2025 Baseball Roster
Van De Brake, Jackson
Jersey Number 6
Jackson Van De Brake
- Position:
- INF
- B/T:
- R/R
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 202
- Class:
- Senior
- Major:
- Exercise and Sport Science
- Hometown:
- Yakima, Wash.
- High School:
- West Valley
Bio
AS A GRADUATE STUDENT (2025)
• Earned All-ACC Third Team honors, his second career all-conference selection.
• Named to the All-ACC tournament team after slashing .429/.600/.714 with three runs and two doubles across the three games, helping the program to its ninth ACC tournament title.
• Made ABCA Second Team All-Atlantic.
• Started all 61 games for the Tar Heels at second base, batting .306 with eight home runs and 58 RBIs.
• Led the team in doubles with 16, a career high output.
• Powered Carolina to a win over Clemson in the ACC tournament title game with five RBIs, including a three-run homer.
• Earlier in the tournament against Boston College (5/23), he knocked a game-tying two-run double that helped UNC to the 7-2 win.
• Productive at the plate in the Chapel Hill Super Regional against Arizona, reaching base at a .625 clip with eight walks, four RBIs, and six runs scored.
• Logged his first career triple in a huge moment, clearing the bases in the top of the 10th to put the Heels ahead of UNCW (3/11).
• Helped the Heels to a series win over Duke with four hits and eight defensive assists (team-high) in a 14-inning Sunday marathon (4/05).
• Tripled and homered in Carolina’s 8-3 victory at No. 2 Florida State, racking up four RBIs.
AS A SENIOR (2024)
• Played in 48 and started 20 games for the Tar Heels.
• Scored the game-tying run in the ninth inning of the Chapel Hill Regional Championship Game against LSU (6/3).
• Hit .213 with four doubles and a homer, knocking in 11 RBIs.
• Racked up three hits, three runs, two RBIs, and two stolen bases against Campbell (5/7).
• Smashed his first career grand slam against William & Mary (5/1).
• Recipient of the Iron Ram award, given out annually by the UNC Strength & Conditioning staff for the top all-around performer on each team.
AS A JUNIOR (2023)
• Second Team All-ACC.
• Started 57 of 58 games played at second base.
• Led the team in on-base percentage (.439).
• Ranks second on the team in multi-hit games with 20.
• One of the three players on the team to draw over 40 walks (41).
• Ranked fourth on the squad in batting average (.307), hits (67) and doubles (15).
• Longest hitting streak of the year was six games and longest on-base streak was 19 games.
• Second on the the team lead in three-hit games with nine and third with 20 multi-hit games.
• Registered 12 multi-RBI games, including seven with three or more.
• Ranked first among ACC second basemen in hits, doubles, walks and runs during the regular season.
• Hit two home runs in a game twice, first against VCU (3/1) and then versus Stony Brook (3/5), driving in five runs in each game.
• Doubled twice in a game three times.
• His first hit as a Tar Heel was a home run against Seton Hall (2/19).
• Earned ESPN Sports Center No. 4 play for his diving catch against Campbell.
AT TACOMA COMMUNITY COLLEGE (2021-22)
• Two-year letterman who played in 69 games, batting .331 (79-for-238) with 19 extra base hits (15 doubles, three triples, one home run).
• Was 35-for-38 in stolen base attempts.
• Registered 19 multi-hit games, collecting three hits in a game seven times.
• Scored 72 runs, drew 53 bases on balls and drove in 30 runs.
• Named Second Team All-Northwest Athletic Conference (NWAC) and First Team All-NWAC West Region in 2022 after slashing .286/.451/.383 with 18 RBIs, 11 extra base hits (eight doubles, two triples, one home runs) and 25 stolen bases.
HIGH SCHOOL
• Attended West Valley High School.
• Two-year letterman for coach Ryan Froula.
• Earned first-team all-conference honors as a sophomore and junior (senior season canceled due to pandemic).
• Three-time first-team all-league football player and earned MVP honors as a senior wide receiver and defensive back.
• Four-year basketball letterman.
• Served as team captain for both the football and basketball teams as a senior.
PERSONAL
• Given name is Jackson Garrett Van De Brake.
• Born April 8, 2002 in Yakima, Wash.
• Son of Brandi and Kevin Van De Brake.
• Father played two years of minor league baseball in the Philadelphia Phillies organization after playing collegiately at Loyola Marymount.
• Eldest brother, Jace, played baseball at Gonzaga (2015-19) and his middle brother, Justin, was a four-year letterman at Washington State (2018-22).
• Earned All-ACC Third Team honors, his second career all-conference selection.
• Named to the All-ACC tournament team after slashing .429/.600/.714 with three runs and two doubles across the three games, helping the program to its ninth ACC tournament title.
• Made ABCA Second Team All-Atlantic.
• Started all 61 games for the Tar Heels at second base, batting .306 with eight home runs and 58 RBIs.
• Led the team in doubles with 16, a career high output.
• Powered Carolina to a win over Clemson in the ACC tournament title game with five RBIs, including a three-run homer.
• Earlier in the tournament against Boston College (5/23), he knocked a game-tying two-run double that helped UNC to the 7-2 win.
• Productive at the plate in the Chapel Hill Super Regional against Arizona, reaching base at a .625 clip with eight walks, four RBIs, and six runs scored.
• Logged his first career triple in a huge moment, clearing the bases in the top of the 10th to put the Heels ahead of UNCW (3/11).
• Helped the Heels to a series win over Duke with four hits and eight defensive assists (team-high) in a 14-inning Sunday marathon (4/05).
• Tripled and homered in Carolina’s 8-3 victory at No. 2 Florida State, racking up four RBIs.
AS A SENIOR (2024)
• Played in 48 and started 20 games for the Tar Heels.
• Scored the game-tying run in the ninth inning of the Chapel Hill Regional Championship Game against LSU (6/3).
• Hit .213 with four doubles and a homer, knocking in 11 RBIs.
• Racked up three hits, three runs, two RBIs, and two stolen bases against Campbell (5/7).
• Smashed his first career grand slam against William & Mary (5/1).
• Recipient of the Iron Ram award, given out annually by the UNC Strength & Conditioning staff for the top all-around performer on each team.
AS A JUNIOR (2023)
• Second Team All-ACC.
• Started 57 of 58 games played at second base.
• Led the team in on-base percentage (.439).
• Ranks second on the team in multi-hit games with 20.
• One of the three players on the team to draw over 40 walks (41).
• Ranked fourth on the squad in batting average (.307), hits (67) and doubles (15).
• Longest hitting streak of the year was six games and longest on-base streak was 19 games.
• Second on the the team lead in three-hit games with nine and third with 20 multi-hit games.
• Registered 12 multi-RBI games, including seven with three or more.
• Ranked first among ACC second basemen in hits, doubles, walks and runs during the regular season.
• Hit two home runs in a game twice, first against VCU (3/1) and then versus Stony Brook (3/5), driving in five runs in each game.
• Doubled twice in a game three times.
• His first hit as a Tar Heel was a home run against Seton Hall (2/19).
• Earned ESPN Sports Center No. 4 play for his diving catch against Campbell.
AT TACOMA COMMUNITY COLLEGE (2021-22)
• Two-year letterman who played in 69 games, batting .331 (79-for-238) with 19 extra base hits (15 doubles, three triples, one home run).
• Was 35-for-38 in stolen base attempts.
• Registered 19 multi-hit games, collecting three hits in a game seven times.
• Scored 72 runs, drew 53 bases on balls and drove in 30 runs.
• Named Second Team All-Northwest Athletic Conference (NWAC) and First Team All-NWAC West Region in 2022 after slashing .286/.451/.383 with 18 RBIs, 11 extra base hits (eight doubles, two triples, one home runs) and 25 stolen bases.
HIGH SCHOOL
• Attended West Valley High School.
• Two-year letterman for coach Ryan Froula.
• Earned first-team all-conference honors as a sophomore and junior (senior season canceled due to pandemic).
• Three-time first-team all-league football player and earned MVP honors as a senior wide receiver and defensive back.
• Four-year basketball letterman.
• Served as team captain for both the football and basketball teams as a senior.
PERSONAL
• Given name is Jackson Garrett Van De Brake.
• Born April 8, 2002 in Yakima, Wash.
• Son of Brandi and Kevin Van De Brake.
• Father played two years of minor league baseball in the Philadelphia Phillies organization after playing collegiately at Loyola Marymount.
• Eldest brother, Jace, played baseball at Gonzaga (2015-19) and his middle brother, Justin, was a four-year letterman at Washington State (2018-22).
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