WICHITA, Kan. – Wichita State baseball has signed Rose State College standout pitcher Jake Hamilton, it was announced Friday, May 3.

Hamilton will join the WSU baseball roster in the fall of 2019.
 
A 6-foot-4, 195-pound right-hander from Asher, Okla., Hamilton is 6-1 with a 2.08 ERA in 11 appearances and starts for Rose State College, located in Midwest City, Okla., this spring, and currently leads NJCAA Division I in both strikeouts (129) and strikeouts per game (16.75).
 
In 69 1/3 innings pitched for the Raiders, he has surrendered just 16 earned runs on 34 hits and thrown three complete games.
 
Prior to joining Rose State, Hamilton was an all-state performer at Silo High School in Durant, Okla., and was named the 2017 Oklahoma Class 2A State Player of the Year after helping lead Silo to the Class 2A state title as a senior.
 
He was also a member of the 2015 state championship team, as well as the 2014 and 2016 state runner-up teams.
 
In addition to baseball, Hamilton played basketball at Silo, and was selected first team all-conference in 2016 and 2017.
 
Jake is the son of Scott and Billie Hamilton. He has two brothers, Jarris and Patch.
 
His father, Scott, played baseball at the University of Oklahoma, while his uncle, Eddie Hawkins, played football at Wichita State from 1982-86. His brother, Jarris, played baseball at Seminole State College in Oklahoma.