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2024 Baseball Roster

Zachary Lucy
Dave Eggen/Inertia
Dave Eggen/Inertia
Dennis Hubbard

1 Jess Bellows

  • Height
    5-10
  • Weight
    190
  • Position
    Outfielder
  • Class
    Junior
  • Hometown
    Miles City, Mont.
  • High School
    Custer County District H.S.
  • Major
    Business Economics

Biography

PRONUNCIATION


HONORS AND AWARDS
  • Summit League All-Tournament Team (2023)
  • Summit League Honor Roll (2021)
2023: Returned to the lineup and settled into role as team’s starting left fielder … posted 13 multi-hit games, starting with 3-for-5 day with pair of doubles, in series finale at Little Rock (2/19) … went 3-for-4 with a double and RBI versus Iowa (3/17) … tallied three hits, career-high four RBIs and scored two runs in blowout victory in second game of doubleheader at Northern Colorado (3/24) … knocked in three runs with a single and double versus Dakota Wesleyan … matched career high with four RBIs in road win at Nebraska, including plating two with a sixth-inning double (4/26) … closed season by reaching base safely in 19 consecutive games … ended the year on a nine-game hitting streak that began with a 4-for-5, two-RBI performance in second game of doubleheader against Northern Colorado (5/14) … batted .467 (7-for-15) in four games at the Summit League Baseball Championship (5/24-27) to earn all-tournament honors … opened tournament with 2-for-5 night against North Dakota State (5/24) … hit lone home run of the season as part of 3-for-4 afternoon in championship game versus Oral Roberts (5/27)

2022: Was sidelined for most of the season due to injury and received an injury hardship … hit safely in four of the six games he played, including back-to-back two-hit performances versus Purdue (2/20) and Incarnate Word (2/24) doubled, scored and drove in a run in season opener against Purdue (2/18) … three of his four hits in the series with Purdue were doubles … made final appearance of the season in series opener at Wichita State (3/11) 

2021: Made an immediate impact at the top of the Jackrabbit lineup as a true freshman ... started 44 of the team's 47 games, drawing assignments at second base and the corner outfield positions ... ranked third on the team in both hits (42) and runs scored (26) ... hit safely in 11 of his first 12 collegiate games, starting with a 2-for-5 day at the plate with an RBI in collegiate debut versus Kansas (2/21) ... delivered tie-breaking run-scoring doubles in both games of doubleheader at Northern Colorado (2/27) ... ended UNC series with a .556 batting average (5-for-9) with six runs batted in and six runs scored, as well as his first collegiate home run ... went 3-for-3 with a a double and two runs scored in series finale versus Omaha (4/11) ... that started a streak of three consecutive multi-hit games, including back-to-back two-hit performances in doubleheader against North Dakota State (4/23) ... finished the season with seven multi-hit games ... drove in two runs and scored twice in opening game of another twinbill versus North Dakota State (4/24) ... stole bases in consecutive games at North Dakota State (5/14-15)

BEFORE SDSU: Batted .512, drove in 65 runs and stole 51 bases during the 2019 American Legion baseball season, while also recording a 1.86 earned run average as pitcher. ... a four-sport athlete at Custer County District High School, he also competed in football, basketball and track and field ... was a standout wide receiver in football who was selected to play in state all-star games after senior season ... member of the National Honor Society and a multi-time academic all-state honoree

Statistics

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2024

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Historical Player Information

  • 1

    2021Freshman

    Outfielder
    5'10" 165 lbs
    1
  • 1

    2022Sophomore

    Outfielder
    5'10" 180 lbs
    1
  • 1

    2023Sophomore

    Outfielder
    5'10" 180 lbs
    1
  • 1

    2024Junior

    Outfielder
    5'10" 190 lbs
    1
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