UC Santa Barbara
2018 First Team All-Big West
2017 NECBL Most Valuable Player
2017 NECBL Top Pro Prospect Award
2018: Followed up an impressive freshman campaign with an even better sophomore season…Was the only Gaucho to play in all 56 games…Has made 108 consecutive starts in centerfield dating back to last season…Named First Team All-Big West…Went 68-for-218 at the plate to lead UCSB with a .312 batting average…Slashed .312/.386/.454…Led the Gauchos with a .386 on-base percentage…Also led the team with 68 hits, 41 RBIs and 24 walks…Ranked second on the team with five homeruns, 32 runs scored, 10 doubles, three triples and 12 stolen bases…Tallied 19 multi-hit games while recording at least one hit in 44 games…Finished the season on a 15-game hitting streak…In conference play alone, hit .337 (33-for-98) in 24 games with three of his five homeruns…Hit a clutch, game-tying two-run blast in the bottom of the 11th inning of a 9-8 walk-off win over UC Riverside on Apr. 27…Went 9-for-15 (.600) with seven RBIs and six runs with a 1.067 slugging percentage during the UCR series to be named Big West Field Player of the Week…Second on the team with nine multi-RBI games…Defensively, was flawless in the outfield with a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage…Had zero errors in 156 total chances…Had a season-high four hits in a game on back-to-back days against UC Riverside on Apr. 27 and Apr. 28…Scored a season-high three runs against Dartmouth on Mar. 14…Swiped two bases in a game against UCR (Apr. 27) and against Cal State Bakersfield (May 15)…Earned Big West All-Academic honors.
2017: Appeared in 52 games as a true sophomore, all starts in center field ... Finished the season with a .295/.352/.447 slash line, 30 RBIs, nine doubles, four triples, and four home runs in 190 at-bats ... Walked 16 times and struck out 31 times ... Swiped nine bags in 13 attempts ... Ranked second on the team in RBIs, second in stolen bases, third in hits (56), third in slugging, fourth in batting average, Missed the first four games of the season with a minor injury, started the final 52 in a row ... Had seven multi-RBI games – tied for second-most on the team – and 14 multi-hit games ... Recorded his first Division I hit on Feb. 25 against Tulane, a two-run single down the right-field line in the second inning of an eventual 14-1 Gaucho win ... Had a 17-game hitting streak from Apr. 2-30, the longest by a Gaucho in 2017 and the longest by any UCSB player since former third baseman Peter Maris had a 21-game streak in 2015 ... Walked in two straight games after his hit streak ended, giving him a team-high 19 games in a row of reaching base safely ... Hit .333 with runners on base and .361 with runners in scoring position ... Recorded 10 RBIs in situations with a runner on third and less than two outs, most on the team ... Hit in every spot in the lineup except cleanup and ninth, spending the most games (24) in the six hole ... Had 13 two-out RBIs, second most on the team ... Batted .288 in conference play ... Played his best baseball in April, when he batted .357 and slugged .557 ... Had more doubles (five), triples (three), and RBIs (16) in April than the other three months of the season combined (four, one, and 14, respectively) ... Best performance of the year came on May 23 against USC, as he finished a triple short of the cycle and drove in a pair as UCSB won 11-2 ... Hit a three-run home run at Cal State Northridge on Apr. 9, one of his two three-RBI performances of the year ... Had a standout day against Pepperdine on Mar. 28, going 3-4 with a triple, two RBIs, and two stolen bases ... Spent the summer with the Mystic Schooners of the NECBL, batting .328 with eight home runs, 10 stolen bases, and 21 RBIs and just 32 games ... Was named the NECBL MVP and First Team All-NECBL after his monster summer ... Named to the NECBL South Division All-Star Team after the first half of the summer.
2016: Redshirted in his true freshman season at UCSB ... Spent the summer with the Victoria HarbourCats of the West Coast League ... Was teammates with fellow Gaucho freshman Matt Lautz ... Ended the regular season with a .298/357/.421 slash line including 20 RBIs, eight extra-base hits, and seven stolen bases over 33 games (114 at-bats) ... Went 1-8 in two postseason contests ... Was named Honorable Mention All-WCL.
High School: Played four seasons at Dougherty Valley High School under head coach Brandon Croker ... Played both middle infield positions for the Wildcats ... After his senior season, was named Diablo Foothill Athletic League MVP, First Team All-East Bay Area, First Team All-League, and Third Team All-State ... As a senior, had a .467/.512/.720 slash line to go with 15 extra-base hits and 18 RBIs in 24 games played ... Was an All-League Second Team selection as a junior ... Batted .333 as a junior ... Holds school records for single-season batting average, OPS, and doubles ... Made three postseason apperances with the Wildcats ... Also competed in football and basketball ... Was a First Team All-League kicker in football ... Was a four-time NCS Scholar Athlete and four-time honor roll student ... In the summer before attending UCSB, played for the Danville Hoots of the Connie Mack League.
Personal: Thomas David Jew was born on Oct. 26, 1997 to parents David and Jeanette in Walnut Creek, Calif. ... Has one younger brother, Matt ... Majoring in statistics ... Aspires to be an engineer and/or sports analyst/coach ... Roots for the Golden State Warriors, San Francisco Giants, and San Francisco 49ers ... Lists his favorite movies as Top Gun, Good Will Hunting, and The Internship ... Lists hitting a triple and scoring the game-winning run in the ninth inning against UC Riverside on Apr. 30, 2017 as his favorite UCSB moment ... Calls winning League MVP his most memorable pre-UCSB sporting moment ... Enjoys reading the Percy Jackson series of novels ... Calls Rick Riordan his favorite writer ... Listens to Needtobreathe, Drake, and Chance the Rapper ... Plays basketball and watches TV in his free time ... Cites Derek Jeter, Steph Curry, and Buster Posey as his favorite athletes ... Likes to watch Friends.
