2024: Made four appearances in the circle and did not give up a single earned run... Picked up first win of the season, dealing one-hit shutout against UMES (3/20)
2023: Made 21 appearances in the circle for the Hokies, making five starts… Finished with a 7-2 record with two complete games… Recorded 31 strikeouts in 51.1 innings pitched… Gave up only 26 earned runs with 34 total, registering a 3.55 ERA… Threw a five-inning shutout against Texas Southern, striking out one and giving up only three hits (2/25)… Recorded a season-high seven strikeouts in the win over Mount St. Mary’s, giving up only one earned run (3/7)… Earned first career ACC win over Georgia Tech, giving up two runs and striking out three (3/18)… Recorded a win over Chattanooga, throwing a season-high six innings and striking out four (3/25)… Gave up just one hit in the win over Longwood, striking out two in five innings (4/4)… Came on in relief in the seventh in game one against No. 6 Clemson, earning the win (4/28)… Threw two innings at the Athens Regional against Boston U., giving up no earned runs and striking out one (5/19).
2022: Redshirt season.
2021: Came in for relief in Game 2 against Longwood (4/7), pitching one inning and allowing zero hits and runs on 10 pitches.
2020: Appeared in two games … Threw a shutdown final inning in the win over George Mason (3/11), allowing a hit and striking out a batter … Made her first career appearance against Dartmouth (2/21), pitching two scoreless innings and allowing just one hit.
High School: Five-year letterwinner … Coached by Carrie Eby at Waukee High School … Earned first-team all-conference … Selected as a first-team all-district pick … Named to the first-team IHSAA all-state team.
Personal: Molly Jacobson … Born June 17, 2001 … Daughter of Bill and Katie Jacobson … Sister of Michael, Reilly and Evan … Her father played basketball at Omaha and her siblings play basketball at the Division I level too, with Michael at Iowa State and Reilly at Western Michigan … Majoring in criminology.