Biography
2010 OVC Commissioner’s Honor Roll
2008 OVC Commissioner’s Honor Roll
2008 OVC All-Freshman Team
JSU CAREER: (2010) Played in 51 games with 49 starts as a junior, including 34 at shortstop, nine in right field, four as DH, and two at second…batted ..278 with 50 hits, 14 doubles, two triples, two home runs with 31 RBI and two stolen bases…posted a season-high four hits in the season-opener against Michigan (2/19)...scored a season-high three-runs against Southern Illinois (2/27)...hit home runs against Murray State (4/10) and at Troy (5/5)...finished with 13 multi-hit games that included eight two-hit games, four three-hit games and a four-hit game...produced multiple RBI in eight games, driving in four runs against Murray State (4/10)...had two doubles against Kennesaw State (2/24) and at Eastern Kentucky (5/15)…hit .344 vs OVC opponents and posted a .547 slugging percentage…led team with a .400 batting average during the month of April, going 16-for-40 with 12 RBI.
(2009) Played in 49 games and had 45 starts as a sophomore…batted .281 with three doubles, one home run and 25 RBI…led the team with a .556 batting average with bases loaded, going 5-for-9…had 13 two-out RBI…had 11 multiple-hit games and six multiple-RBI games…drove in a career-high three runs against Kennesaw State on 4/14…hit his second career home run in the OVC Tournament against Tennessee Tech, a two-run shot in the fourth inning…had his best series of the year at Austin Peay, where he batted .500 vs the Governors…played well in the OVC Tournament, where he went 7-for-22
(2008) As a true freshman, played in 31 games with 27 starts…was named to the OVC All-Freshman team after batting .226 with five doubles, one home run and four RBI…made his collegiate debut on 3/12 vs Kennesaw State, where he started at shortstop, and finished 1-for-2 with a double…had his best series vs Samford, where he went 6-for-10, with six runs scored…went 3-for-3 with three runs scored and a walk on 4/5 vs the Bulldogs…also had three hits and scored three runs on 5/3 at Morehead State, where he added a pair of walks…hit his first career home run at Austin Peay on 3/30…had four multiple-hit games…had a season-long four-game hitting streak.
HIGH SCHOOL: Played for Greg Payne at Gordon Lee Memorial High School in Chickamauga, Ga…was a four-year lettermen was a first-team All-State selection after batting .350 as a senior…helped the Trojans to a pair of Region Championships…had the game winning hit in the quarterfinals of the state playoffs after being down by six runs with two outs…was named tournament Most Valuable Player at the Yellow Jacket Classic… was named to the Georgia Futures All-Star team in 2005 and 2006…was a Georgia All-Star selection in 2007…was an honor student…named Who’s Who Among American High School Students…played summer baseball for Brad Bouras as a member of Team Georgia and faced Team USA and Team China in 2006.
PERSONAL: Full name is Jacob Tyler M. Sharrock…son of Glen and Kym Sharrock…born on October 3, 1988…has one older brother, Josh…lists the Atlanta Braves as his favorite Major League team…majoring in Political Science at JSU.
Year AVG G-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K SB-A
2008 .226 31-27 84 21 19 5 0 1 4 16 24 1-1
2009 .281 49-45 146 22 41 3 0 1 25 20 26 1-2
2010 .278 51-49 180 40 50 14 2 2 31 21 38 2-3
TOTAL .268 131-121 410 83 110 22 2 4 60 57 88 4-6
CAREER HIGHS
AB: 6, vs Tennessee Tech (5/22/09)
R: 3, last at Morehead State (5/3/08)
H: 4, vs Michigan (2/19/10)
2B: 2, at Eastern Kentucky (5/15/10)
3B: 1, twice, last vs Southeast Missouri (4/25/10)
HR 1, 4 times, last at Troy (5/5/10)
RBI: 4, vs Murray State (4/10/10)
