New Jersey Institute of Technology Athletics

2014: In his freshman season, appeared in nine games with two starts. ... accumulated a 0-2 record with a 6.14 ERA, in 22.0 innings pitched and 14 strikeouts.

Prior to NJIT: Honorable mention for the Northeast Region (Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, and Vermont) in the 2013 preseason Rawlings and Perfect Game USA All-American and All-Region teams … All-Shore second team and All-Monmouth County first team as a junior in 2012 as Freehold Boro High School captured the Group III Sectional State Championship. … He was named Peak Performer of the Week by MSG Varsity on June 5, 2012. MSG Varsity is an arm of the MSG regional cable network that covers high school sports in New York City and its suburbs as far north as the Hudson Valley, as well as on Long Island and in New Jersey and Connecticut. … All-Division in Class B North of the Shore Conference as senior, junior and as a sophomore, when he was named All-Shore third team. … Although possessed of a slender build (6-0, 150), Yanez pitched 86 innings in 2012, leading Shore Conference workhorses by more than 25 IP. He allowed one run in 10 innings of a 13-inning semifinal win that put his team in the state group championship game, where he pitched a complete-game four-hitter, but lost, 4-1. He was 2-0 with a 0.88 ERA in the state playoff leading up to the championship game. Played for the NJ 9ers travel team.

Personal: David "Jake" Jacob Yanez. ... son of Sharon Ignoscia. ... accepted into NJIT's Albert Dorman Honors College, biomedical engineering major.. ... born 5/7/95 in New Brunswick, NJ.