2017 Baseball Roster
Roster

Jake Viaene
- Height:
- 6-5
- Weight:
- 218
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Moline, Ill.
- Prev School:
- Black Hawk College
2017 (R-Jr.): Appeared in 23 games, starting 10 as designated hitter…Began seeing more playing time vs. right-handers after driving in four runs with two doubles and home run during road series at Rice (4/14-4/16)…Career-high three hits vs. Nicholls with RBI, two runs scored…Two hits at Middle Tennessee (4/28), including a double…Hit .324 in 34 at-bats, with 10 runs and seven RBIs…Walked five times.... Named to 2016 fall semester President’s List…Missed 2016 season after Tommy John surgery.
Junior college: Played for Coach Arnie Chavera…2015 (So.): Appeared in 56 games, hitting .349, with 36 runs scored and 24 RBIs…Hit 13 doubles and a triple with six stolen bases…Threw out 21 baserunners while committing just two errors…Named NJCAA Division II All-Region 4; ABCA/Rawlings Gold Glove (Region 4); first-team All-Arrowhead Conference.
2014 (Fr.): Named All-Arrowhead Conference…Appeared in 42 games, hitting .330, with 32 runs scored, 27 RBIs…Hit seven doubles, four home runs while drawing 34 walks.
Prep: Played for Coach Craig Schimmel…Helped team to regional and sectional titles; reached Super Sectional for first time since 2005…As a junior, honorable mention by Quad City Times.
Personal: Son of Joe and Diane Viaene…Majoring in psychology.