For starters: A left-hander who has been a two-year starter for the Gothic Knights…A 2007 co-captain…Has a 3-8 career record with a 6.93 ERA…Has made 22 appearances (13 starts), tossing 87.0 innings…Owns six career complete games and one shutout…Has allowed 67 earned runs (97 total) and 124 hits with 36 strikeouts and 53 walks…Tied for fourth in career shutouts…Has picked off three runners, tied for fifth in program history…Has the second lowest stolen base percentage against of any NJCU pitcher since 1995 (.667, 14-21).
2006: Finished the year with an 0-6 record and 9.69 ERA…Made nine appearances (seven starts), including two complete games…Tossed 39.0 innings, allowing 42 earned runs (64 total) and 72 hits, with 14 K’s and 28 walks…His three pickoffs in 2006 are tied for second in single-season history…His two complete games tied for a team high…Ranked fifth on the team in innings pitched and strikeouts, sixth in appearances, and tied for second in starts.
2005: Enjoyed a solid freshman campaign, going 3-2 with a 4.69 ERA in 13 games (six starts)…Hurled 48.0 innings, allowing 33 runs (25 earned) and 52 hits, with 22 strikeouts and 25 walks…Hit four batters…Allowed 15 doubles, but no homeruns and just one triple during the season…Perfect in five fielding chances…13 appearances are tied for eighth on the single-season list…Earned Eastern College Athletic Conference Division III Metro, City University of New York, and Association of Division III Independents Pitcher of the Week honors during the season…Limited batters to a .232 average with two outs (13-56)…A fifth inning specialist, posted a 0.00 ERA in 5.2 innings during that frame, with four strikeouts…Opponents only had a .545 stolen base percentage against him (6-11), the best of any pitcher since 1995…(03/07, vs. Worcester Polytechnic): Pitched a no-decision in his career debut…In 5.2 innings, allowed three earned runs with four walks and three strikeouts…(03/19 at Lincoln): Was brilliant on the mound, registering his first collegiate victory…In a complete-game, nine-inning effort, he allowed one earned run and scattered three hits, including two singles, with six strikeouts and three walks, in an 8-1 win…(03/23) Earned CUNYAC Pitcher of the Week and the Association of Division III Independents Pitcher of the Week…(03/31, Mount Saint Vincent): In 2.0 innings of relief, allowed one run and three hits with two strikeouts and two walks…(04/09, at Staten Island): Took the loss, allowing four earned runs and shits hits with two K’s and two walks in 6.0 innings…(05/01, John Jay): Was masterful, firing a complete-game two-hit shutout as NJCU won, 13-0…Needed only 70 pitches and 83 minutes to dispose of the Bloodhounds, scattering a pair of singles, with one strikeouts, while firing his fourth career complete game and first career shutout…(05/03): Named ECAC Metro Division III Pitcher of the Week for his performance against JJC…(05/07 vs. John Jay): Pitched only one inning in the CUNYAC semifinals, allowing five runs, before taking a no-decision…(05/08, vs. Staten Island): Despite entering the game in relief with one out in the ninth and the bases loaded, he faced only three batters and was charged with a blown save after walking in the tying run in a 5-4 loss in the CUNYAC championship game.
High School: A June 15, 2004 graduate of Rutherford High School in Rutherford, NJ with a 2.8 GPA…A three-year varsity baseball player for coach Mike Lauterhahn…Competed in two Bergen County and four state playoff games in his career with the Bulldogs…In 2004, Rutherford won the Group 2 state championship for the first time since 1993…Finished his career with a 13-1 record and a 1.89 ERA…Also was a four-year varsity standout in soccer for coach Ed Bozland…Earned Second-Team All-Bergen County Scholastic League American honors in soccer his senior year in fall 2003…Tallied 22 goals in his four-year soccer career with the Bulldogs.
Personal: George Michael Jessen…Born September 3, 1986 in Hackensack, NJ…Parents are Barbara and George Jessen…Has two sisters, Lynda, 25, and Christine, 20…Is related to singer Tony Bennett…Bats and throws left-handed…Major at NJCU is Business…Lists his father as his hero…A Little League star in Rutherford from 1996-99…Lists winning the state championship at Rutherford High as his most memorable sports moment…When not on the mound for the Knights, Jessen also plays the piano and tap dances.
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Favorites:
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Hobbies/interest:
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Playing sports, baseball, video games, and computers
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NJCU Class:
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Hero/Idol:
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His father, George
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Sports Team:
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New York Mets
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Song:
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“Ain’t No Mountain High Enough” by The Temptations, “Toxic” by Britney Spears, “Headsprung” by LL Cool J and “Sexy Back” by Justin Timberlake
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Music Artist:
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Shakira, Michael Jackson, Method Man
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Movie:
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“Little House on the Prairie,” “Next Friday,” “Dumb and Dumber”
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Food:
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Broccoli, salmon, Hot Pockets, pizza
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What do you like most about NJCU?:
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“The kids.”
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2008 Highlights: (03/06 vs. Muhlenberg College at Russ Matt College Spring Break Invitational): Combined for five hitless innings of relief, without needing a strikeout from the pitching effort. Individually he was solid in 0.2 innings, walked two but didn’t allow a hit in another two-thirds of an inning... (03/07 vs. Aurora College): Entered in relief in the top of the eighth inning and fired two-thirds of an inning of hitless ball with one strikeout, earned the victory (1-0)... (03/12 vs. Coe College): Fanned one, retiring the two batters he faced... (04/01 vs. John Jay College): Pitched a no-hit in the final three innings versus the Bloodhounds posting two strikeouts in one inning...(04/26 vs. Rutgers-Camden University): Pitched one inning to wrap up the game... (05/03 at The College of Staten Island): The winner in game one, making a school record 50th career appearance, while tying the single-season mark with 19. Went 5.0 innings, allowing only four singles, and did not allow a run, despite being a bit wild with five walks and no strikeouts over 78 pitches, improving to 2-0 on the season...
2007 Highlights: (03/29 at SUNY-Farmingdale): Earned the win (1-1) in relief, allowing just one unearned run and three singles in 4.2 innings, with four walks and two strikeouts... (04/05 at Ramapo College): Continued his stellar comeback in 2007, lowering his overall ERA to 1.54. He limited Ramapo to one hit and had a strikeout in 1.2 innings of relief. He had a 9.69 ERA last year...
