Jake Slaughter - Staff Directory
Jake Slaughter
- Title:
- Assistant Director of Player Development (Hitting)
Jake Slaughter joined the Louisiana Tech baseball staff in 2025 as an Assistant Director of Player Development, focused mainly on the hitters. Prior to joining the Lane Burroughs' staff, Slaughter spent seven years playing professional baseball for the Chicago Cubs and Seattle Mariners organizations.Â
Slaughter was drafted twice by the Cubs--in 2016 out of high school, and again in 2018 after spending two seasons playing at LSU. During his tenure in Baton Rouge, he saw a SEC Baseball Tournament title and a College World Series runner-up finish in 2017. In 2018, he was named to the Corvallis Regional All-Tournament Team. After being selected in the 18th round of the 2018 MLB June Amateur Draft, he went on to help the Cubs' Double-A affiliate Knoxville Smokies to a Midwest League Championship as well as earning himself a Northwest League All-Star tab in 2019 after slashing .296/.355/.408.
In 2022, he slashed .293/.389/.514 with 22 doubles, 23 homers, 37 stolen bases and being named the Southern League Batting Champion, as well as a Chicago Cubs organization All-Star. He was called up to Triple-A in 2023 to the Iowa Cubs before being traded to the Mariners organization in 2024, playing for the Triple-A affiliate Tacoma Rainiers. During his two-year tenure at the Triple-A level, he slashed .264/.350/.462 with 37 homers, 46 doubles and 37 stolen bases.Â
Slaughter currently resides in Monroe, where he is originally from. He graduated from Ouachita Christian School in 2016 and earned his B.A. in Interdisciplinary Studies from Louisiana Tech in the summer of 2026.
His father Michael and uncle Bobby both played football at Louisiana Tech, as well as his grandfather, Mickey Slaughter. Mickey played for legendary Bulldog coach Joe Aillet from 1959 to 1962 before coming back to Ruston in 1967 to join Maxie Lambright's coaching staff for 12 seasons, helping the Bulldogs accumulate a record of 95-36-2 during that time.Â
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Slaughter was drafted twice by the Cubs--in 2016 out of high school, and again in 2018 after spending two seasons playing at LSU. During his tenure in Baton Rouge, he saw a SEC Baseball Tournament title and a College World Series runner-up finish in 2017. In 2018, he was named to the Corvallis Regional All-Tournament Team. After being selected in the 18th round of the 2018 MLB June Amateur Draft, he went on to help the Cubs' Double-A affiliate Knoxville Smokies to a Midwest League Championship as well as earning himself a Northwest League All-Star tab in 2019 after slashing .296/.355/.408.
In 2022, he slashed .293/.389/.514 with 22 doubles, 23 homers, 37 stolen bases and being named the Southern League Batting Champion, as well as a Chicago Cubs organization All-Star. He was called up to Triple-A in 2023 to the Iowa Cubs before being traded to the Mariners organization in 2024, playing for the Triple-A affiliate Tacoma Rainiers. During his two-year tenure at the Triple-A level, he slashed .264/.350/.462 with 37 homers, 46 doubles and 37 stolen bases.Â
Slaughter currently resides in Monroe, where he is originally from. He graduated from Ouachita Christian School in 2016 and earned his B.A. in Interdisciplinary Studies from Louisiana Tech in the summer of 2026.
His father Michael and uncle Bobby both played football at Louisiana Tech, as well as his grandfather, Mickey Slaughter. Mickey played for legendary Bulldog coach Joe Aillet from 1959 to 1962 before coming back to Ruston in 1967 to join Maxie Lambright's coaching staff for 12 seasons, helping the Bulldogs accumulate a record of 95-36-2 during that time.Â
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