Black Hills State University Athletics

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Bayer arrives in Spearfish as a 3-year letterwinner and starter, and a 2-year captain for head coach Eric Godfree and North Gwinnett High School. He provided protection up front and earned Second Team All-Region 7 honors as the Bulldogs won the region title and advanced to the Final Four of the GHSA Class 6A Playoffs. Jacob is the son of Russ and Jessica Bayer and has one sibling, Tyler. Both his parents played collegiate athletics at Miami University (Ohio), as his father played baseball from 1998-2002 and his mother played volleyball from 2000-04. Russ was a 1998 and 2002 MLB Draft selection and played for the Pittsburgh Pirates from 2002-04. Additionally, his brother Tyler is a college baseball player at Kennesaw State University and was a 2024 MLB Draft selection of the Arizona Diamondbacks.