Jonathan Capasso
6 Jonathan Capasso
Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Racine, Wis.

High School:
Racine Horlick

Height / Weight:
5-10 / 185

Position:
OF

Bats/Throws:
Left/Left

04/22/2013

Panthers Guaranteed A Home Game During Busy Week

Poor spring weather still wreaking havoc on schedule

04/17/2013

Panthers Hope To Open Home Portion Of 2013 This Week

Poor spring weather still wreaking havoc on schedule

04/14/2013

Panthers Drop Series With 8-4 Loss At Saint Louis

Milwaukee loses early lead in weekend rubber match

04/13/2013

Panther Rally Falls Short With Bases Loaded In The Ninth

Milwaukee cannot overcome 4-1 deficit with late charge

04/12/2013

Panthers' Long Shuts Down St. Louis In Series Opener

Senior hurler tosses third shutout, fourth complete game of the season

2013: Named to the College Sports Madness Second-Team Preseason All-Conference squad.

2012 Photo Gallery

2012: Batted .290 on the year, making 53 starts in 54 appearances ... ended the season on a tear, hitting safely in the final 11 games (24-for-44, .545) to raise season average 55 points ... scored 28 runs, drove in 35 more on 61 hits, including three home runs and a career-high 14 doubles ... second on the squad with 11 multi-RBI games ... went 7-for-13 in three games at Minnesota Feb. 24-25, driving in three ... capped a five-run ninth inning rally with a two-out, bases-loaded double that helped UWM claim a walkoff 6-5 victory over San Francisco March 1 ... hit a home run and drove in three at Youngstown State March 17 ... 4-for-6 against Butler April 5, scoring and driving in a pair of runs ... tied the Horizon League Tournament and Milwaukee program record with six hits in a game, going a perfect 6-for-6 with three runs scored and a career-high four runs batted in against Butler May 24 in the Horizon League Tournament ... capped that effort by making his UWM pitching debut in the ninth, working an inning without allowing an earned run ... named to the Horizon League All-Tournament Team after going 10-for-14 (.714) at the plate in three games.

2012 game-by-game in PDF Format Get Acrobat Reader

2011: Named Second-Team All-Horizon League after a season in which he batted .313 in 54 games, making 53 starts ... also batted .344 in Horizon League play and .352 with runners on base ... scored 27 runs and collected 60 hits and 27 RBI ... went 11-for-12 in stolen bases ... had three hits, including a home run, against Illinois State Feb. 26 ... three hits and two runs scored at #16 Arkansas March 5 ... named Horizon League Player of the Week April 11 after batting .563 (9-for-16) with five runs batted in and four runs scored ... started with three hits and a career-best four RBI in win over Northwestern April 5 ... then recorded UWM's only five-hit game of the season, going 5-for-5 against UIC April 9 ... 3-for-4 against Wright State April 23 ... great day at the plate against Youngstown State May 6, going 4-for-5 with three runs scored, hitting a home run and tying career-best with four RBI ... 4-for-7 with a home run, two RBI and three runs scored in doubleheader against Valparaiso May 14 ... perfect 3-for-3 with a pair of runs scored against Northern Illinois May 17.

2011 game-by-game in PDF Format Get Acrobat Reader

2010: Named to the Horizon League All-Newcomer Team after a season in which he batted .310 in 47 games, making 32 starts ... scored 25 runs and recorded 36 hits, most of any UWM newcomer ... batted .341 in Horizon League play ... in the starting lineup as a freshman for the season opener against Arkansas State Feb. 26 ... went 2-for-4 and drove in two runs in that contest ... two hits and two runs scored in Milwaukee's win over Minnesota March 3 ... 3-for-4 with two RBI in victory over Dayton March 7 ... returned to the starting lineup May 8 at Wright State, starting the final 18 games of the season ... went 21-for-61 in that stretch (.344), scoring 12 runs ... perfect 3-for-3 with only home run of season against Northern Illinois at Miller Park May 12 ... went 6-for-18 at the Horizon League Tournament, including two hits and a late RBI in championship game ... batted .351 against lefties on the year.

2010 game-by-game in PDF Format Get Acrobat Reader

High School: Repeated as a Wisconsin Baseball Coaches Association Third Team All-State outfielder as a senior, batting .543 with 24 runs batted in and 34 runs scored, slugging .857 ... also repeated as a first team all-league and first team all-county selection ... Milwaukee Journal Sentinel First Team All-Area ... named the Racine Journal Times All-Racine County Player of the Year in each of his final two seasons ... batted .528 with 20 runs batted in as a junior ... in addition, was runner-up for player of the year honors in the Southeast Conference and selected to play in the WBCA Brewers Classic All-Star Game ... recorded 213 hits, scored 158 runs and knocked in 99 runs in his career ... an academic scholar-athlete.

Personal: Son of Jim and Sara Capasso ... a finance major in school ... also played club baseball for the Racine Hitters ... chose UWM because he liked the coaches and it was close to home ... career goal is to play in the major leagues ... lists hobbies as playing sports and hanging out ... considers a walk-off hit in the playoffs as his most memorable sports experience ... has done community work by helping out at charity and church dinners for the homeless ... born Sept. 11, 1990.



Batting Statistics
Jonathan Capasso
Season

G

AB

R

H

2B

3B

HR

RBI

Avg.

TB

Slg%

SB

2010

47

116

25

36

2

1

1

15

.310

43

.371

4-4

2011

54

192

27

60

5

0

3

27

.313

74

.385

11-12

2012

54

210

28

61

14

1

3

35

.290

86

.410

6-10

Totals

155

518

80

157

21

2

7

77

.303

203

.392

21-26

Panther Profiles
adidas Andrew Automotive Athletico Orthopaedic Hospital of Wisconsin Nicholas Funds Pepsi UWM Alumni UWM Bookstore Student Association We Energies Army ROTC Army ROTC
WISN AM 920

TWC

UWM Horizon League NCAA