Bio

Selected to the WIAC All-Centennial Team in 2012, Jeremy Jirschele earned a pair of All-America awards in helping the UW-Oshkosh baseball program to a 118-50-1 record and one NCAA Division III World Series appearance from 2002-05.

Jirschele, a second baseman, started all 169 of UW-Oshkosh’s games and compiled a .383 batting average with 253 hits, 177 runs scored, 161 runs batted in, 53 doubles and 15 home runs. He currently ranks second in WIAC history for doubles, third for hits and 11th for runs scored.

Following an All-Midwest Region Second Team accolade in 2003, Jirschele was named All-America First Team and the WIAC Position Player of the Year in 2004 after hitting .431 with 20 doubles, six home runs, 65 runs scored and 59 runs batted in. The Clintonville High School graduate repeated as All-America First Team and WIAC Position Player of the Year in 2005 by hitting .438 with 19 doubles, five home runs, 50 runs scored and 49 runs batted in.

Known for his polished fielding, Jirschele committed only nine errors over his final 462 fielding opportunities. UW-Oshkosh won 35-plus games twice during Jirschele’s career, including the 2003 season when the Titans posted a 37-8 record and placed fifth at the World Series held in Appleton.

A 30th-round selection of the Kansas City Royals in 2005, Jirschele played 145 professional games across three minor league seasons.

Jirschele lives in Wausau, where he enters his fifth year as the head baseball coach at UW-Stevens Point and his eighth year as owner of the Jirschele Baseball Academy.