CARY, N.C. – Coastal Carolina baseball alum Jacob May was recently named to the USA Baseball Board of Directors, USA Baseball announced. May joins Women's National Team alum and ESPN analyst Jenny Dalton-Hill and nine-time national team coach and Olympic gold medalist Ernie Young as the additional members with the expansion of the USA Baseball Board of Directors.
 
At CCU, May played in 156 games from 2011-13. He hit .288 with nine home runs, nine triples, 25 doubles, 62 RBIs, 106 runs scored, and 48 stolen bases. His nine triples rank eighth all-time in Coastal's career record books, while his 35 sacrifice bunts rank fourth.
 
In 2013, he led the Chanticleers in hitting (.324), slugging (.495), hits (70), home runs (7), triples (2), and stolen bases with 16. He also led the Chants in stolen bases with 27 in 2012.
 
A two-time Big South Player of the Week selection in 2013, he was also named to the 2012 NCAA Columbia Regional All-Tournament team and earned a spot on the 2013 Big South All-Conference second team.
 
May was selected in the third round of the 2013 MLB Draft by the Chicago White Sox out of Coastal Carolina and played in 550 minor league games throughout his professional career, collecting 557 hits and a .265 career batting average.
 
The outfielder made his Major League debut on April 4, 2017, and appeared in 15 games for the White Sox that season before finishing his career in 2018.
 
May made his USA Baseball debut in 2015 with the Professional National Team. He started all eight games for Team USA in the 2015 World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Premier12™, helping the U.S. earn a silver medal.
 
Following his final season of professional baseball, May began working at Live Oak Bank, where he served as an Associate Relationship Manager and a Business Analyst before becoming a Wealth Manager Administrator at Budros, Ruhlin & Roe, Inc. in December 2019.
 
He currently works as an AVP, Junior Special Assets for United Midwest Savings Bank, after joining the company in February of 2021.
 
May will also serve as a USA Baseball representative on the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) Athletes' Advisory Council, joining fellow Team USA alum and board member Willie Bloomquist.
 
The three additions were approved at the annual Board of Directors meeting in December. Courtesy of the expansion, former USA Baseball athletes now compose 40 percent of its membership.

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