Gavin Jacobsen has completed his junior season with the Bethany Lutheran College baseball team and is again among the national leaders in NCAA Division III.
Jacobsen finished 10th in the country in strikeouts per nine innings as he fanned 60 batters in 39.2 innings, an average of 13.61. Last season he was first in the nation with 15.0 per nine.
For the season, Jacobsen had a 4-1 record with a 2.27 earned run average. In 39.2 innings he allowed 16 runs (10 earned) on 31 hits, walked 21 and struck out 60. Opponents had a .212 batting average.
Bethany had a 20-14 overall record and won its second straight Upper Midwest Athletic Conference regular-season title with a 17-4 record. The Vikings lost two straight games in the UMAC tournament.