Jacob Starling

Height:
5-10
Weight:
180
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Orlando, Fla.
High School:
Winter Park
Major:
Management

· 2024 Preseason All-America Third Team Selection (NCBWA)
· 2024 Preseason All-AAC Team (Perfect Game)
· 2024 Top 50 Second Basemen - No. 8 (D1Baseball)
· No. 16 AAC Prospect in 2024 MLB Draft (Perfect Game)
· 2023 NCAA Charlottesville All-Regional Team
· 2023 American Athletic Conference All-Tournament Team
· 2023 All-American Athletic Conference Second Team Selection
· 2022 All-American Athletic Conference Second Team Selection

2024: Played and started in 51 games, all at second base … Hit .282 (53-for-188) with 42 runs scored, 12 doubles, one triple, nine home runs, 44 RBI, 94 total bases, 24 walks and nine stolen bases … Was hit by a pitch a team-high 18 times … Batted .242 (15-for-62) in American Athletic Conference play with 15 runs scored and 16 RBI … Hit .316 (6-for-19) and drove in five runs at the AAC Tournament … Produced 13 multiple-hit performances and 10 multiple-RBI efforts … Notched 16 two-out RBI … Was .607 (17-for-28) with a runner on third and less than two outs … Delivered game-winning RBI in victories over Liberty (March 10), Columbia (March 17), NC State (April 23), Memphis (April 26) and Rice (May 24) … Clubbed home runs against Rider (Feb. 17 and 18), NC State (April 23), Memphis (April 26 and 27), South Florida (May 5), Rice (May 21) and Evansville (June 2) … Hit for the cycle in the 10-6 win over No. 21 NC State and finished the game with four RBI ... Posted three hits, five runs scored, three RBI and two home runs in the Rider series ... Drove in a run and drew two walks at Campbell ... Notched a career-high four hits in the 7-4 win over then No. 15 North Carolina in Fayetteville ... Logged three RBI in the series finale at Liberty ... Went 2-for-3 with two runs scored at UNCW ... Registered two hits, two RBI and two runs scored in the win at NC State ... Drove in five runs, logging a double and home run in the middle game of the Memphis series ... Went 3-for-5 with three RBI in the Tulane series opener … The Pirates were 36-15 when he started at second base … Hit most often in the cleanup spot in the lineup (30 times) as ECU went 23-7 in those contests.

2023: Started 62 of 64 games played, all at second base ... Hit .311 (75-for-241) with 60 runs scored, 15 doubles, one triple, 10 home runs, 52 RBI, 122 total bases, 44 walks and 19 stolen bases ... Led East Carolina in runs scored, hits and walks drawn ... Paced the American Athletic Conference and slotted 97th nationally in walks drawn ... Ranked third in the league in runs scored as well as first in total plate appearances (299) and second in at bats (241) ... Batted .310 (26-for-84) in AAC play with 22 runs scored, four doubles, four home runs, 15 RBI, 14 walks drawn and five stolen bases ... Went 8-for-25 (.320) in the conference tournament before posting a .278 batting average (5-for-18) in the NCAA Charlottesville Regional ... Led the squad with 27 multi-hit games while also turning in 14 multi-RBI efforts ... Recorded a hit in 43 of 62 games played ... Registered five hits in 14 at bats (.357) with the bases loaded ... Hit a stout .650 (13-for-20) with a runner on third and less than two outs as well as .319 (22-for-69) with runners in scoring position ... Notched 20 two-out RBI and 19 “productive outs” (advancing a runner when making an out) ... Tallied six game-winning RBI in victories over George Washington (Feb. 19), North Carolina (Feb. 24 and 26), Elon (March 8), Missouri State (March 18) and Cincinnati (May 24) ... Belted home runs in contests against George Washington (Feb. 18), Indiana (March 3), Elon, Houston (April 2), NC State (April 4), Cincinnati (April 15 and May 6), Tulane (April 29) and South Florida (May 23 and 27) ... Exploded for a career-high six RBI in the Pirates’ 17-4 win over Indiana ... Registered two doubles in a game for the first time in his career at Cincinnati (May 7) ... Scored a pair of runs in contests versus Tulane (April 28) and Cincinnati ... Stole a career-best three bases against Memphis (May 12) ... Helped lead East Carolina to 44 wins when he started at second base ... Hit most often in the cleanup (23 starts) and second (22 starts) spots in the lineup as the Pirates went 33-12 in those games.

2022: Started 47 of 50 games played, all at second base … Hit .243 (35-for-144) with 34 runs scored, five doubles, six home runs, 31 RBI and 25 walks drawn … Started all 24 American Athletic Conference games at second base, batting .237 (18-for-76) with 20 runs scored, two doubles, two home runs and 16 RBI … Excelled in the postseason, hitting .381 (8-for-21) with two home runs, six RBI, .714 slugging percentage and 1.250 OPS … Batted .455 (5-for-11) and .300 (3-for-10) respectively in the NCAA Greenville Regional and Super Regional … Was hit by a pitch nine times – the second-highest mark on the team … Notched nine multi-hit and 10 multi-RBI efforts … Put together a five-game hitting streak from March 19-25 during which he batted .545 (6-for-11) with five runs scored, two home runs and three RBI … Hit most often in the seventh spot in the lineup as the team was 12-5 in those contests … Produced a .533 (8-for-15) batting average with a runner on third and less than two outs … Advanced runners at a 46.3-percent (44-95) rate … Rapped out 14 two-out RBI … Notched three game-winning RBI in victories over Elon (March 23), Tulane (April 23) and Cincinnati (May 1) … Registered a career-high three hits in five at bats with two RBI to help ECU defeat Coastal Carolina in the NCAA Greenville Regional championship game (June 6) … Helped guide the Pirates to a 13-7 win over Texas in game one of the NCAA Greenville Super Regional, going 2-for-4 with a run scored, three RBI and a home run … Tanked a solo home run in the eighth inning of game two of the Super Regional … Drew a pair of walks in contests against Cincinnati (April 3), Memphis (May 6) and Texas (June 11) … Recorded a season-high six putouts versus Coastal Carolina (June 5).

2021: Appeared in 21 games making three starts during true freshman season … Batted .150 (3-for-20) with one double … Scored six runs and plated one … Stuck out seven times while drawing three walks … Made collegiate debut against Rhode Island (Feb. 21) as a pinch hitter … Registered first college hit against Cincinnati (April 3) in game two of a doubleheader with a double … Also recorded base knocks against Memphis (May 25) and Cincinnati (May 26) in the AAC Conference Tournament … Made starts against Cincinnati (twice) and Norfolk State – all as the designated hitter … Plated first career run against Cincinnati (May 25) on an infield single with the bases loaded that scored Thomas Francisco in the fifth inning … Scored first collegiate run at Elon (March 26) … Also crossed home against Cincinnati (four times) and South Florida … Hit by one pitch at USF in game one of a doubleheader (May 20) … Drew free passes against Elon (March 26), Cincinnati (April 2) and Memphis (April 9) … Fielded at a .750 clip with three putouts and one error … 2021 Summer: Played for the New Market Rebels of the Valley League … Appeared in 30 games batting .279 (29-for-104) with a pair of home runs and five doubles … Drove in 14 runs while scoring 27 … Stole 15 of 16 bases (multiple in a game twice) … Tallied at least one hit in a game 19 times with seven multi-hit contests … Plated at least one run in 12 games (multiple twice) … Opened summer nine-game hitting streak which included three multi-hit contests … Hit home runs against the Express (June 21) and the Braves (June 27) … Scored at least one run in a game 18 times (multiple on five occasions) … Drew 17 walks while striking out just 13 times.

Winter Park High School (2020): Lettered under coach Sid Cash … As a senior batted .345 (10 for 29) with a double, six RBI and scored six runs on his way to Florida All-State and All-Metro East honors before season was cut short due to COVID-19 pandemic … Trinity Prep (2017-19): Earned three letters under coach Jared Incinelli … Helped the Saints to 34 wins over three years … Participated in 2018 National High School Invitational in Cary, N.C. at the USA Baseball National Training Complex … His 2017 team advanced to the Florida 4A Regional Semifinals … Played travel ball for FTB Tucci under coach Trevor Berryhill … Listed as the 28th-best shortstop and 156th overall prospect in Florida by Perfect Game … Tabbed as a top 500 prospect nationally (220th-best shortstop) by Perfect Game … Two-time Preseason Honorable Mention All-American (2018-19) and 2020 Preseason All-Florida Honorable Mention … Participated in the 2018 Junior National Showcase where he earned Showcase Top Prospect Team honors … Member of the 2016 14U WWBA Memorial Day at Lakepoint Championship team … Participated in several showcase events including 2016 14U WWBA Memorial Day at Lakepoint (Cartersville, Ga.), 2016 14U BCS Finals (Fort Myers, Fla.), 2016 WWBA Freshman World Championship (Cartersville, Ga.), 2016 PGBA HS Fall Nationals Underclass (Sanford, Fla.), 2017 Perfect Game East MLK Championship Freshman (Fort Myers, Fla.), 2017 WWBA 15U East Memorial Day Classic (Fort Myers, Fla.), 2017 PGBA 15U Florida Burn Invitational (Sarasota, Fla.), 2017 PGBA 15U Tucci Lumber Wood Bat Challenge (Fort Myers, Fla.), 2017 BCS National Championship (Fort Myers, Fla.), 2017 WWBA 2020 Grads or 15U National Championship (Cartersville, Ga.), 2017 15U Perfect Game World Series (Cartersville, Ga.), 2017 WWBA East Labor Day Classic Underclass (Fort Myers, Fla.), 2017 PGBA Old Hickory Classic Underclass (Auburndale, Fla.), 2017 WWBA Sophomore World Championship (Fort Myers, Fla.), 2017 WWBA World Championship (Jupiter, Fla.), 2018 PGBA 16U Tucci Lumber Wood Bat (Sanford, Fla.), 2018 WWBA 2020 Grads or 16U National Championship (Cartersville, Ga.), 2018 16U Perfect Game World Series (Cartersville, Ga.), 2018 WWBA Florida Qualifier (Fort Myers, Fla.), 2018 WWBA Underclass World Championship (Fort Myers, Fla.), 2019 PG 17U Florida World Series (Fort Myers, Fla.), 2019 WWBA 2020 Grads or 17U National Championship (Cartersville, Ga.), 2019 WWBA 17U Elite Championship (Hoover, Ala.), 2019 WWBA Florida Qualifier (Fort Myers, Fla.) and 2019 WWBA World Championship (Jupiter, Fla.) … Named to 10 all-tournament teams in Perfect Game events: 2016 14U BCS Finals, 2016 WWBA Freshman World Championship, 2016 PGBA HS Fall Nationals (Underclass), 2017 WWBA 2020 Grads or 15U National Championship, 2017 WWBA East Labor Day Classic (Underclass), 2017 WWBA Sophomore World Championship, 2017 PGBA 15U Tucci Lumber Wood Bat Challenge, 2017 WWBA 15U East Memorial Day Classic, 2018 16U Perfect Game World Series and 2019 WWBA Florida Qualifier.

Personal: Full name is Jacob Anthony Starling … Born in Orlando, Fla. … Son of Rick and Dee Starling … Has one sibling (Josie) … Father played collegiate football at Wayne State College earning a pair of letters (1991-92) before playing in the United Football League, while his mother was a four-year standout at Wayne State College (1990-93) as a member of the softball team … Intended major is business management ... Eight-time ECU Director of Athletics Honor Roll member (Fall 2020-present) ... Named to the 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23 and 2023-24 American Athletic Conference All-Academic Teams.