University of California, Santa Barbara

UC SANTA BARBARA
2026
Made 18 appearances for the Gauchos, recording three saves … Tallied a 3.96 ERA in 38.2 innings with 55 strikeouts to 25 walks … Struck out a career-high seven batters three times this season, only allowing one earned run between all three outings; against LMU on February 24 and March 3, and against UC San Diego on March 11 … Earned his first three career saves in consecutive games: at CSUN on May 8, at CSUN on May 9 and against UC Riverside on May 16.

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HIGH SCHOOL
Pitched to a 0.72 ERA with 250 strikeouts to just 37 walks and a .125 opponent batting average over two years on varsity at Cardinal Newman … Led the Cardinals to the North Bay League Championship, County Championship, District Championship, CIF North Coast Section Championship and CIF Division 2 State Championship as a junior … Named First Team All-State, NorCal Pitcher of the Year, First Team All-NorCal, First Team All-Bay Area, North Bay League Pitcher of the Year and First Team All-NBL.

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PERSONAL
Josh “Big Cheese” Jannicelli was born May 3, 2007 in Santa Rosa … Son of Steve and Jenny Jannicelli … Has an older brother, Jake, and older sister, Lauren … Majoring in Economics at UC Santa Barbara … Lists winning the CIF Division 2 State Championship as his most memorable athletic achievement to date … Roots for the San Francisco Giants and Golden State Warriors … Lists pitchers Randy Johnson, Pedro Martinez and Tim Lincecum as his favorite athletes … Enjoys playing golf, hacky sack, pickleball, basketball and video games in his free time … His favorite movie is Wedding Crashers.