Jay Harry Season 2023

CAREER NOTES & RECORDS
Season: 2022: Has the seventh-most defensive assists in a season at PSU (164).

Game: 2022: Tied a Big Ten record with six hits against Michigan State (5/9).

2023 (JUNIOR)
Awards: Named to the Brooks Wallace Award Midseason Watch List.
 
Rankings: Ranked as the third-toughest player to strikeout in the Big Ten, averaging a strikeout every 9.6 at-bats.
 
Season: Started all 50 games at shortstop…Batted .299 with a team-best 60 hits and tied for the team lead with 13 doubles. Added a triple, six homers, 37 RBI and 47 runs…Drew 20 walks and stole six bases, while earning a .463 slugging percentage…In conference play, collected 24 hits, including four doubles and two homers, 13 RBI and 19 runs…Recorded 18 multi-hit games, 10 multi-RBI games and 13 multi-run games.
 
Game-By-Game: at Miami (2/17-18): Tallied two hits, including a three-run double in the series opener…Recorded two hits, including an RBI single, in game two. vs. Northern Illinois (2/24): Doubled and scored two runs in the first game of a doubleheader. vs. Monmouth (2/26): Notched an RBI triple in the third and scored a run. vs. Wagner/Dartmouth (3/4): Collected two hits, including a double, and scored two runs against Wagner…Registered two hits and two RBI against Dartmouth. vs. Holy Cross (3/5-6): Crushed a two-run homer and drew two walks in the first game…Worked three walks and a hit-by-pitch, while scoring a run, in the second game. at North Carolina (3/8): Collected three hits, including a double, and scored a run. vs. Brown (3/10-11): Had an RBI single and scored a run in game one…Launched two homers in game two, including a solo homer in the third and a walk-off, two-run homer in the 12th. Georgetown (3/19): Collected two hits, including a two-run double and an RBI single, and scored a run. Binghamton (3/21): Lined an RBI double and scored a run. at Michigan (3/24): Launched a solo homer in the first inning…Added a single and two runs. Pitt (3/28): Went three-for-five with a double, an RBI single, and three runs. Indiana (4/1-2): Tallied two hits, including an RBI single, in game one…Singled and scored a run in game three. Bucknell (4/4): Ripped a two-run single and scored two runs. Delaware State (4/6-7): Collected two hits and an RBI, while scoring two runs…Tallied three hits, including a two-run double, and scored a run. West Virginia (4/11): Launched a solo homer in the seventh and scored two runs. at Purdue (4/14-15): Had at least one hit in each game…Recorded two hits, including a double, and scored two runs in game one…Notched two doubles, including a three-run double in the seventh, among three hits and scored two runs in game two. Youngstown State (4/18): Recorded a single and a walk, while scoring three runs. Ohio State (4/21-23): Went three-for-four with a solo homer and three runs in game one…Singled and drove in a run, while adding a stolen base, in game three. at West Virginia (4/25):  Singled and scored a run. Iowa (4/29): Drove in a run and scored a run in game one…Singled and drove in a run, while drawing two walks. at Rutgers (5/5): Doubled and scored a run. at Nebraska (5/12-13): Had a hit in each of the first two games of the series. at Pitt (5/16): Hit a double. Maryland (5/18-20): Recorded a hit in each game of the series…Drove in two runs with two hits and scored a run in the first game…Notched two hits and two RBI in the second game…Singled and scored two runs, while adding a walk and a steal, in game three.

2022 (SOPHOMORE)
Awards: Named Academic All-Big Ten.
 
Season: Played in 54 games, making 53 starts at shortstop…Batted .333 with 71 hits, 10 doubles, two triples and five home runs…Drove in 26 runs and scored 40 runs…Had a .414 on-base percentage and a .469 slugging percentage…Drew 23 walks and stole four bases…Batted .347 against Big Ten opponents with 34 hits, including six doubles, two triples and four homers, nine RBI and 21 runs…Recorded 20 multi-hit games and six multi-RBI games…Had a 14-game hit streak from March 25 to April 14.
 
Game-By-Game: vs. LIU (2/19): Posted two hits, including an RBI single, and a stolen base in game one…Tallied two RBI singles and scored two runs in game two. vs. Northeastern (2/20): Registered two singles. vs. Maine (2/26): Collected two hits, including a solo homer, and scored two runs. vs. UMass (3/11-13): Registered two hits, including an RBI single, in the series opener…Added two hits and an RBI in game two. Rutgers (3/25): Launched two homers and drove in three runs in game two of the series. St. Bonaventure (3/30): Notched two hits, including a double, and two RBI. at Maryland (4/1-3): Tallied two hits and scored a run in game one…Had an RBI double in game two. Bucknell (4/6): Collected three hits, including an RBI single, and scored a run. at Northwestern (4/9-10): Notched three hits and scored two runs in the second game of a doubleheader…Had two hits, including a double, and scored a run in the series finale. Purdue (4/14-16): Secured a double and scored two runs in game one…Collected a triple and a solo homer in game three. Mount St. Mary’s (4/20): Posted two hits, including an RBI double, and two runs. at Minnesota (4/24): Tripled and scored a run. at West Virginia (4/27): Had an RBI single and scored a run. Omaha (4/29-30): Collected an RBI single in game one…Recorded a pair of RBI singles and scored a run in the second game. Michigan State (5/8-9): Launched a go-ahead, three-run homer in game one…Tallied three hits, including a double, and scored a run in game two…Tied a Big Ten record with six hits, including a double, and scored three runs in the series finale. at Ohio State (5/13): Notched two hits, including a double, and scored three runs. vs. Pitt (5/17): Registered two hits and two runs. vs. Iowa (5/26): Collected two hits, including a double, and scored two runs. vs. Iowa (5/28): Had a two-run single.

FRESHMAN (2021)
Season: Started all 42 games…Collected a .268 average with 38 hits, including 10 doubles and a homer, 18 RBI and 22 runs…Had seven multi-hit games and three multi-RBI games.
 
Game-By-Game: vs. Northwestern (3/5-7): Went 4-for-14 with four doubles in the series…Doubled and scored a run in game one…Recorded a pair of doubles, including an RBI double in the sixth, and scored a run. Maryland (3/20-22): Went 4-for-11 on the weekend…Tallied two hits, including a two-run double, drew a bases-loaded walk and crossed the plate once in the series opener…Singled and scored a run in game two. at Rutgers (4/3): Collected three singles, including an RBI knock in the sixth, and stole a base. at Michigan State (4/9): Recorded a pair of base hits in game one of a doubleheader…Drove in a run with a sac fly in game two. vs. Purdue (4/10-11): Had an RBI single and scored a run in game one…Doubled and crossed the plate once in game two. at Ohio State (4/23): Singled three times and scored a run. Michigan State (4/30-5/2): Went 5-for-10 with three extra-base hits in the series…Doubled and scored a run in game one…Tallied three hits, including an RBI double and a three-run homer, to go with three runs and six RBI in game two…Singled and scored a run in the series finale. at Iowa (5/7-8): Collected three singles and crossed the plate twice in the series. Rutgers (5/14-17): Lined a two-run double in the second and scored a run in game one…Had an RBI single and scored a run in the series finale. at Illinois (5/21-23): Recorded two singles and two runs in game two…Registered an RBI single and scored a run in game three. vs. Minnesota (5/29): Drove in a run with a sac fly and added a single.

HIGH SCHOOL
Was a four-year letterwinner at Metuchen High School under head coach Leo Danik…Named two-time first-team All-State Group 2…Earned first-team All-County and first-team All-Division twice…Ranked the No. 2 shortstop and No. 7 player in New Jersey and No. 75 shortstop and No. 371 player nationally by Prep Baseball Report…Ranked as the No. 9 shortstop in New Jersey by Perfect Game…Played travel ball for Baseball Warehouse and Central Jersey Stampede

PERSONAL
Son of George and Kara Harry...Has two siblings, Ken and Kyle...Father, George played baseball at Wake Forest...Enrolled in the division of undergraduate studies.