2017: Appeared in and started 47 games for the Retrievers in 2017... Hit .298, going 50 for 168 with 17 doubles, two triples, and four home runs... Scored 31 runs and knocked in 27 runs... Drew 31 walks with an on-base percentage of .409... Went 0 for 1 on stealing bases with a fielding percentage of .991... Had five hitting streaks of four or more games throughout the season... Drove in three runs in a 13-12 win against Hartford in April... Had his best game in an 8-4 win over UNC Asheville in March... During the game, he went 4-5 driving in four runs with two doubles and a home run and scored twice.
2016: Appeared in 50 games for the Retrievers, starting 48 games in 2016… Hitting .295 going 52 for 176 with 14 doubles and 4 home runs… Scored 26 runs, knocking in 40 runs.. Drew 22 walks with an on base percentage of .365... went 1 of 1 on stealing bases with a fielding percentage of .933.. Drove in three runs in a 10-5 win over UMass Lowell in March… During the game he went 2-5 scoring a run and hitting a homerun… He had his best game against James Madison in a 14-0 win in May… During the game he went 3-4 driving in three runs with two doubles and scoring four times. He also drew a walk during the contest…He earned second team All- Conference.
2015: Had a breakout rookie campaign for the Retrievers, playing in 40 games making 39 starts... A two way player, he saw time as a designated hitter, as well as a pitcher and first baseman... Hit .307 with 39 hits, including eight doubles and three home runs... Scored 20 runs while driving in 17... Drew 23 walks for an on base percentage of .429... Was 2-2 on the base paths and did not commit an error all season... On the mound, he went 3-0 in eight appearances, finishing with a 2.20 ERA... Had one save in 16.1 innings pitched... Gave up four runs, all earned, with eight strikeouts... His biggest game came in a 17-1 rout of Albany back on April 9... He went 3-4 with one double and one home run, driving in five RBI... On the hill, he threw 3.1 innings of relief in a win against Binghamton, striking out three... Named to the America East All-Conference First Team and All-Rookie Team... Named a Louisville Slugger Freshman All-American.
Background: A two year letter winner at Pine-Richland High School, Jamie had his career best performance going 5-5 including a homerun, triple and two doubles… That same game he threw 12 strikeouts, giving up two hits in a complete game shutout… He amassed a .403 batting average, going 8-2 on the hill.
Personal: Son of Carolee and Pete Switalski… Has two sisters, Kayla and Maria… Plans on majoring in business technology administration with a career ambition of being a chiropractor… Born July 6, 1996.
