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2025 Baseball Roster

Ashley Blanchard, WMU Photographer
Ashley Blanchard, WMU Photographer
Ashley Blanchard, WMU Photographer
Ashley Blanchard, WMU Photographer
Ashley Blanchard, WMU Photographer
Ashley Blanchard, WMU Photographer
Ashley Blanchard, WMU Photographer
Ashley Blanchard, WMU Photographer
Ashley Blanchard, WMU Photographer
Ashley Blanchard, WMU Photographer

33 Jake Gernon

33 Jake Gernon

  • Position:
    RHP
  • Height:
    6-0
  • Weight:
    175
  • Class:
    Graduate Student
  • Hometown:
    Portage, Mich.
  • High School:
    Portage Central

Summary

Biography

2025: Academic All-MAC … Made 11 appearances, including one start, on the mound for the Broncos … Logged 10.2 innings and picked up six strikeouts … Limited opponents to a .244 batting average … Yielded just one earned run over four appearances (5.0 IP) from April 1 to May 6 … Induced a game-ending double play at Notre Dame to collect first career save … Started the home game against Valparaiso and tossed 3.0 one-hit, shutout frames with a season-high three strikeouts … Tossed a scoreless ninth inning in final appearance as a Bronco on May 16 against Ohio.

2024: Academic All-MAC … Made 15 appearances on the mound for the Broncos, including one start … Logged 12.0 innings … Picked up seven strikeouts … Did not allow an earned run and limited opponents to a .182 batting average in five appearances in conference play … Made first career start at Michigan … Retired all three batters he faced against Miami to close out a series sweep … Went a season-high 3.0 scoreless innings and tallied a season-high three strikeouts to pick up the win against Goshen.

2023: Academic All-MAC … Totaled 21 relief appearances for the Broncos, second-most on the team … Had a 2-1 record and posted a 6.86 ERA in 21.0 innings of work … Totaled 15 strikeouts … Did not allow an earned run in his first seven outings of the season (7.1 IP) … Worked a career-high 3.1 innings without allowing an earned run and notched a career-high four strikeouts to pick up first collegiate win on April 9 against Akron … Struck out all three batters he faced on April 12 at Eastern Michigan … Worked a pair of scoreless frames and earned the win in relief as WMU completed a sweep of Bowling Green.

2022: Made a pair of appearances out of the WMU bullpen ... Did not allow a run or a hit over 1.1 innings of work ... In his collegiate debut, recorded the final out in the win at Michigan State ... Worked a scoreless inning and picked up first collegiate strikeout against Kent State. 

2021: Redshirted.

2020: Did not see any game action ... Season canceled after 15 games due to COVID-19 pandemic.

High School: Two-year varsity letterwinner at Portage Central High School ... Earned two saves ... Recorded a save against St. Joe to clinch the SMAC Championship ... Named Academic All-Conference.

Personal: Parents are Billy and Annie ... Father, Billy, is WMU's head coach  ... Has a younger sister, Abby, who graduated from WMU ... Graduated from WMU in December of 2023 with a bachelor's degree in Sport Management.
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Historical Player Information

  • 33

    2020Freshman

    RHP
    6'0" 160 lbs
    33
  • 33

    2021-22Freshman

    RHP
    6'0" 170 lbs
    33
  • 33

    2022Redshirt Freshman

    RHP
    6'0" 170 lbs
    33
  • 33

    2023Redshirt Sophomore

    RHP
    6'0" 170 lbs
    33
  • 33

    2024Redshirt Junior

    RHP
    6'0" 170 lbs
    33
  • 33

    2025Graduate Student

    RHP
    6'0" 175 lbs
    33