University of Connecticut Athletics
2023 Baseball Roster

Jake Studley
- Position:
- Outfielder
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- 190
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Barrington, R.I.
- Prev School:
- Wheaton
- High School:
- Moses Brown
2024 Season: Played in 58 games and made 57 starts in the UConn outfield. Hit .276 with 13 doubles 10 homer runs and 27 runs batted in. Scored 42 runs, walks 21 times and stole four bases. Had 17 multi-hit games. Went 2-4 with a game-tying home run on Opening Day vs. Louisville (2/16). Homered in back-to-back games at California (2/23-2/24). Went 2-4 with a home run at No. 23 Auburn (3/2). Homered at Cal Baptist (3/16). Went 2-2 with a pair of walks at Cal Baptist (3/17). Nabbed three hits and scored three runs vs. Northeastern (3/27). Recorded a four-hit game with a pair of doubles and three runs scored vs. CCSU (4/1). Collected a pair of hits and drove in three runs vs. Bryant (4/9). Homered against Maine (4/10). Went 2-2 with three runs scored vs. St. John's (4/14).  Went 2-4 with a grand slam vs. Villanova (4/28). Homered in back-to-back games vs. Creighton (5/12) and at Butler (5/16).  Collected a multi-hit effort at No. 9 Oklahoma (6/1) in NCAA Norman Regional. Went 3-4 with a pair of runs batted in during Game 1 of NCAA Tallahassee Super Regional at No 8 Florida State (6/7).Â
2023 Season: First Team All-BIG EAST. Second Team All-New England. Hit .325 with 76 hits including 12 doubles, two triples, eight home runs and drove in 57. Added 48 runs scored, 30 walks and six stolen bases. Slugged .496 and had a .420 on-base percentage. Second on the team with 23 multi-hit games and had 13 multi-RBI games. Had longest hit streak on the team with 17 games. Tripled and scored a pair of runs vs. Ohio State (2/18). Grabbed three hits and drove in a pair at Hawaii (3/11). Drove in three runs and scored a pair at Hawaii (3/12). Went 8-16 (.500) with two doubles, one homer and drove in seven runs at San Diego State (3/16-19). Homered and drove in three vs. UMBC (4/1). Went 7-14 (.500) with two doubles, one home run and six RBIs at St. John's (4/6-8). Hit a go-ahead two-run home run in ninth inning at Xavier (4/15). Went 6-14 with six runs batted in during series vs. Seton Hall (5/5-7). Homered vs. Xavier (5/27) in the BIG EAST Championship.Â
Graduate transfer from Wheaton College.Â
2022 (SENIOR): 2022 NEIBA All-Star. D3Baseball.com and ABCA/Rawlings Player of the Year. Fourth Team D3Baseball.com and Second Teama ABCA/Rawlings All-American. Region 1 Player of the Year and First Team All-Region D3Baseball.com and ABCA/Rawlings. Studley was previously chosen the New England Women's & Men's Athletic Conference Baseball Athlete of the Year and earned a spot on the NEWMAC First Team. The senior led the conference in nine different offensive categories, including batting average (.412, 73-177), on-base percentage (.490), slugging percentage (.718), runs scored (49), doubles (19), home runs (11) and total bases (127), hits (73) and runs batted in (45) in 43 games. The Moses Brown school product ranks 25th in the nation in total bases, 21st in doubles, 38th in hits, 50th in slugging percentage and 62nd in batting average. He also placed fourth among NEWMAC players with 12 stolen bases and eighth with 24 walks. The Business major has started all 43 games he has appeared in and has reached base safely via a hit or a walk in all but five contests. A Captain for Wheaton, he made the final plate appearances of his outstanding career memorable, going 11-19 (.579) with two home runs, three doubles, eight RBI, 17 total bases, four runs scored and a stolen base in four games of the NCAA Championship Regional Tournament and was named to the All-Tournament Team. The outfielder tallied 12 total bases with two homers and a pair of doubles vs. Johnson & Wales University in the Regional to become the first player in school history to pile up that many total bases in a game twice after doing the same against Suffolk on April 13. Studley also became just the fourth player in program history to launch two homers in a game twice and only the second to do it in the same season. The Ocean State native posted 23 multiple-hit efforts, including a five-game stretch that saw him go 16-23 to hit a scorching .696 to go with nine RBI, three homers, six doubles and eight runs scored from April 10-16. He also collected five hits, including a pair of homers, in a 16-13 win over Suffolk during the stretch to become just the third player in school history to have registered at least five hits in a game on two occasions following a five-hit performance on March 20, 2021 at Emerson College. He finished the season by hitting safely in 13 straight games, hitting .517 (30-58) with 14 RBI, six doubles, three home runs, three walks and a trio of stolen bases during the stretch to end his career. His campaign is one of the greatest in school history. His batting average is the ninth-highest in school history, while his slugging percentage and on-base mark rank as the fifth and seventh-best, respectively. His total base tally stands as the third-most in school annals, while his long ball count is the fourth most. His doubles total ranks as number three and his season mark for hits and runs scored are both the fifth-most in program history.
2021 (JUNIOR):Â In shortened season due to COVID-19 he competed in 28 games ... Batted .430 (49-114) on the year with five home runs ... Added 26 RBIs and 28 runs scored to go with a slugging percentage of .737 ... Named the 2021 NEWMAC Baseball Player of the Year, NEWMAC All-Conference 1st Team, NCAA DIII/ABCA New England All-Region 1st Team and D3Baseball.com All-New England Region 2nd Team.
2020 (SOPHOMORE):Â Competed in eight games with 31 at-bats ... Recorded eight hits including three doubles ... Recorded eight runs batted in with a batting average of .258 (8-31) ... Registered a .410 on base percentage before the season was canceled.
2019 (FIRST-YEAR):  Competed in 30 games recording 104 at bats… Recorded 44 hits, 10 doubles, one triple and 4 homeruns… also recorded 19 runs batted in and 31 runs to go along with a .423 batting average… Earned NEWMAC 2019 Rookie of the Year as well as NEWMAC 1st Team All-Conference Honors.
BEFORE WHEATON:Â Graduated from Moses Brown School in 2018 ... Four-year letterwinner in both baseball and ice hockey at MBS ... Named a Captain for both baseball and ice hockey.
PERSONAL: Parents Beth and Ray. Has two brothers, Ethan and Shane.