2008: Concluded a record-setting career at Milwaukee with First Team All-Horizon League honors at second base ... started all 59 games he appeared in as a senior, batting .346 with career-highs with 257 at-bats, 58 runs, 89 hits, 28 doubles, seven home runs, 64 RBI, 138 total bases, .537 slugging percentage and eight steals ... his 257 at-bats on the season broke the old school mark of 235 and his 28 doubles blew past the old standard of 23 ... season RBI total was fourth-best all-time and total bases was fifth-best ... with his .346 average, he became the first player in the history of the program to bat over .300 in all four seasons ... batted .386 in league play, driving in 27 in 25 games ... led the Horizon League in RBI's, doubles, total bases, at-bats and infield assists and was second in hits and third in runs scored ... had six career home runs coming into 2008 before smacking seven as a senior ... finished ranked in several national categories at the NCAA D-I level: his 28 doubles was fifth, RBI-total 80th and hits total 81st ... he was also the sixth-toughest batter to strike out (just 11 K's in 279 plate appearances) in the NCAA ... went his final 91 plate appearances of the season without a strikeout ... enjoyed a career-high 18-game hitting streak April 6-30, going 31-for-78 (.397) with 21 runs scored and 19 RBI in the stretch ... also ended the season red-hot, finishing his career on a 14-game hit streak where he went 30-for-68 (.441), driving in 22 and scoring 17 times ... named Horizon League Player of the Week on two occasions (week of April 14 and May 12) ... led team with 17 multi-RBI games and was second with 25 multi-hit outings ... finished his career as the program leader with his 267 hits (old record was 245), 778 at-bats (was 737) and 66 doubles (was 58) and finished second with his 380 total bases (just missing mark of 382) and 149 runs scored ... his 66 doubles also tied Adam Casillas of Oral Roberts (1984-87) for the Horizon League career mark in the category ... batted .415 with runners on base, .390 with runners in scoring position, .360 against right-handed pitching and 6-for-10 with the bases loaded ... hit safely in first six games of season ... drove in three versus Saint Mary's Feb. 29 ... 3-for-5 with four RBI's in win over Butler March 28 ... drove in three on three hits versus Southern Illinois April 4 ... went 9-for-18 with five doubles, two home runs, seven RBI and six runs scored in three-game series against Cleveland State April 11-13 ... knocked in four runs in win over Iowa April 22 ... tied career-high with a four-hit game in victory over Wright State April 25 ... broke the league tournament record with career-best seven RBI's against Wright State May 22, recording four hits - including a grand slam - while scoring five times in the upset win ... earned Horizon League All-Tournament Team honors for the second-straight season after going 15-for-32 (.469) with 14 runs batted in during UWM's six-game trek.
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2007: Earned First Team All-Horizon League honors at second base despite missing 10 games with an elbow injury ... his .360 average was second on the team and 10th in the Horizon League ... made 47 starts in 47 appearances, scoring 30 runs and driving in 20 ... hit a career-high three home runs ... ranked as the 14th-toughest player to strike out at the NCAA Division I level, fanning just 11 times in 215 plate appearances ... on pace to establish UWM career marks in at-bats, hits and doubles ... added a seven-game hit streak to start the season, giving him a 14-game streak total (carried a seven-game streak into the year) ... also had hitting streaks of 11 games April 10-28 (hit .521: 25-for-48 in those 11 games) and ended the year with another six-game streak ... led team with 24 multi-hit games ... hit .386 versus lefties and .359 with runners on base ... went 8-for-13 against #21 Kentucky March 2-4 ... tied career-high in hits with 4-for-4 effort at Hawaii March 17 ... was 3-for-3 against UIC April 10 ... had four hits in win over Cleveland State April 20 ... added four more against Northwestern April 24 ... named to the Horizon League All-Tournament Team after going 9-for-21 (two doubles/three home runs) with nine runs scored while driving in six, including a career-high four versus Wright State May 24.
2006: UWM's regular second baseman as a sophomore, starting 54 times in 55 appearances ... hit .315 with 42 runs scored ... tied the school record with 235 at-bats and his 19 doubles were fifth-best for a season ... hit safely in 11 of first 12 games of the year, including an eight-game hit streak ... stole three bases against Northern Illinois Feb. 26 to tie school mark ... career-high four hits as well as three RBI and two runs scored in win over Akron March 18 ... scored three runs the next day vs. Zips ... had three hits, including two doubles and two RBI against Chicago State April 12 en route to setting a new UWM mark for runs scored in a game with six (record was five) ... went 3-for-5 with a double and triple against Youngstown State April 15 ... collected 21 multi-hit games on the season ... ended the season on a seven-game hitting streak ... hit .373 versus lefties, .351 with runners on and .361 with runners in scoring position.
2005: Made 21 starts in 35 games as a freshman ... hit .371, second-best on the team, while registering a .517 slugging percentage and a .414 on-base percentage ... went 2-for-4 with a run scored in his first start in a Panther uniform March 5 ... had three hits against Oklahoma State March 12 ... was 2-for-2 with a season-best five runs batted in, including a pinch-hit grand slam in a win over IPFW April 6 ... had an eight-game hitting streak snapped in his final appearance of the season, going 13-for-31 (.419) in that stretch ... tied his season-best with three hits versus Youngstown State May 28.
2004: Sat out the season as a redshirt ... retained four years of eligibility.
High School: Multi-sport athlete at Central High School in West Allis ... First-Team All-Greater Metro Conference pick on the diamond as a senior after earning second team honors as a junior and sophomore ... honorable mention all-area and all-district pick ... earned four letters on the gridiron ... named an honorable mention all-league pick as a defensive back ... earned two varsity letters as a guard on the Bulldog basketball squad.
Personal: Son of Mike and Kerry Hart ... a communications major in school ... played for the La Crosse Loggers in the summer of 2007 and 2006, earning MVP honors in 2006 after batting .286 with 63 hits and 21 runs scored ... born August 5, 1985.
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Batting Statistics
Jesse Hart |
| Season | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | Avg. | TB | Slg% | SB |
| 2004 | Did Not Play -- Redshirted |
| 2005 | 35 | 89 | 15 | 33 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 17 | .371 | 46 | .517 | 2-4 |
| 2006 | 55 | 235 | 46 | 74 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 39 | .315 | 102 | .434 | 5-5 |
| 2007 | 47 | 197 | 30 | 71 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 20 | .360 | 94 | .477 | 4-4 |
| 2008 | 59 | 257 | 58 | 89 | 28 | 0 | 7 | 64 | .346 | 138 | .537 | 8-14 |
| Totals | 196 | 778 | 149 | 267 | 66 | 4 | 13 | 140 | .343 | 380 | .488 | 19-33 |
