Missouri State

Honors
• All-MVC First Team (2025)
• ABCA All-Region Second Team (2025)
• Athletic Director’s Honor Roll (Fall 2022, Fall 2024)

2025 (Junior)
First-team all-MVC and second-team all-region outfielder who batted .358 with 15 homers and 54 RBIs while starting all 55 games...Added 14 doubles and two triples with a .647 slugging percentage...Owned a .444 on-base percentage and stole 10 bases...Had 24 multi-hit games, including eight with three or more knocks...Led the team with 19 games driving in at least two runs...Had four hits and 11 total bases with a pair of home runs against Bradley (March 22)...Doubled twice in a 4-for-6 day against Valparaiso (April 13)...Reached safely five times with three hits and two walks in the Bears’ win at No. 2 Arkansas (March 25)...Scored four runs against ULM (March 1) and Belmont (May 23), going 3-for-3 with three walks in the Belmont game...Tallied 56 runs on the year, scoring twice or more in 18 contests...Homered in all three games of the Southern Illinois series (April 6-7)...Had a nine-game stretch from May 6-24 without striking out...Made starts at all three outfield positions and shortstop, adding to starting assignments at second base and third base earlier in his career.

2024 (Sophomore)
Played in 21 games with 19 starts in the outfield before his season was cut short due to injury in late March...Hit .271 with five doubles, a home run and five RBI...Posted a .386 on-base percentage...Had five multi-hit games, including a three-hit effort with two RBI at Central Arkansas (March 10)...Home run came against Arkansas State at home on March 3...Drove in two runs at Southern Miss (Feb. 25) and went 5-for-11 in that series.

2023 (Freshman)
Batted .288 in his debut season, starting 29 games and appearing in 44 for the Bears...Made 17 starts at second base, 10 at third and two at designated hitter...Collected three hits in his first career start (March 10 vs. SIUE), and scored three runs in the second game of a doubleheader that same day...Had eight doubles on the year, including two each at SEMO (March 15) and Illinois State (April 1)...Tallied 10 multi-hit games...Drew 19 walks and had a .386 on-base percentage...Knocked first career home run against MVC champ Indiana State (May 20)...Tied for the team lead with three pinch hits in eight at bats.

Background
Two-time all-state selection at Francis Howell High outside St. Louis, emerging as the top-ranked shortstop and No. 6 overall player in the state for the class of 2022 according to Perfect Game...Earned second-team All-America honors from Collegiate Baseball following a senior season in which he batted .482 with 38 RBI, six homers, 27 extra-base hits, 52 runs scored and 16 stolen bases in 40 games for a club that finished third in the state tournament...Honorable mention all-state pick as a junior after hitting .407 and slugging .522 with a .506 on-base percentage.

Personal
Jake McCutcheon is the son of Monty and Christy McCutcheon...Born Nov. 6, 2003, in St. Louis, Mo....Grandfather, Donald McCutcheon, played professionally in the Oakland A’s organization...Majoring in communication studies.