UC SANTA BARBARA
2022 All-Big West Honorable Mention
2022 Big West Academic All-Conference Team
2022
- Appeared in 49 games for UCSB during the 2022 season
- Second in the Big West conference for stolen bases (15)
- Recorded 42 hits, 33 runs, 27 RBI, seven doubles, two triples, and a home run
- Went 2-for-4 with a triple, an RBI, and a run in a 7-2 win over Cal State Fullerton (Mar. 19)
- At the Stanford Regional, collected a double and score two runs in a 9-4 win over Binghamton
2021
- Jason Willow only missed one game in the 2021 season, playing 60 games to end with a season slash line of .282/.332/.441
- Recorded 57 hits with 12 doubles, a triple, six home runs
- In 60 games played, Willow tallied up 16 stolen bases and was only caught stealing three times
- Ranked third on the team in RBIs
- Fielding percentage of .994
- Went 4-for-5 in a 12-0 win over UC Riverside (May 22) with a double, home run, two RBIs, and a stolen base
- Ended the season with a seven-game hitting streak and two stolen bases in the last one against No. 5 Arizona
2020
• Jason Willow saw action in 12 games in 2020.
• Recorded a slash line of .213/.288/.234.
• Was ranked sixth on the team with 47 at bats.
• Had an eight game hitting streak in games 4-11, going 10-for-32 over that span, .312.
• Produced multi-hit games on Feb. 23 vs. Abilene Christian (2-for-4), and Mar. 1 vs. Illinois-Chicago (2-for-5).
• Scored eight runs, including two on Feb. 17 vs. Cal and two on Feb. 25 at Loyola Marymount.
• His only extra base hit of the season, a double, came on Feb. 22 vs. Abilene Christian.
2019
Appeared in 43 games as both an INF and OF for the Gauchos this season…Coming off an impressive Sophomore campaign Willows slashed his way to .267/.378/.392 averages…Tallied 32 hits in 120 at-bats including 6 doubles and 3 triples…Finished with 20 RBI’s and 5 stolen bases…Launched his only home run that decided the 4-3 win over UC Davis on (April 20)…In the field had 40 total putouts and 56 assists…Turned the double play ball two times successfully…Had a .941 fielding percentage…Season-high 3 hits and 2 runs batted in a close game at UNLV on (Feb 20)…Had his longest hitting streak of the season going 6 games during the first part of the season…Season-high 3 RBI’s in a win blowout win over Hartford on (Feb 23)… All-Big West Honorable Mention.
2018
Before the season, was named as the No. 108 player on Perfect Game's Top College Freshmen list for the 2018 season, one of four Gauchos to make the cut…Started all 46 games in which he appeared, serving as the primary third basemen throughout his true freshman season…Hit .245 (38-for-155) with one home run, 17 RBIs, 23 runs scored and six doubles…Slashed .245/.306/.303…Walked 10 times and was hit by a pitch five times…Made 45 starts at third and one start at second base…Put together eight multi-hit games…Had a season-long four game hitting streak…Made his UCSB debut in the season-opener at San Diego State on Feb. 16…Recorded his first career hit the next day, going 1-for-4…Had at least one hit in 29 games…Went 3-for-4 with three runs scored and a double in a 15-5 rout over Dartmouth (Mar. 14)…Hit his first career home run against Pepperdine on May 8…Drove in a season-high four runs against Penn State (Mar. 5)…Recorded a .311 (23-for-74) batting average over the months of March and April.
HIGH SCHOOL / BRITISH COLUMBIA PREMIER BASEBALL LEAGUE
Was a star player with the Victoria Mariners of the BC Premier Baseball League ... Was selected in the 24th round of the 2017 MLB First-Year Player Draft by the Baltimore Orioles, the highest-drafted member of UCSB's 2018 recruit class ... Had a breakout season as a senior, batting .394 – the second-highest average in the entire league – with a .492 on-base percentage and .644 slugging percentage ... Hit .375 in three postseason games ... Named League MVP and All-BCPBL First Team ... Made the postseason twice with Victoria ... Batted .356 for Victoria over 25 games as a junior in 2016 ... Put together a .308 average over 43 games as a sophomore in 2015 ... Also competed in track and field ... Was an honor roll recipient and valedictorian at Lambrick Park Secondary School in Victoria, B.C.
CANADIAN U-18 NATIONAL TEAM
Earned a call up the Canadian U-18 National Team for the 2017 U-18 World Cup ... Was the team's starter and normal six-hole hitter ... Was arguably Canada's best player in the tournament, hitting safely in all nine of the team's games ... Canada reached the third-place game, falling 8-1 to Japan to place fourth in the tournament ... Standout performances include: 2-6, double, triple, three RBIs vs. Italy; 3-4, home run, two RBIs, vs. Nicaragua ... Past participants in the U-18 World Cup include Larry Walker, Russell Martin, Andrew McCutcheon, Buster Posey, Yu Darvish, and Francisco Lindor.
PERSONAL
Jason Willow was born on Apr. 13, 1999 to parents John and Vicki in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada ... Has one older brother: Evan ... Aspires to play in the major leagues ... Roots for the Toronto Blue Jays and Toronto Raptors ... Lists playing in the U-18 World Championship as his favorite pre-UCSB sporting moment ... Moneyball is his favorite movie ... Listens to Drake and Justin Bieber ... Likes to fish and play hockey in his free time ... Derek Jeter and Michael Jordan are his favorite athletes ... Likes to watch Impractical Jokers ... Is a very proud Canadian.
