Stevens Institute of Technology Athletics

Coach Aldins says: "Jay continues to take his game to new levels. After being named both E8 Player and Pitcher of the Year honors in the same year and also finding a home on the All-America team, he competed for the Rochester Honkers in the Northwoods League and was named an All-Star. A clear-cut leader, we are excited to see him continue to shine both on and off the field."

2016: selected as both Empire 8 Player of the Year and Pitcher of the Year for the second consecutive season…D3baseball.com 1st-Team Preseason All-American...named to the preseason Collegiate Baseball Newspaper Player to Watch List...1st Team CoSIDA Academic All-District Team (District 2)...winner of Stevens' John A. Davis Departmental Award, which honors a senior, who in addition to his ability in athletics, has best exemplified loyalty and devotion to the institute; self-control and modesty; perseverance under adverse conditions; fairness to opponents and observance of the rules of the game...D3baseball.com 3rd Team All-American...ABCA/Rawlings Gold Glove Award winner at the shortstop position...D3baseball.com 1^st Team All-Region... awarded ABCA/Rawlings 2^nd Team All-Region honors…earned 1^st team Empire 8 All-Conference honors and 1st Team All-ECAC for the Metro/Upstate Region...team MVP...named an Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar by Diverse Magazine...earned Empire 8 Player of the Week Honors on two separate occasions (2/22-28 and 3/21-3/27)...earned Empire 8 Pitcher of the Week honors (3/28-4/3)...went 2-for-3 (R, RBI, 2 SB, SF) vs. SUNY Old-Westbury (2/20)...2-for-5 (2 R, 2B, SB) vs. William Paterson (2/27)...went 3-for-5 (2 R, RBI, 2 SB) vs. Drew (2/28)...2-for-3 (R, 2B, RBI, 2 BB) vs. NJCU (3/2)...went 1-for-3 with two hit-by-pitches vs. Rowan (3/6)...1-for-3 (R, BB, 2 SB) in the 2nd game of a doubleheader vs. MIT (3/12)...combined to go 3-for-8 (2 R, HR, 2 RBI, SH) in a doubleheader vs. Redlands (3/21)...combined to go 3-for-8 (3 R, 2B, 4 SB, HBP) in a conference doubleheader vs. SUNY-Canton (3/25)...went 2-for-2 (2 R, 2B, 2 RBI, 3 BB, 3 SB) vs. SUNY-Canton 3/26)...3-for-4 (2 R, RBI, SF, SB) in the 2nd game of a conference doubleheader vs. Utica (3/30)...combined to go 3-for-7 (3 R, HR, 3 RBI, BB, 2 SB) in a doubleheader vs. Ithaca (4/2)...went 3-for-6 with a double vs. Ithaca (4/3)...combined to go 6-for-10 (4 R, 2B, 2 RBI, 2 SB) in a conference doubleheader vs. Elmira (4/8)...1-for-3 (3 R, 2 BB, 2 SB) in a conference game vs. Utica (4/13)...went 2-for-4 (2 R 2 BB2 SB) vs. Vassar (4/16)...4-for-6 (2 R, 2B, HR, 4 RBI, BB, SB) in a conference game vs. Elmira (4/17)...combined to go 2-for-6 (2B, RBI, BB) in a conference doubleheader vs. #22 St. John Fisher (4/23)...collected his 200th career hit and combined to go 3-for-8 (R, BB) in a doubleheader vs. #22 St. John Fisher (4/24)...went 3-for-5 (2 R, 2 2B, RBI, BB) in the 2nd game of a conference doubleheader vs. Houghton (4/30)...3-for-5 (2 R, 2 2B, BB, SB) vs. Amherst (5/8)...had a no-decision and a solid outing in a win vs. #6/#5 nationally ranked Kean (2/19) going six innings (2 R, 0 ER, 3 H, 7 K, BB)...received a no-decision in an excellent outing (6.0 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 4 K, BB) vs. William Paterson (2/27)...no-decision (7.0 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 6 K, BB, HBP) vs. Rowan (3/6)...had a complete game win (9.0 IP, 7 H, 5 R, ER, 9 K, BB) in the 1st game of a doubleheader vs. MIT (3/12)...no-decision (6.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 5 K, 0 BB) in a win vs. Kean (3/18)...earned a win (5.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 5 K, 3 BB) in a win vs. No. 8/No. 10 Rutgers-Camden (3/29)...had a no-decision (9.0 IP, 93 R, 3 ER, 5 K, 2 BB) vs. Ithaca (4/3)...was dominant in earning a complete game shutout victory (7.0 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 9 K, 0 BB) in the 1st game of a conference doubleheader vs. Elmira (4/8)...picked up the win (5.0 IP, 7 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 2 K, 2 BB) vs. Vassar (4/16)...picked up a tough-luck loss (5.1 IP, 8 H, 4 R, 2 ER, 4 K, 0 BB) in the 1st game of a conference doubleheader vs. #22 St. John Fisher (4/23)...earned the win in relief (7.0 IP, 4 H, R, ER, 7 K, 0 BB) vs. No. 12/No. 22 Keystone (5/3)...picked up a save (2.0 IP, 2 H, R, ER, K, 0 BB) vs. Amherst (5/8)...pitched five innings (9 H, 4 R, 2 ER, 2 K, 2 BB) vs. Ithaca in the Empire 8 Tournament (5/12).

2015: D3baseball.com 2^nd Team All-American...D3baseball.com New York Region Player of the Year…D3baseball.com 1^st Team All-Region…selected as both Empire 8 Player of the Year and Pitcher of the Year…awarded ABCA/Rawlings 1^st Team All-Region honors…earned 1^st team Empire 8 All-Conference honors…1^st Team New Jersey Collegiate Baseball Association (NJCBA) All-State…ECAC Upstate All-Star...Stevens Team MVP…earned ECAC and Empire 8 Player of the Week Honors and was also named to the D3baseball.com Team of the Week (4/20-26)…earned Empire 8 Pitcher of the Week Honors (4/27-5/3)…earned ECAC and Empire 8 Pitcher of the Week Honors (4/6-12)…appeared and started in 43 games as a positional player, posting a .344 batting average...led team games played, games started, hits (52), doubles (13), RBI (37), and regulars in batting average and on base percentage (.430)...2^nd on the team in at bats (151), runs (38), total bases (68), steals (27), and amongst regulars in slugging percentage (.450)...tied for 2^nd in home runs (1), sacrifice flies (3), and hit by pitches (8)...went 3-for-3 (R, 2 2B, RBI, BB, SF) vs. CCNY (3/8)…1-for-3 (2B, 2 RBI, BB) in the 2^nd game of a doubleheader vs. Christopher Newport (3/16)…combined to go 3-for-6 (2 R, 2 RBI, 3 SB, HBP) in a doubleheader vs. Montclair State (3/19)…went 1-for-2 (2B, RBI, BB) in the 1^st game of a doubleheader vs. Utica (3/29)…1-for-3 (R, RBI, 2 SB) in the 2^nd game of a doubleheader vs. DeSales (4/1)…went 1-for-3 (R, BB) vs. St. John Fisher (4/3)…2-for-3 (2 R, 2B, BB, 2 SB) in the 2^nd game of a doubleheader vs. St. John Fisher (4/4)…went 2-for-4 (2 R, 4 SB) vs. Drew (4/8)…1-for-3 with a walk vs. Misericordia (4/12)…went 2-for-4 (R, RBI, SB) vs. Arcadia 4/15…4-for-6 (3 R, 2B, 2 RBI, SB) vs. Houghton (4/17)…went 2-for-4 with an RBI vs. Rutgers-Camden (4/19)…3-for-5 (R, 2B, 2 RBI) vs. Baruch (4/21)…went 2-for-2 (2 R, 3 RBI, BB) vs. NJCU (4/22)…6-for-6 (3 R, 2 2B, 4 RBI, BB, SB) vs. Elmira (4/26)…went 1-for-3 (R, BB, SB) vs. Farmingdale State (4/29)…combined to go 4-for-6 (3 R, BB) in a doubleheader vs. Ithaca (5/2)…2-for-3 (R, RBI, BB, SB) vs. Houghton in the Empire 8 Tournament (5/7)…went 2-for-6 (2B, 3 RBI, SB) vs. St. John Fisher in the Empire 8 Tournament (5/8)…appeared in 12 games and started 10 as a pitcher, posting a 2.09 ERA and limiting hitters to a .217 batting average...had a 6-3 record with 61 strikeouts over 73.1 innings of work...led team in wins and innings pitched...tied for lead in games started and complete games (1)...2^nd on the team in strikeouts and amongst starting pitchers in ERA and batting average against...picked up a tough luck loss (6.0 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 K, 0 BB) vs. Misericordia (3/9)…had a solid outing (5.0 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 7 K, 2 BB) in a loss in the 1^st game of a doubleheader vs. Christopher Newport (3/16)…had a no-decision (7.0 IP, 6 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 4 K, 3 BB) vs. Rowan (3/24)…was dominant (8.0 IP, 7 H, 0 R, 7 K, 2 BB) and picked up the win in the 2^nd game of a doubleheader vs. St. John Fisher (4/4)…picked up a win in an excellent outing (8.0 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 8 K, BB) vs. Misericordia (4/12)…had a win in relief (2.0 IP, H, 0 R, 3 K, BB) vs. RPI (4/16)…started and recorded a win (7.0 IP, 6 H, R, ER, 8 K, 0 BB) vs. Rutgers-Camden (4/19)…had a perfect inning of work with three strikeouts vs. Elmira (4/26)…picked up a win in an excellent outing (6.0 IP, H, 0 R, 5 K, 3 BB, HBP) vs. Farmingdale State (4/29)…was dominant in a complete games win (9.0 IP, 8 H, R, 0 ER, 3 K, BB) vs. Ithaca (5/3)…had a no-decision (8.0 IP, 6 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 7 K, 2 BB) vs. St. John Fisher in the Empire 8 Tournament (5/8).

2014: awarded ABCA/Rawlings 3^rd Team All-Region honors...2^nd Team D3baseball.com All-Region...1^st Team New Jersey Collegiate Baseball Association (NJCBA) All-State...1^st Team Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference (ECAC) honors…named to the NCAA New York Regional All-Tournament Team...earned 2^nd Team Empire 8 and 1^st Team CUNY All-Conference Honors...earned CUNYAC Player of the Week of honors (3/10-3/16)... earned CUNYAC Pitcher of the Week of honors (4/14-4/20)...was #1 in the nation in "Toughest to Strikeout", fanning only once in 169 plate appearances...appeared in and started a team leading 42 games while batting .342...led team in batting average, at bats (152), runs (26), hits (52) sacrifice flies (3), and total bases (61)...2^nd in doubles (9), stolen bases (16), and on base percentage (.387)...3^rd in RBI’s (22) and slugging percentage (.401)...went 1-for-3 (R, BB) in the 1^st game of a doubleheader vs. Yeshiva (2/23)...2-for-5 (R, 2B, 2 RBI, SF) vs. John Jay (3/7)...went 2-for-5 (2 R, 2B, RBI, SB) vs. Ursinus (3/10)...3-for-5 (R, 2 2B, RBI, BB) vs. Mt. Aloysius (3/11)...went 2-for-4 with two stolen bases vs. Baruch (3/15)...combined to go 2-for-5 (2 R, 2 RBI, BB, SB) in a doubleheader vs. CCNY (3/16)...combined to go 3-for-5 (2 R, 2B, BB, HBP) in a doubleheader vs. Staten Island (3/22)...2-for-4 with a double vs. Rowan (3/23)...went 1-for-2 (2 R, BB) in the 2^nd game of a doubleheader vs. SUNY Old Westbury (4/17)...combined to go 3-for-5 (R, BB, RBI, SB) in a doubleheader vs. SUNY Brockport (4/19)...1-for-3 (BB, SB) vs. Baruch (4/21)...went 1-for-3 (2 R, SB) vs. John Jay (4/23)...3-for-4 (R, 2B, 2 RBI, SB) in the 2^nd game of a doubleheader vs. Utica (4/27)...combined to go 3-for-10 (2 R, 2 RBI, SB) in a doubleheader vs. Utica (4/28)...combined to go 2-for-6 (3 RBI, BB, SF, SB) in a doubleheader vs. St. John Fisher (5/4)...combined to go 2-for-6 (2 R, RBI, 2 BB, SH) in a doubleheader vs. Lehman (5/5)...went 2-for-4 (2B, SB) in a CUNY Tournament matchup vs. Baruch (5/7)...3-for-4 (R, 2B, RBI) in the CUNY Tournament Championship game vs. Baruch (5/10)...went 2-for-4 (RBI, SB) in an NCAA Tournament game vs. Amherst (5/14)...3-for-5 (R, RBI, SB) in an NCAA Tournament game vs. Union (5/15)...went 2-for-4 with a stolen base in an NCAA Tournament game vs. Farmingdale State (5/17)...posted a 5-3 record with a 1.62 E.R.A oer 50.0 innings of work...limited batters to a .232 batting average...led team in wins, innings pitched, and games started...2^nd in strikeouts...pitched three impressive innings (0 H, 0 R, 5 K, 0 BB, HBP) and picked up the win in the 2^nd game of a doubleheader vs. Yeshiva (2/23)...started and picked up a no decision (6.2 IP, 10 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 6 K, BB) vs. Mt. Aloysius (3/11)...had a solid start (5.1 IP, 7 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 6 K, 3 BB) vs. Rowan (3/23)...picked up the win (4.0 IP, 3 H, R, ER, 6 K, BB) in the 2^nd game of a doubleheader vs. SUNY Old Westbury (4/17)...had an outstanding start (7.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 7 K, BB, HBP) to pick up the win vs. Baruch (4/22)...picked up a tough luck loss (5.2 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 0 ER, 4 K, BB) in the 1^st game of a doubleheader vs. St. John Fisher (5/3)...was brilliant in picking up the complete game shutout win (9.0 IP, 4 H, 6 K, BB) in a CUNY Tournament matchup vs. Staten Island (5/8)...received the win (5.0 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 K, BB) in an NCAA Tournament game vs. Union (5/15).

2013: named Empire 8’s Co-Rookie of the Year...received 2^nd Team All-Empire 8 honors... named to the New Jersey Collegiate Baseball Association (NJCBA) All-Rookie Team...earned NJCBA Rookie of the Week Honors (2/18-24)...appeared in 41 games and started 40, while posting a .319 batting average...tied for first in games played...2^nd in games started, at bats (138), runs (28), and hits (44)...tied for 2^nd in hit by pitches (5)...3^rd in batting average, total bases (45), and steals (15)...collected his first career base hit and went 2-for-2 (2 R, RBI, HBP, 3 SB) vs. Yeshiva (2/20)...1-for-2 (R, SB) vs. CCNY (2/24)...went 2-for-5 (2 R, 2B, 2 RBI) vs. Eastern Connecticut (3/2)...combined to go 3-for-6 (2 R,SB) in a doubleheader vs. Staten Island (3/10)...2-for-5 (2 R, RBI) vs. CCNY (3/13)...went 1-for-2 (R, SH, HBP) vs. New Paltz (3/16)...2-for-4 with a run in the 1^st game of a doubleheader vs. Franklin & Marshall (3/23)...went 1-for-3 (R, 2 RBI) vs. Yeshiva (3/24)...combined to go 5-for-8 (3 R, RBI, 2 SB) in a conference doubleheader vs. St. John Fisher (3/29)...1-for-2 with a hit by pitch in the 2^nd game of a conference doubleheader vs. Ithaca (4/6)...went 2-for-4 in the 1^st game of a conference doubleheader vs. Ithaca (4/7)...1-for-2 with a hit by pitch in the 1^st game of a conference doubleheader vs. Houghton (4/13)...went 2-for-4 (R, 2 RBI) vs. Baruch (4/14)...4-for-5 with two runs in the 1^st game of a doubleheader vs. SUNY Brockport (4/20)... went 2-for-3 (R, BB) vs. John Jay (4/26)...combined to go 3-for-6 (2 R, RBI, SB, SH) in a conference doubleheader vs. Utica (4/27)...2-for-3 (R, RBI, BB, SB) in the 2^nd game of a conference doubleheader vs. Utica (4/28)...went 1-for-3 (RBI, BB, SB) vs. NJCU (5/1)...appeared in 4 games, all out of the bullpen and posted an 0-2 record in 7.0 innings of work...had an E.R.A of 6.43, but limited hitters to an impressive .167 batting average...had a perfect inning’s work with two strikeouts vs. CCNY (3/13).

High School: California Scholastic Federation member...National Quill and Scroll Society...played for coach Mike Gonzalez at El Toro High School...team has won 6 straight league championships...produced six Division I commitments in 2011-2012...El Toro was ranked 8^th in the nation at one point during the 2012 season and 3^rd in the state of California...earned All-South Coast League honors...Senior League All-Star...3-year varsity member...broke the hit-by-pitch record with 11 his senior year...played summer ball for the Elite Baseball program under coach Joe DeMarco...attended Quakes Ivy Prospect Camp, Stanford All-Star Camp, and GPA Camp at Yale.

Personal: son of Mark and Nancy Yano...has two brothers, Derek and Kyle...Derek is a goalie and team captain for the University of California-Irvine’s lacrosse program, while Kyle plays lacrosse and runs track in high school...planning on majoring in Quantitative Fincance...picked Stevens because it fit his academic and athletic needs...was particularly impressed by the school’s academic reputation, ideal location near New York City, and ideal student-teacher ratio...top MLB team and player are the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim and Derek Jeter...favorite book is Odd Man Out by Matt McCarthy...top movie is Remember the Titans...enjoys swimming, going to the beach, surfing, and poker.

Summer Collegiate Baseball: earned the opportunity to participate in the 2015 Northwoods League All-Star game and pitched a scoreless inning with a strikeout...signed contract to play his summer baseball in 2015 for the Rochester Honkers of the Northwoods League, along with teammate Greg Jakusik...completed the 2015 campaign with the Honkers with a 5-2 record and a 2.80 E.R.A. over 52.1 innings... played his 2014 summer ball for the Newark (N.Y.) Pilots of the Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League (PGCBL), along with teammate Robert Robbins...earned Perfect Game 3rd Team Summer Collegiate All-American status and was the only Division III player on the list...named PGCBL Pitcher of the Year, selected to the All-Star Team, and earned First-Team All-League status after going 6-2 with a 1.35 E.R.A. in 53.1 innings of work...named the 30th best prospect in the PGCBL...signed contract to play his summer baseball in 2013 for the D.C. Grays of the Cal Ripken Collegiate Baseball League. Was voted 13th best professional pitching prospect in the Ripken League after going 1-1 with a 0.00 E.R.A. with three saves in 16.2 innings.
 

HITTING
Year	GP-GS	AVG	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SB
2013	41-40	.319	138	28	44	1	0	14	7	15
2014	42-42	.342	152	26	52	9	0	22	12	16
2015	43-43	.344	151	38	52	13	1	37	17	27
2016	41-41	.385	161	47	62	14	3	20	28	32
Totals	167-166	.349	602	139	210	37	4	93	64	90

PITCHING
Year	APP-GS	ERA	W-L	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
2013	4-0	6.43	0-2	0	7.0	4	6	5	6	7
2014	9-9	1.62	5-3	0	50.0	43	14	9	10	46
2015	12-10	2.09	6-3	0	73.1	57	22	17	17	61
2016	14-12	2.15	5-3	1	83.2	73	34	20	15	69
Totals	39-31	2.14	16-11	1	214.0	177	76	51	48	183