Jason Rackers

Photo by: Jan Salmon

Photo by: Michael Dann

Position:
RHP
Height:
6-7
Weight:
225
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Jefferson City, Mo.
High School:
Blair Oaks
Prev School:
Tennessee

Tennessee: Made seven appearances and started three games during the 2021 season…Went 1-1 with a 2.53 ERA and 10 strikeouts in 10.2 innings…Threw 1.1 scoreless innings of relief against top-ranked Arkansas in the SEC Championship game (5/30)…Threw one shutout inning of relief in a midweek win over Belmont (5/18)…Posted a career-high four strikeouts and allowed one unearned run on one hit in 3.1 innings in a start vs. Tennessee Tech (4/20)…Returned from injury to pitch one scoreless inning out of the bullpen in a win vs. Eastern Kentucky (4/6)…Made his Tennessee starting debut against Arkansas-Pine Bluff (2/23), where he allowed one run on two hits and struck out two in two innings.

Jefferson College: Helped lead Jefferson College to 101 wins in two seasons…Earned All-Conference honors in 2018 and 2019…Two-time NJCAA All-Region selection…Named a Region 16 All-Defensive Team pitcher in 2018…Was named Region 16 Pitcher of the Week twice in 2019…Put together an 8-3 record with two complete games over 13 starts during the 2019 campaign…Struck out 82 with just 22 walks in 65.2 innings while posting a 3.97 ERA that year…Helped the Vikings reach the NJCAA Division I College World Series as a freshman in 2018 after going 11-1 and tossing four complete games…Registered 103 strikeouts and walked only 23 in 82 innings to go along with a 2.63 ERA his 2018 season.

Prep: Standout at Blair Oaks High School…Rated as the 26th prospect in the state of Missouri coming out of high school…Two-sport athlete who played baseball and basketball all four years…Named to Missouri’s All-State Team as a junior in 2016…Landed a spot on the All-Conference and All-District teams in baseball as a senior…Selected to play in the Missouri High School Baseball Coaches Association Senior All-Star Series…Was a member of Team Missouri in the 2016 Midwest Classic Baseball Tournament and Junior Sunbelt Classic…Named the Conference Most Outstanding Player in basketball in 2016-17…Two-time All-Conference and All-District performer in basketball…Named to multiple All-Tournament teams during the 2016-17 season.

Personal: Born February 4, 1999…Majoring in General Studies…Son of Mike and Janelle Rackers…Has one brother, Jeremy, and one sister, Amanda…Was the recipient of the East Tennessee Nissan Athletic Scholarship Endowment.