First few paragraphs of D1 on Jake Mangum
Conventional wisdom would suggest Mississippi State?s Jake Mangum should be in an Alabama uniform right now. After all, he was committed there at one point, and his father, John, was a starting defensive back for the Crimson Tide football team from 1986-89, and was a sixth-round pick to the Chicago Bears in the NFL draft.
But Mangum didn?t want to plot an expected, orthodox, path. He calls himself a Mississippi boy at heart and wanted to take his talents out of high school to an in-state program with hopes of guiding his home state to a national championship.
There?s much that must happen for the Mississippi State Bulldogs, ranked No. 4 nationally, to win a national title, but the team is once again trending the right direction after a road series win over LSU, and Mangum is a big reason for that, transitioning himself into the nation?s elite freshman outside of Clemson?s Seth Beer, while also already earning ?elite? status from opposing coaches in the Southeastern Conference.
Mangum is in elite company, and that all seems somewhat surprising until you spend 10 minutes talking to the confident, but cool and gritty, 6-foot, 185-pounder. For some reason, it just seems to come natural for this freshman and one of the most exciting players in college baseball.
?I think about it like this [about his mentality], you?re going to get four or five plate appearances a game and you have to run 90 feet. Think about that for a second,? Mangum said. ?If you can?t give 100 percent for 90 feet five times a game, I don?t think you should be out there.?
That?s the type of attitude Mangum plays with 100-percent of the time, and it has set the foundation for his rise up the national ranks already in his fruitful, young career.
Not sure about rating but he was a 1rst team Lousville Slugger AA...
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msstate7
Where was mangum rated as a recruit?
Stolen from Jean
Jake Mangum, LHP/OF, 6-foot-0, 175, S-L, Jackson Prep (MS)
His honors include being selected a 2015 Louisville Slugger High School Baseball Preseason All-American 1st Team selection, a 2015 Perfect Game Preseason Senior High Honorable Mention All-American. a 2014 Underclass All-American Team as a High Honorable Mention selection and to the 2013 Perfect Game Underclass All-American Team as an honorable mention selection. He was also named to the Perfect Game 2013 World Wood Bat Association 16U National Championship All-Tournament team after batting .522 in the event... As a senior, he batted .504 with 2 home runs and 41 RBI. On the mound he was 8-0 with 4 saves and a 1.48 ERA. During his junior season (2014) he hit .457 with 1 home run and 17 RBI. He was 16 of 16 in stolen base attempts. On the mound he was 4-1 with 1 save and a 2.25 ERA. He struck out 36 in 18.2 innings ... As a sophomore, he hit .414 with with 37 RBI, 6 doubles, 4 triples and 1 home run. He also stole 20 bases. Pitching-wise, he was 5-0 with a 1.83 ERA and struck out 50 hitters in 30.2 innings ... Plays for one of the elite travel teams, the Dulin Dodgers ... Chose Mississippi State over offers from Alabama, Auburn and Ole Miss.