Tarleton State University Athletics

Accolades:
Collegiate Baseball National Player of the Week (May 2-7) after mashing four home runs and driving in 11 runs over the week in games at Texas A&M and vs. Grand Canyon … WAC Hitter of the Week (April 12-16) as he went 8-14 at the plate with six hits, seven RBI, seven runs scored, three home runs, three walks and two stolen bases in four games at UC Riverside and California Baptist, posting a .667 on-base percentage and 1.214 slugging percentage on the week.
 
Redshirt Junior (2023):
Appeared and started in 48 games ... Started 39 at first base, five as a DH, two in right field and two at third base … Led the Texans with 15 home runs, 56 RBI, 28 walks, a .451 on-base percentage, a .692 slugging percentage, 1.143 OPS and four triples … Totaled 58 hits … Had 14 multi-hit games and 13 multi-RBI games … The .692 slugging percentage was good for third in the WAC … 56 RBI ranked ninth in the WAC … 15 home runs were tied-sixth in the WAC … Hit a two-run home run at Oral Roberts (3/1) … Totaled four hits, five RBI and scored two runs in a win over PVAMU (3/3) … Scored the game-winning run, coming home on a passed ball in the ninth to take down UT Arlington (3/12) … Finished with two hits and drove in three vs. Oral Roberts (3/14) … Had four hits and three RBI in a win over UIW (3/17) … Hit a walk-off solo home run in the ninth inning to take down UIW (3/19) … Added two hits and drove in four runs vs. TCU (4/4) … Was 5-5 at the plate with two home runs, four RBI and four runs scored in a 12-6 win over California Baptist (4/14) … Had three hits (two triples), three RBI and three runs scored in a win over NM State (4/21) … Smashed a three-run home run at Texas A&M (5/2) … Hit two home runs off the WAC preseason pitcher of the year, driving in five runs vs. Grand Canyon (5/6).

University of Kansas (2019-22):
Attended Kansas and played with the Jayhawks for four seasons … Was first team All-Big 12 Academic from 2020-2022 … Missed the 2022 season due to injury … As a redshirt sophomore in 2021, appeared in 43 games, starting 31 … Hit .257 with six doubles, two home runs, 17 RBI and a .385 on-base percentage … Had six multi-hit games and a 10-game reached base streak … Appeared in 14 games, staring 12 in the covid-19 shortened 2020 season … Had two multi-hit games (at Belmont and vs. Michigan State) … Finished tied for the team lead in steals with three … As a freshman in 2019, played in 17 games … Hit .281 with a .415 on-base percentage … Walked three times at Texas Tech … Had two hits in two different games vs. Kansas State.

Maize South High School:
Lettered three years in baseball coached by Chad Christensen ... Helped lead the Mavericks to League, District and Regional Championships in 2015, 2016 and 2017 and a 4A State Championship in 2017 … First Team All-League at third base as well as First Team All-State and All-Metro in 2017 … Hit .500 with 42 hits, 10 doubles and 5 home runs as a junior … 2018 Male athlete of the year at Maize South … Also lettered three years in football coached by Brent Pfeifer … Was a first team All-League strong safety in 2017 and 2018 … Was named as a second team All-State strong safety as a senior … Played two years of select baseball with 316 Elite.

Personal:
Jack Thomas Wagner is a 2018 graduate of Maize South High School in Wichita, Kansas ... Nickname is Jerry ... Son of Thomas and Mindy Wagner ... Has two brothers, Mitch and Nick ... Has one sister, Katie … All three siblings were collegiate athletes … Mitch swam at Minnesota, Nick golfed at Kansas City CC and Katie plays basketball at Fort Hays … Majoring in Sports Management/Business ... Born on January 1.