UC Santa Barbara
2015 All-Big West Second Team
Career Stats: 20-11, 3.00 ERA, 279.1 IP, 196 K, 60 BB, 3 CG, 0 E
2015: In this third full season in the rotation, went 7-5 with a 2.70 ERA, 96 strikeouts, and 26 walks in 116 2/3 innings pitched ... Set career highs in innings and strikeouts ... Tied for 8th in the UCSB annals with 20 career victories ... Was named the National Pitcher of the Week on Mar. 31 after punching out a career-high 12 while allowing just four hits in a complete game effort against Long Beach State ... Pitched into the 7th inning or later in 31 of his final 32 career starts ... Other standout starts include eight shutout innings and 10 Ks in a 1-0 win against Oregon on Mar. 1, six shutout innings against Wichita State on Mar. 15, and eight shutout innings against UC Davis on May 2 ... Led all players in the Big West with eight pickoffs ... Tossed three complete games, two of those resulted in losses ... Pitched the third-most innings among Big West pitchers, had the fourth-most strikeouts, and the 10th-lowest ERA ... Recorded 11 quality starts, second most on the team ... In his Lake Elsinore Regional start, surrendered four earned runs in 6 1/3 innings to USC with five punchouts and two walks ... Selected by the Miami Marlins in the fifth round of the 2015 MLB First-Year Player Draft with the 146th overall selection.
2014: Emerged as UCSB's Friday starter, making 12 starts ... Finished the year with an 8-2 record, 2.61 ERA, 47-19 K-BB, nine quality starts, and 75 hits allowed in 79.1 innings pitched ... Led the team in wins, starts, innings pitched, quality starts and strikeouts ... Pitched into the sixth inning in every start ... Allowed three earned runs or fewer in 10 of 12 starts ... Ranked second on the team in ERA, third in strikeout-to-walk ratio, and fourth in walks per nine innings ... His eight wins were tied for fifth-most among Big West pitchers ... Picked off four runners, a team-high and seventh-most among conference pitchers ... Really limited the running game; despite leading the team in innings, opposing runners attempted just three stolen bases against him and only one was successful ... Team was 9-3 in his starts ... Best start of the year came on Feb. 28 vs. Princeton, when he allowed no runs and just four hits in seven innings pitched while striking out a career-high seven batters ... Also allowed no earned runs in a May 9 start vs. CSUN ... Allowed one earned run in starts against Mississippi State (Mar. 7) and UC Davis (May 22) ... Was 3-2 with a 3.16 ERA in conference play ... In summer ball, was named an All-Star and won the Cape Cod League Championship with the Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox ... Had a 6-2 record and 1.55 ERA for the Red Sox in 52.1 IP with a 40-10 K-BB ratio ... He pitched 6.2 shutout innings in his final appearance of the playoffs for Yarmouth-Dennis, helping his team advance to the League Championship Series.
2013: UCSB's Saturday starter for the majority of the year, Jacome finished the year with a 5-4 record in 14 starts ... Racked up 53 strikeouts in 83.1 innings ... Had six games with at least five strikeouts ... Finished year with a 3.89 ERA ... Gave up three runs or less in 11 starts ... nine quality starts ... Allowed two runs or fewer in each of his final four starts ... Tossed 6.1 innings of two-run ball with no walks against No. 3 Oregon State in the Corvallis, Ore. Regional ... Had five 100+ pitch starts ... Allowed the fewest hits and fifth-fewest walks of all qualified pitchers in the Big West ... Best start came at UC Riverside, when he allowed just two hits and no runs in 7.2 innings of work while striking out a season-high six.
High School: Earned three varsity letters for Redlands East Valley High under Head Coach James Cordes and the Wildcats … Pitched and played first base … Won CBL Citrus Belt League titles in 2010 and 2012 … Once relieved in a 14 inning game for 9 2/3 innings with eight strkeouts and even tripled and scored the winning run.
Personal: Born Justin Jacome (Hawk-oh-may) on October 19, 1993 to Robin and Paul Jacome in Fontana, CA … Goes by the nickname “Hawk” … Has two younger siblings, Jacob and Julia … Currently undecided on a major … Favorite team is the Los Angeles Angels … Favorite athlete is Cole Hamels … favorite movies are Troy and Never Back Down … favorite novel is The Outsiders … Listens to Linkin Park, Breaking Benjamin, and Eminem … Favorite TV shows include NCIS, Big Bang Theory, Family Guy, and The Run Down … Hobbies are playing video games and coaching … Also recruited by Cal State Fullerton, UCLA, USC, Oregon, Arizona, UCI, and Loyola Marymount.
