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Jake McCarter
22  Jake McCarter
Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Kerrville, TX

Last College:
Alabama

Height / Weight:
6-2 / 205

Position:
RHP

Birthdate:
08/03/1984

B/T:
R/R

2007:
Sat out first year with OU after transferring from Alabama ... Helped lead the Coppel Copperheads to a Texas League Championship over the summer ... Finished 1-1 with a 2.79 ERA and 32 strikeouts in 29 innings pitched.

Alabama:
Lettered one year under head coach Jim Wells ... Recorded a 6-1 record in 2006 with one save and a 2.30 ERA ... Appeared in 20 innings and allowed only five hits along with 62 strikeouts ... Helped lead 2006 team to SEC Championship and Tuscaloosa Regional title.

Junior College:
Two-year letterwinner under head coach Skip Johnson ... Compiled a 9-4 record and 2.80 ERA at Navarro in 2005 ... Helped Navarro win the Texas Eastern Athletic Conference championship as a freshman.

High School:
Three-year letterwinner at Kerrville Tivy High School (4A) under head coach Steve Rippee ... Went 10-3 as a senior year while earning All-State and all-district honors ... Led his team to the regional finals in 2001, 2002 and 2003 ... Also named to the All-State football, All-West Texas team and was a unanimous all-district first team pick.

Personal:
Full name is Jacob Charles McCarter ... Born August 31, 1984 in Arlington, Texas ... Parents are Chuck and Jana McCarter ... Has one sister, Kelly, who played volleyball at both Arkansas and Oklahoma ... Father was a member of the University of Colorado football team that won the Big Eight Championship in 1976 ... Has been drafted four times: 2003 by the Cincinnati Reds in the 40th round, 2004 by the New York Yankees in the 28th round, 2005 by the Washington Nationals in the 39th round, and in 2006 by the Boston Red Sox in the 45th round ... Majoring in sociology.

Year
ERA
W-L
App-GS
SV
IP
R-ER
BB-SO
B/Avg.
2008

7.11

2-0

31-1

9

38.0

32-30

12-27

.296

Total
7.11
2-0
31-1
9
38.0
32-30
12-27
.296

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