Jake Guglielmi earned New Jersey Athletic Conference honors on the baseball field and in the classroom during his two years at Rutgers University-Camden. A transfer who played baseball for Rowan College of South Jersey-Cumberland, Guglielmi played in 60 games as the Scarlet Raptors’ catcher, starting 54 career games and compiling a .265 batting average and 330 putouts.
Academics: New Jersey Athletic Conference Academic Honorable Mention for the 2021-22 and 2022-23 scholastic years…Rutgers-Camden Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for the 2021 Fall, 2022 Spring, 2022 Fall and 2023 Spring semesters...Dean’s List student.
Baseball 2023: Named NJAC Honorable Mention…Appeared in 26 games, starting 23, in a season interrupted by an injury…Hit .260 with 15 runs and 15 RBIs…Had six doubles, two triples and two home runs to post a .468 slugging percentage…Added four HBP and 18 walks for a .424 on-base percentage…Finished second on the team with 144 putouts, while adding 10 assists, one double play and two errors for a .987 fielding percentage…Stole four bases in five attempts…After hitting .167 through April 13, hit .371 from April 16 through the end of the season…Played in 13 of the Raptors’ 18 NJAC games, hitting .295…Had six multiple-hit contests, with five of them coming in NJAC games…Had a four-game hitting streak from March 1-7 (7-for-12, .583)…Hit .714 (5-for-7) with a runner at third base and less than two outs…Had a huge game against FDU-Florham (March 4), going 4-for-5 with three runs and four RBIs, including triples in both the seventh and eighth innings to tie a program mark for most triples in a game…Went 3-for-5 with two doubles and two runs scored against New Jersey City (April 16, Game Two)…Went 2-for-4 with a double, a walk, a stolen base and two RBIs as the Raptors defeated nationally-ranked Rowan (April 21)…Went 3-for-4 with two doubles, one walk, one run and three RBIs against William Paterson (April 22, Game One)…Had a 2-for-3 game with a home run, two walks, two runs and two RBIs against The College of New Jersey (April 27)///Closed the season in the nightcap of a doubleheader against Montclair State (May 2) by going 3-for-4 with a double and two RBIs…Had double-digit putouts on four occasions, with the high of 14 against Delaware Valley (Feb. 23).
Baseball 2022: Appeared in 34 games, starting 31 as the Scarlet Raptors’ main catcher…Hit .268 with a .366 slugging percentage and a .383 on-base percentage…Third on the Raptors in RBIs (20) and sixth in runs (18)…Tied for the team lead with one triple and tied for second on the team with six doubles…Reached base 15 times on walks and six as a hit batsman…Went 3-for-4 on stolen base attempts…Second on the team with 186 putouts, while adding 23 assists and two double plays…Third on the team with 10 multiple-hit games, including a game against Arcadia (April 19) when he went 3-for-5 with one double, one run and two RBIs…Tied for second on the team with five multiple-RBI games, with the biggest day coming in the opener of a doubleheader against New Jersey City (April 16) when he went 2-for-4 with two runs and three RBIs, aided by his lone home run of the season…Had a pair of four-game hitting streaks, coming from March 16-19 (7-for-14, .500) and April 15-19 (8-for-14, .571)…Opened the season in a doubleheader against Oneonta (Feb. 27) and a single game against York (March 1) going 5-for-10 (.500) with one run, one RBI and one triple…Closed the season in a doubleheader against Montclair State (April 30) going 3-for-7 (4.29) with three RBIs, one run and one sacrifice…Defensively, had eight games with double-digit putouts, including a high of 15 in the opener of the New Jersey City doubleheader (April 16)…Had three assists in a game on four occasions, including a pair of runners caught stealing against Rutgers-Newark (April 8) and a game against Neumann (April 12) when he had two assists as a catcher after starting in left field and picking up an assist.
Pre-Rutgers: Played ball at the Cumberland campus of Rowan College of South Jersey in 2021…Hit .388 in 24 games, with one home run and four doubles…Had 18 RBIs, 24 runs and 10 stolen bases…Added one sacrifice fly…Walked 17 times, fanned 11 times and reached base twice as a hit batsman.
High School: Graduated from Buena Regional High School in 2019.
Club Teams: Buena Blue Dawgs
Personal: Born January 24, 2001…Last name pronounced “Goo-yell-me”…Hobbies include fishing and playing Airsoft…Biology major at Rutgers-Camden who plans to become a pharmacist…Jake is the son of Brittney and Brian Guglielmi of Landisville.
