This Season at CU: Jacob Russell is entering his first season at Campbellsville and Junior year in the classroom.
University of Kentucky: Played in four games off the bench in his first return to baseball since 2009 … Batted .167 (1-for-6) with two runs scored and an RBI … Made NCAA baseball debut with three at bats off the bench vs. Niagara, scoring a run … Scored a run after pinch running vs. Akron … Collected first career hit vs. No. 9 Louisville, driving in a run with an RBI single.
2011-12 (Football): Practiced with the football team during his transfer season ... Able to use it as a redshirt year because he played as a true freshman at EKU.
2010 (Eastern Kentucky Football): Played in seven games as a true freshman for the Colonels in 2010 … Completed 12 of 26 passes for 125 yards … Rushed 36 times for a net 84 yards and two touchdowns.
High School: Former all-state first baseman and pitcher, also earning all-state honors in football and basketball … Football Class AAAAA Player of the Year as a senior at Anderson County High School in Lawrenceburg, Ky. … In football was second-team all-state by the Louisville Courier-Journal and also tabbed for the Lexington Herald-Leader “Class of the Commonwealth” … Four-year starter at quarterback … Helped guide the football team to the playoffs all four seasons, including the second round his junior season … Completed 56.5 percent of his passes for 6,733 yards and 65 touchdowns in high school … Also ran for 823 yards and 38 TDs … Coached by Mark Peach ... The school’s all-time scoring leader in basketball … Had a perfect 4.0 GPA in high school.
Personal: Full name is Jacob Freeman Russell … Born May 5, 1992 in Versailles, Ky. … Son of Eddie and Judy Russell … Brother, Bruce (23) also attended the University of Kentucky … In 2011, helped with the football team as they worked in Big Blue U Move-In, moving in incoming students.
