice (2/13)... Drove in his first RBI of the season on a sacrifice fly against Cornell (2/20)... Posted a 2-for-3 day with three RBI, a double and a game-winning, two-RBI triple against Boston College (2/21)... Went 2-for-4 with a run against Washington (3/27)... Recorded another 2-for-4 outing with a run and a walk against Michigan State (4/4)... Logged back-to-back games with RBI singles against Michigan State (4/5) and UIC (4/8)... Went 1-for-2 with a run and an RBI in a win over UIC (4/14).

2025: Appeared in 31 games, starting 28… Finished with a .738 OPS and eight XBH on the season… Recorded two hits and added a stolen base in a win over Fordham (2/23)... Doubled home two against Duke (2/28)... Picked up two hits and reached a third time against Duke (3/2)... Tallied two hits including a double and swiped a base while driving in two RBI in a win over The Citadel (3/8)... Tripled and scored twice in a win over The Citadel (3/9)... Tripled as part of a two-hit day in a win over Penn State (3/16)... Hit his first career home run in a win over Illinois (3/22)... Tallied two hits in a win over UIC (4/1)... Tallied two hits, two runs and a stolen base in a win over Michigan State (4/11).

2024 (at Michigan): Appeared in 20 games with two starts over the course of his first collegiate season…Scored four runs with a double and two RBIs in his first season…Recorded a double as pinch hitter against Michigan State (3/26/23)...Tallied first career hit against LMU (2/28/23)...Made collegiate debut against Western Michigan (2/16/23).

High School: Led team to State Championship in Senior year…Named to First Team All-Conference three times (2021, 2022, 2023)...Earned Second Team All-State honors as a Junior (2022)...Named to Third-Team All-State as a Senior (2023)...Hit .483 in Junior season and .399 in Senior season…Served as Varsity Captain for two seasons…Fifth-ranked player in state of Wisconsin from Prep Baseball Report…Qualified for State in the 4x100 in senior year.

Personal: Full name is Jack Taylor Counsell…Born February 6, 2005…Son of Michelle and Craig Counsell…Has three siblings, one brother and two sisters…Father, Craig played baseball at Notre Dame and is currently the manager of the Chicago Cubs…Brother, Brady plays baseball at Kansas.

Why Northwestern: “The combination of the coaching staff, athletics, and academics.”