2020 Baseball Roster
Roster
JT Schwartz
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- 208
- Class:
- Redshirt Freshman
- Hometown:
- Newport Beach, Calif.
- High School:
- Corona del Mar HS
Notes
Selected in the fourth round (No. 111ย overall) of the 2021 MLB First-Year Player Draft by the New York Mets ... A two-year starter at UCLA, posted a .377/.481/.561 career slash line with eight home runs, 25 extra-base hits, and 53 RBIs in 59 games ... Had a promising redshirt freshman campaign (.328 average) cut short by COVID ... Broke out with a dominant redshirt sophomore campaign (.396/.514/.628), winning the Pac-12 batting title and finishing just short of becoming the first Bruin to bat .400 for a season since 2001 ... In 2021, Schwartz produced the No. 2 OBP and No. 7 batting average in single-season program history (as of Jul. 8, 2021).ย
Career Highlights
2021 All-American
2021 ABCA All-West Region
2021 Pac-12 Batting Champion
2021 Pac-12 All-Conference Team
2021 Lubbock Regional All-Tournament Team
2021 CoSIDAย Academic All-District Team
Eight-time UCLA Director's Honor Roll
2021
Had a breakout campaign as a redshirt sophomore, slashing .396/.514/.628 in 164 at-bats over 44 games ... Added 44 runs, 65 hits, 12 doubles, one triple, eight home runs, 45 RBIs, five sac flies, and 37 walks ... Made 42 starts at first base and two at DH ... Team was 29-15 in his starts ... Picked up a litany of postseason awards, including D1Baseball Third Team All-America, ABCA All-West Region Second Team, and Pac-12 All-Conference Team ... Was named the Pac-12 Batting Champion, UCLA's first since 2001ย ... Produced the second-best OBP and seventh-best batting average in single-season program history ... Led the team in batting, OBP, slugging, RBIs, and walks ... Pac-12/NCAA ranks included: batting average (1/17), walks (6/37), walks per game (0.84; 3/39), OBP (2/13), RBIs (8/77) sac flies (6/70), slugging (7/87) ... Led the team with 15 multi-RBI games, and was second with 20 multi-hit games ... Had more multi-hit games (20) that single-hit games (16) ... Missed the first 10 games of the year, and 13 overall, due to injury ... Named to the Lubbock Regional All-Tournament Team after batting .313 (6-15) with four RBIs over four games ... Had three hits (including his first-career triple) and three RBIs in his season debut, against USC on Mar. 7 ... Had multiple hits and RBIs in his first three games of the year ... Had a season-long eight-game hit streak from Apr. 10-23, batting 11-28 (.393) ... Had a performance to remember on Apr. 25 at Oregon, going 3-5 with two home runs and a career-high four RBIs ... That was his first career multi-HR game ... Was 3-3, reached base five times, and matched a career-high with four runs scored as UCLA defeated Utah 20-0 on Apr. 16 ... Had a 4-5 day with three RBIs at Washington State on May 9, his first-career four-hit day ... Went 3-5 with two doubles and three runs scored at Arizona State on May 27 ... Batted .407 for the season with runners in scoring position ... In conference play, slashed .404/.558/.660 with six home runs and 26 RBIs over 27 games ... Batted .500 over 12 games in March, and .420 over 13 games in May ... Was batting .500 as late as Mar. 28 ... His batting average didn't dipย under .400 for the first time untilย Apr. 13 ... Hung around the .400 mark from that point on, carrying a .406 average heading into the final game of the season ... Made six errors on the year, good for a .984 fielding percentage ... Selected to the CoSIDA 2020-21 Academic All-District Baseball Team ... He was one of just four infielders, and 11 student-athletes overall, to be honored from District 8, which is comprised of all schools from California, Alaska, Arizona, Hawaii, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Canada ... Named to the 2021 Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll (3.3+ cumulative GPA, 1+ year of residence at institution) ... Named to the UCLA Director's Honor Roll for fall, winter, and spring quarters (3.0+ quarter GPA, 12+ units passed).ย
2020
Started all 15 of the team's games at first base, one of three Bruins (Mitchell, Moberg) to start every game at the same position ... Slashed .328/.380/.391 with two doubles, eight RBIs, and 11 runs in 64 at-bats ... Ranked as the No. 37 freshman hitter in the country per D1Baseball's analytical rankings ... Hit safely in all but one game of the season, ending the year on a nine-game hitting streak ... Had four multi-hit games, including a trio of three-hit performances ... Went 2-4 and drove in a pair on Opening Day, recording his first career hit and RBI ... Went 3-5 and scored a pair of runs against Loyola Marymount on Feb. 18 ... Went 3-4 with a double in the St. Mary's series opener on Feb. 21 ... Was 2-2 in stolen base attempts ...ย Named to the Director's Honor Roll for fall, winter, and springย (quarter GPA of 3.0 or higher and pass at least 12 units).ย
2019 (Summer)
Played with the La Crosse Loggers of the Northwoods League ... Over 196 at-bats and 52 games, crafted a league-high .378 batting average ... Recipient of the Northwoods Big Stick Award at First Base (the equivalent of the Silver Slugger in MLB) ... Named La Crosse Team MVP ... Northwoods League All-Star ... Had 15 doubles, one triple, one home run, and 35 RBIs ... Walked (25) more times than he struck out (23) ... Was 6-9 in stolen base attempts ... Had a nine-game hit streak from Jul. 12-23 ... Went 4-5 in back-to-back games against Thunder Bay and Waterloo on Jul. 6 and 7, respectively ... Opened the summer on a tear, recording multiple hits in five straight games (12-18, .667) ... Homered as part of a 3-4, three-run day against Rochester on Jul. 12.ย
2019
Redshirted ...ย Named to the UCLA Director's Honor Roll for fall and spring quarters (3.0+ quarter GPA, 12 units passed),
2018 (Summer)
Crushed West Coast Leagueย pitching during his summer with Wenatchee, slugging .320/.395/.560 over 20 games โฆ In his 75 at-bats, had nine extra-base hits including four homers โฆ Drove in 15 runs โฆ Played both corner infield positions โฆ Best performance of the summer came on Jul. 22 against Yakima Valley, as he had three extra-base hits (two doubles, triple) and four RBIs.ย ย
High School
Earned four varsity letters in baseball and two in basketball at Corona del Mar High School ... Had a career slash line of .373/.455/.573 ...ย Ranked No. 29 in the 2018 Perfect Game USA Top High School Prospects in the state of California โฆ Ranked No. 209 in the 2018 Perfect Game USA Top 500 High School Prospects โฆ 2017 Perfect Game Rawlings Underclass High Honorable Mention All-American โฆ 2017 Collegiate Baseball All-America second team selection โฆ 2017 All-CIF SS selection โฆ 2017 Pacific Coast League MVP โฆ 2017 All-Orange County second team selection โฆ Collegiate Baseball First Team All-American ... First Team-All-CIF ... First Team All-League ...ย Played for the Milwaukee Brewers at the 2017 Area Code Games in Long Beach, Calif. โฆ 2017 17U Perfect Game World Series All-Tournament Team selection โฆ In his senior season, batted .326 with a career-high seven home runs and a .697 slugging percentage ... As a junior at Corona Del Mar HS, hit .459 with 28 runs, 24 RBIs, four home runs and a .729 slugging percentage โฆ As a sophomore, hit .320 with 13 runs, 19 RBIs and two home runs โฆ As a freshman, hit .380 with 18 runs and 16 RBIs with one double.
Personal
Jason Thomas Schwartz was bornย to parents Floyd and Deborah in Newport Beach, Calif. ... Has one older brother, Trevor ... Majoring in sociology ... Chose UCLA because "it is without question the finest all-around university in the world!" ... Lists winning Corona del Mar's first league championship in 13 years as his greatest pre-UCLA athletic thrill ... Favorite athletes include Nolan Arenado, Chase Utley, and Kyrieย Irving ... In his free time, likes to play basketball, go to the beach, and watch movies.
Career Highs
At-Bats: 6 vs. Illinois (3/1/20)
Runs: 4 (twice)
Hits: 4 at Washington State (5/9/21)
RBI: 4 at Oregon (4/25/21)
Doubles: 2 at Arizona State (5/27/21)
Triples: 1 vs. USC (3/7/21)
Home Runs: 2 at Oregon (4/25/21)
Stolen Bases: 1 (three times)
