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North Park University Athletics

2021 Baseball Roster

Paige Wilcox

3 Jake Reinhardt

  • Position Shortstop
  • Ht./Wt. 5-10 / 185
  • Major Biochemistry
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Princeton, Ill.
  • Highschool Princeton
  • Prev School Augustana College

Biography

2021: Had one of the best seasons in North Park and College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) history ... Recognized as the "Position Player of the Year" by D3baseball.com and the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) ... Became the single-season home runs leader at North Park (15) breaking a record set in 1987 ... Became the CCIW's Triple Crown winner and set new CCIW records with 60 in-league hits and 52 in-league RBI ... His outrageous numbers at the plate included: a slash line of .424/.477/.831, 61 RBI, 73 hits, 11 doubles, seven triples, 15 homers, 16 walks, and 12 stolen bases ... Struck out just 11 times in 172 at-bats ... Defensively, Reinhardt carried an illustrious .979 fielding percentage with just four errors at shortstop with 99 assists, 86 putouts, and 16 double plays turned, which earned him a Gold Glove by the ABCA ... Had 25 multi-hit games, including six three-hit games and three four-hit games ... 13 multi-RBI games including a staggering four games of five-or-more RBI ... Had a 40-game on-base streak ... Hit three homers and drove in six against Carthage (5/2) ... Had four multi-home run games ... Named a CCIW Player of the Week three times (4/6, 4/27, and 5/4) ... Signed to a professional contract with the Schaumburg Boomers of the Frontier League on November 1 ...

  • 1st Team All-American (ABCA Rawlings & d3baseball.com)
  • Offensive Player of the Year (ABCA Rawlings & d3baseball.com)
  • 1st Team All-Central Region (ABCA Rawlings & d3baseball.com)
  • 1st Team All-CCIW
  • CCIW Man of the Year
  • NPU Male Athlete of the Year

*2020: Was on his way to a truly special season before it was cut short ... Led the Vikings in nearly every offensive category, including: batting average (.477), slugging percentage (.841), on-base percentage (.531), hits (21), runs batted in (18), triples (1), home runs (4), total bases (37), and stolen bases (5) ... Scored 11 runs and drove a pair of doubles ... Led the Vikings with six multi-hit games ... Also had a three-hit performance vs Cornell College (3/12) ... Went a perfect 5-for-5 with three RBIs and a double against No. 21 Concordia Chicago (3/1) ... Received CCIW and D3baseball.com Team of the Week honors on March 17 - slugged three home runs and drove in nine runners in just two games ... Reached base in all 12 games, ending the season on a nine-game hitting streak ... Carried a .914 fielding percentage with 36 assists and 17 putouts as the Vikings' every day shortstop.

2019: Named a Third Team D3baseball.com All-Central Region selection and Third Team ABCA/Rawlings All-Central Region selection ... Garnered All-CCIW First Team honors ... Started and played in 40 games for the Vikings in the middle infield … Slugged two home runs, 11 doubles, and two triples … Carried a slash line of .345/.404/.473 … Marked a season high four hits against Carroll (4/2) … Notched 17 games of two hits or more … Totaled a team second-best 34 RBIs … Led the Vikings and was third in the CCIW with 47 runs scored … Gathered a team second-best 78 total bases and 11 stolen bases … Turned 14 double plays, had 108 assists, and carried a fielding percentage of .959 ... In the 2019 CCIW Tournament, Reinhardt was 6-for-18 with three RBIs and two runs scored, all while committing no errors ... Had at least one hit in all but five games.

*season cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 3

    2019Junior

    Utility
    5'10" 185 lbs
    3
  • 3

    2020Senior

    Shortstop/Utility
    5'10" 185 lbs
    3
  • 3

    2021Redshirt Senior

    Shortstop
    5'10" 185 lbs
    3