UC Santa Barbara
2016 All-Big West Second Team
2017 All-Big West Honorable Mention
2017: Prior to his redshirt junior year, was listed as the No. 29 third baseman in the country in D1Baseball's positional power rankings ... Started 55 of the team's 56 games ... Slashed .246/.333/.342 for the year with three home runs, 26 RBIs, and a team-high 14 stolen bases over 187 at-bats ... Named All-Big West Honorable Mention, his second career all-league honor. ...The team's opening day third baseman, also made starts at second base before becoming the team's everyday shortstop following Clay Fisher's season-ending injury in March ... Made 42 starts at short ... Batted in seven different lineup spots ... In April, batted .318 with a .470 slugging percentage, two home runs, and 12 RBIs ... Hit .337 in games which the Gauchos won ... Second on the team with seven multi-RBI games ... Batted .253 in conference play ... Had standout series against New Mexico State (3-9, three runs, two RBIs) and CSUN (4-11, three runs) ... Batted .308 with runners on base and .370 with runners in scoring position ... Best offensive performance of the year came on Apr. 28 in an 8-7 loss at UC Riverside: had season highs with three hits and three RBIs.
2016: One of three UCSB players to appear in all 64 games (Fisher, Calica), Muno started 46 games at second base and 18 at third base ... Slashed .294/.370/.450 while hitting in every lineup spot except leadoff and No. 9 ... After the regular season, was named to the All-Big West Second Team, his first career conference honor ... His .379 batting average (11-29) in the postseason was the best among UCSB regulars ... Went 4-8 in the Super Regionals at Louisville with a pair of singles in both games ... Started UCSB's ninth-inning rally in game two against Louisville with a leadoff single against closer Zack Burdi, setting the stage for Sam Cohen's walk-off grand slam ... Went 4-11 in the Nashville Regional, recording at least one hit in all three games ... Made a play in the 3-4 hole against Xavier in the Regional final that was named the No. 5 play on that night's Sportscenter Top-10 ... Went 3-10 in the College World Series with a pair of doubles ... Had a seven-game postseason hit streak snapped with an 0-3 line against Arizona ... Tied for the team-lead with 23 extra-base hits while ranking second with 31 RBIs ... Tied for the team lead in both doubles (15) and triples (three) ... His 18 HBPs ranked second in the NCAA and fifth all-time in single-season UCSB history ... One of four Gauchos with 200+ ABs ... Reached base in a career-best 13 straight games to close the season ... Led the team with 20 multi-hit games ... Also led team with 18 two-out RBIs ... Finished a home run short of the cycle on Opening Day against USF, one of his two four-RBI games on the year ... Committed a team-high 14 errors in the field ... Stole 17 bags in 23 attempts ... Slashed .343/.417/.562 in home games ... Hit over .295 in every month except March ... As consistent as can be, he entered the postseason with a batting average between .280-285 in almost all situations; vs. lefties, vs. righties, with runners on, with nobody on, in conference play, in non-conference play ... Scored multiple runs in 12 games ... Stole second and third base on back-to-back plays on four separate occassions ... After the team's trip to Omaha, he spent the summer in "The Cape" with the Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox ... Helped YD to its third consecutive Cape Cod League Championship ... Was a key contributor for the Sox, batting .304 with five extra-base hits in 22 games ... His average was the highest of any YD player who entered more than eight games ... Had a key sac bunt in YD's 3-0 title-clinching win.
2015: The team's opening day second baseman, he went on to make 29 appearances and 11 starts in his redshirt freshman season ... Had 10 starts at second base and one at third base ... Team was 8-3 in his starts ... Slashed .163/.234/.186 in 43 at-bats ... Had seven hits, scored three runs, drove in three runs, worked three walks, and struck out 10 times ... Was 0-3 in stolen base attempts ... Had one extra-base hit, a double against San Diego State in the NCAA Regional at Lake Elsinore, hosted by UCSB ... Went 1-3 overall in the regional ... On Opening Day against BYU, went 1-5 with two RBIs in a 8-1 UCSB win ... Played in 14 of the team's first 17 games and each of the team's final 11 games ... Committed two errors in 61 chances for a .967 fielding percentage ... Played summer ball with the Kelowna Falcons of the West Coast League, batting .316 and stealing 16 bases in 23 games.
2014: Redshirted.
High School: Played four years under coach Tom Dell at Notre Dame High School in Los Angeles, Calif. .... Played second base, shortstop, and third base, hit at least .300 in all four of his seasons, including a career-high .424 in his junior campaign ... Earned seven letters as a Knight, as he also played football ... Had a pair of multi-home run games, against Chaminade in 2012 and Alemany in 2013 ... Earned All-CIF and All-Area honors his junior and senior seasons ... Named to the All-Mission League team his senior year ... Led his team to the postseason in both 2011 and 2013.
Personal: Jeremiah "JJ" Muno was born on Dec. 21, 1993 in Torrance, Calif. ... Parents are Larry and Kim Muno ... Has one sibling, Zana ... Roots for the Los Angeles Lakers, Kings, Dodgers, and San Diego Chargers ... Lists Stepbrothers as his favorite flick ... Calls Kobe Bryant, Andre Ethier, and Ray Lewis his favorite athletes ... Enjoys playing football as a hobby.
