2018: Graduated in 2017 with a bachelor's degree in business and completed his MBA in Business Administration in 2018. ... first Highlander in program-history to be named to the ASUN Conference first team. ...
a two-time ASUN All-Academic team honoree, Uttendorfer, the Highlanders senior outfielder ranks second on the team with a .326 batting average while leading the Highlanders in total bases (87), hits (59), RBI (28), doubles (16), triples (3) and has stolen 14-out-of-17 bases. ...Uttendorfer is NJIT's all-time hit leader with 231 hits and his 43 career doubles ranks fourth all-time in NJIT D1 era and 102 RBI ranks tied for third all-time ... His 54 stolen bases ranks first in the D1 era. ... for this career, Jesse ranks first in career games (201; all-time), tied for third in batting average (.295), sixth in season batting average (.324). ... first career at-bats (783; all-time), second in runs scored (133; all-time), career hits leader (231; all-time leader), fourth in doubles (43), tied for third in doubles in a season (16), tied for third in career triples (9; D1 era), tied for third in runs batted in (102; D1 era), second in total bases (317; D1 era) and first in stolen bases (54; D1 era).
2017: ASUN All-Academic team honoree. ...Started every game (48) but one...ranks tied for first on the team in home runs (4) and triples (3) and fifth on the team with a .277 batting average ... tied for second on team in hits (52), fourth in doubles (8). ...hit safely in 22 out of 26 games.
2016: Appeared and started in all 53 games for the Highlanders. … third on the team win a .274 batting average, led team in runs (34) and triples (3), while also accumulating 21 RBI’s and 12 doubles. … went 13-16 in stolen base attempts. … recorded a .993 fielding percentage.
2015: Appeared and started all 48 games for the Highlanders. ... finished the season out with a .320 batting average with 29 runs, six doubles, one homerun and 26 RBI's in 178 at-bats. ... led the team in stolen bases with 17. ... recorded 130 putouts and two assists for a .985 fielding percentage. ... named NJIT Male Athlete of the Week (4/6).
2014: Due to injury, only appeared in the first six games of the season.
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. … A three-year starter and a team captain, Uttendorfer was Kingston's No. 2 starting pitcher. ...he went 5-1 with 24 strikeouts, a 3.06 ERA, and a .182 batting average against in 32 innings pitched as a senior while hitting .324 with two doubles, three triples and 11 RBI. ...he earned eighth team Class AA NYSWA
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All-State honors. Helped Kingston (NY) High School wins its first state baseball championship in 2012 as a junior … Kingston High is also the alma mater of current Highlander senior
Teddy Bickert. … Uttendorfer batted .330 and had a .416 on-base percentage, with five doubles, a triple, 10 runs batted in, and eight stolen based for Kingston's New York State Class AA champions … Uttendorfer had singles that drove in the tying and winning runs in the playoff semifinal 5-4 win over Newburgh … In addition to high school, played for the well-known Taconic Rangers travel team. He was one of 14 players on his Taconic Rangers team to commit to Division I college programs.
Personal: Jesse David Uttendorfer. ... son of Dan and Nancy Uttendorfer. ... enrolled in NJIT's Albert Dorman Honors College and majors in business.
