Indiana University Athletics
2026 Baseball Roster
Jersey Number 34
Jake Hanley
- Weight:
- 241
- Height:
- 6-6
- Position:
- INF
- Year:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Mason, Ohio
- High School:
- Mason
2026 (Sophomore Season)
Awards: Second Team All-Big Ten selection (at-large).
Stats: First IU player since at least 2005 to start every game of his freshman (56) and sophomore (54) season … has made 110-consecutive starts since arriving on campus … recorded his 100th career hit in a win over Minnesota (3/20).
Season: Started all 54 games at first base … the only IU player to start in every single game of the season … hit .338 with 71 hits, 56 runs, 14 doubles, 14 home runs and 48 RBIs … slugged at a.605 clip and had an on-base percentage of .448 … one of five IU players to start in over 40 games and hit .300 on the year … had 22 multi-hit games and a team best 14 multi-RBI efforts … led the team with a .359 batting average in conference action … fielded at a .992 clip with just three errors in nearly 400 chances at first base … had nearly as many walks (43) as strikeouts (47) during his sophomore campaign … reached base in 50 of his 54 games on the year … had a season best 12-game hitting streak (3/29 – 4/17) … provided six-straight games with at least two hits near the end of the year (4/26 – 5/8) … walked on multiple occasions in 11 games – including season high four walks against Abilene Christian (4/18) … hit home runs in Big Ten games against Washington (3/8), Minnesota (3/20, 3/21), Rutgers (4/3, 4/4), Maryland (4/11, 4/12), Northwestern (5/3) and Illinois (5/16) … provided a multi-hit performance in all three games of the series against Rutgers (4/3 – 4/5) and Northwestern (5/1 – 5/3) … recorded a four-hit day against Minnesota (3/20) … finished the season on an 11-game reached base streak.
2025 (Freshman Season)
Awards: 2025 Big Ten Freshman of the Year … fourth player in program history (Alex Dickerson – 2009, Sam Travis – 2012 and Devin Taylor – 2023) to be named Big Ten Freshman of the Year … NCBWA First Team Freshman All-American … Perfect Game First Team Freshman All-American … Baseball America Second Team Freshman All-American … Second Team All-Big Ten selection (at-large) … one of three IU players to make the Big Ten All-Freshman Team (Malamazian, Moore) … ABCA Midwest Second Team All-Region selection (1B) … ABCA Midwest All-Region Gold Glove recipient (1B) … two-time winner of the Big Ten Freshman of the Week (March 31st & May 5th) … one of two players – both from IU (Hogan Denny) – to win multiple Big Ten Freshman of the Week honors in 2025.
Stats: First IU true freshman to start every game of the season since Logan Sowers (2015) … most hits in a season by an IU freshman (73) since Josh Pyne (74 – 2022) … eighth true freshman in program history to hit at least 10 home runs in his rookie season … recorded the longest hitting streak (10 games) by an IU freshman to begin his rookie year since Paul Toetz (2021) … led all Big Ten freshmen in batting average (.333), hits (73), home runs (14) and RBIs (52).
Season: Started all 56 games as the team’s first baseman … one of two IU players (Korbyn Dickerson) to start all 56 games for head coach Jeff Mercer … played a flawless defense with zero errors in over 400 chances at first base … hit .333 with 73 hits, 48 runs scored, 14 home runs and 52 RBIs … also added 33 walks and nine doubles … tied for second on the team with 22 multi-hit games … provided 14 multi-RBI games … made his first career start on opening day against UNLV (2/14) … recorded his first career hit in the same game … recorded his first career home run against Ohio State (3/14) … had three separate multi-home run games against Ohio State (3/14), Maryland (4/20) and Evansville (4/30) … collected his first three-hit day against UNLV (2/17) … provided four-straight multi-hit days from February 24th (Northwestern) to February 28th (Stetson) … opened the year on a 10-game hitting streak … had a separate nine-game hitting streak between March 2nd (Mount St. Mary’s) and March 16th (Ohio State) … went 6-for-10 (.600) in a twin bill against USC (3/28), homering in both ends of the doubleheader against the Trojans … reached safely in all four plate appearances against Michigan State (4/7) with three hits and a walk … had career highs in hits (4) and RBIs (5) in road victory at Evansville (4/30) … provided a multi-hit effort in first Big Ten Tournament game (5/20) against Rutgers.
Prep/Personal
Prepped at Mason High School in Ohio under head coach Curt Bly …. helped lead the Comets to their first OHSAA State Championship in 2024 … hit .384 as a senior with 33 runs, 32 RBIs, seven doubles, four triples and five home runs … excelled on the mound as a senior with a 9-1 record, a 1.79 earned run average and 87 strikeouts in 58.2 innings … broke program records in hits, extra base hits, RBIs, runs and games played … 2024 OHSBCA Ohio State Player of the Year … 2024 Max Preps Ohio State Player of the Year … 2024 Max Preps First Team High School All-American … three-time All-Conference selection … ABCA/Rawlings Third Team High School All-American selection in 2024 … No. 213 overall prospect in the class of 2024 by Perfect Game … No. 2 overall prospect in State of Ohio by Perfect Game … participated in the 2023 Area Code Games and the 2024 MLB Draft Combine … intended major is Marketing and Professional Sales … son of Susan and Todd Hanley … brother, Ben, played high school with Jake in 2024.
Awards: Second Team All-Big Ten selection (at-large).
Stats: First IU player since at least 2005 to start every game of his freshman (56) and sophomore (54) season … has made 110-consecutive starts since arriving on campus … recorded his 100th career hit in a win over Minnesota (3/20).
Season: Started all 54 games at first base … the only IU player to start in every single game of the season … hit .338 with 71 hits, 56 runs, 14 doubles, 14 home runs and 48 RBIs … slugged at a.605 clip and had an on-base percentage of .448 … one of five IU players to start in over 40 games and hit .300 on the year … had 22 multi-hit games and a team best 14 multi-RBI efforts … led the team with a .359 batting average in conference action … fielded at a .992 clip with just three errors in nearly 400 chances at first base … had nearly as many walks (43) as strikeouts (47) during his sophomore campaign … reached base in 50 of his 54 games on the year … had a season best 12-game hitting streak (3/29 – 4/17) … provided six-straight games with at least two hits near the end of the year (4/26 – 5/8) … walked on multiple occasions in 11 games – including season high four walks against Abilene Christian (4/18) … hit home runs in Big Ten games against Washington (3/8), Minnesota (3/20, 3/21), Rutgers (4/3, 4/4), Maryland (4/11, 4/12), Northwestern (5/3) and Illinois (5/16) … provided a multi-hit performance in all three games of the series against Rutgers (4/3 – 4/5) and Northwestern (5/1 – 5/3) … recorded a four-hit day against Minnesota (3/20) … finished the season on an 11-game reached base streak.
2025 (Freshman Season)
Awards: 2025 Big Ten Freshman of the Year … fourth player in program history (Alex Dickerson – 2009, Sam Travis – 2012 and Devin Taylor – 2023) to be named Big Ten Freshman of the Year … NCBWA First Team Freshman All-American … Perfect Game First Team Freshman All-American … Baseball America Second Team Freshman All-American … Second Team All-Big Ten selection (at-large) … one of three IU players to make the Big Ten All-Freshman Team (Malamazian, Moore) … ABCA Midwest Second Team All-Region selection (1B) … ABCA Midwest All-Region Gold Glove recipient (1B) … two-time winner of the Big Ten Freshman of the Week (March 31st & May 5th) … one of two players – both from IU (Hogan Denny) – to win multiple Big Ten Freshman of the Week honors in 2025.
Stats: First IU true freshman to start every game of the season since Logan Sowers (2015) … most hits in a season by an IU freshman (73) since Josh Pyne (74 – 2022) … eighth true freshman in program history to hit at least 10 home runs in his rookie season … recorded the longest hitting streak (10 games) by an IU freshman to begin his rookie year since Paul Toetz (2021) … led all Big Ten freshmen in batting average (.333), hits (73), home runs (14) and RBIs (52).
Season: Started all 56 games as the team’s first baseman … one of two IU players (Korbyn Dickerson) to start all 56 games for head coach Jeff Mercer … played a flawless defense with zero errors in over 400 chances at first base … hit .333 with 73 hits, 48 runs scored, 14 home runs and 52 RBIs … also added 33 walks and nine doubles … tied for second on the team with 22 multi-hit games … provided 14 multi-RBI games … made his first career start on opening day against UNLV (2/14) … recorded his first career hit in the same game … recorded his first career home run against Ohio State (3/14) … had three separate multi-home run games against Ohio State (3/14), Maryland (4/20) and Evansville (4/30) … collected his first three-hit day against UNLV (2/17) … provided four-straight multi-hit days from February 24th (Northwestern) to February 28th (Stetson) … opened the year on a 10-game hitting streak … had a separate nine-game hitting streak between March 2nd (Mount St. Mary’s) and March 16th (Ohio State) … went 6-for-10 (.600) in a twin bill against USC (3/28), homering in both ends of the doubleheader against the Trojans … reached safely in all four plate appearances against Michigan State (4/7) with three hits and a walk … had career highs in hits (4) and RBIs (5) in road victory at Evansville (4/30) … provided a multi-hit effort in first Big Ten Tournament game (5/20) against Rutgers.
Prep/Personal
Prepped at Mason High School in Ohio under head coach Curt Bly …. helped lead the Comets to their first OHSAA State Championship in 2024 … hit .384 as a senior with 33 runs, 32 RBIs, seven doubles, four triples and five home runs … excelled on the mound as a senior with a 9-1 record, a 1.79 earned run average and 87 strikeouts in 58.2 innings … broke program records in hits, extra base hits, RBIs, runs and games played … 2024 OHSBCA Ohio State Player of the Year … 2024 Max Preps Ohio State Player of the Year … 2024 Max Preps First Team High School All-American … three-time All-Conference selection … ABCA/Rawlings Third Team High School All-American selection in 2024 … No. 213 overall prospect in the class of 2024 by Perfect Game … No. 2 overall prospect in State of Ohio by Perfect Game … participated in the 2023 Area Code Games and the 2024 MLB Draft Combine … intended major is Marketing and Professional Sales … son of Susan and Todd Hanley … brother, Ben, played high school with Jake in 2024.
Jacksonville Baseball Classic - Notre Dame Press Conference
Sunday, February 22
Jacksonville Baseball Classic - UCF Press Conference
Saturday, February 21
Jacksonville Baseball Classic - LSU Press Conference
Friday, February 20
Big Ten Tournament Press Conference - vs. Rutgers
Wednesday, May 21
