Jacob Boland Season 2026

BEFORE PURDUE
• Pitched 30 innings across 14 appearances (2 starts) during his freshman season at Chipola College in Marianna, Florida
• Recorded 29 strikeouts vs. nine walks to go along with a 3.30 ERA and 1.33 WHIP for a 30-win Chipola team
• Reliable starter for the Greenville Yard Gnomes of the Coastal Plain League in the summer of 2025, working 37 1/3 innings over nine appearances
• Posted a 1.66 ERA and 24 strikeouts vs. 13 hits allowed over five appearances in July for Greenville
• Did not allow an earned run over 13 innings while winning consecutive starts for Greenville in late July
• Struck out six of nine batters faced in a hitless appearance to earn a three-inning save in his lone relief outing for Greenville

HIGH SCHOOL
• Lettered for coach Lance Durham at Fairfield High School in the north suburbs of Cincinnati
• First Team all-city and all-conference as a senior
• Racked up 82 strikeouts vs. 14 walks in 53 2/3 innings (13.8 K/9, 5.9 K-to-BB) as a senior
• Also had a 1.30 ERA and 0.70 WHIP as a senior, throwing a one-hitter four complete-game shutouts
• Struck out 12 over six innings in his finest start as a high school senior, earning Cincinnati Enquirer and FHS Athlete of the Week honors
• Second Team all-conference as a junior after posting a 0.80 ERA and 1.00 WHIP in 33 innings
• Honor roll student
• Also played travel ball for the Midland Redskins in the summer, posting a 1.50 ERA and 36 strikeouts vs. eight walks in 27 innings

PERSONAL
• Major: Selling & Sales Management
• Full name is Jacob Lawrence Boland 
• Born in Fairfield, Ohio 
• Parents are Jeff and Becky Boland 
• Family also includes older sister Jess 
• Father played baseball at the University of Cincinnati