Jake Palomaki joined the Penn State baseball coaching staff in July 2024. Palomaki comes to Happy Valley after serving as a hitting coach in the Philadelphia Phillies organization, recently working with the FCL Phillies.
The Kennesaw, Georgia native played at Boston College, under Gambino, from 2015-18.
After being selected in the 18th round of the 2018 MLB Draft, Palomaki played in the Tampa Bay Rays organization from 2018-21. He played in AAA with the Salt Lake Bees in the Los Angeles Angels organization in 2022.
In his minor league career, Palomaki collected 266 hits, 99 RBI and 169 runs.
Palomaki served as player development coordinator for Pinnacle Performance.
While at Boston College, Palomaki played in 196 games, making 192 starts. He tallied 202 hits, 91 RBI and 153 runs. Palomaki is Boston College’s all-time leader in career walks (153) and season walks (46; 2015), while holding second in career runs (153) and career steals (60), fourth in season steals (19, 2016) and seventh in career on-base percentage (.426).
He was named NCAA Regional All-Tournament Team in 2016 and served as a team captain in 2018.