Columbia University Athletics

2020
 
Season canceled due to COVID pandemic.
 
2019
 
Did not see any game action as a sophomore offensive lineman … Contributed on the scout team.
 
2018
 
Did not see any game action as a first-year offensive lineman … Contributed on the scout team.
 
HIGH SCHOOL
 
A 2018 graduate of Pope John Paul II High School in Hendersonville, Tenn., where he played three years of varsity football for Head Coach Justin Geisinger … Named All-County Offensive Lineman of the Year as a senior in 2017 … Named to the All-Region Team in 2017 … Earned Charles W. Hawkins Scholar-Athlete Award as a senior … Served as team captain as a senior … Played right offensive tackle all four years in high school … Helped lead the Knights to the state playoff appearance and 5-6 record as a senior … Led the Knights to a 5-6 record as a junior … Also competed in swimming for one year … Three-year National Honor Society member … Involved in the community as he has logged 160 total community service hours from 2014-18.
 
PERSONAL
 
Born Jacob Philip Motz on July 7, 2000 in Winston-Salem, N.C. … Son of Gregg and Jennifer Motz of Hendersonville, Tenn. … Has an older brother Andrew … Brother competes in rowing at Lehigh University … Father is an orthopedic surgeon … Parents both attended Miami, Ohio … Cousin Sam Coverdale played football at Northwestern (2014-17) … Cousin Katie Coverdale played volleyball at Miami, Ohio (2015-18) … Hobbies and interests include building computers, woodworking, making and selling custom headphones, sneaker reselling and working on cars … Also plays the piano and trumpet … Became interested in Columbia while attending football camp in New York … Chose Columbia because the school is a culmination of everything he wanted in a college experience: top-notch engineering program combined with multicultural experiences that is set in one of the greatest cities in the world along with the fact that he can compete in football … Chose Columbia over offers from Yale, Davidson, Johns Hopkins, Washington U (St. Louis) and Carnegie Mellon … Enrolled at Columbia College … Majors in Economics.

ARTICLES
https://www.gallatinnews.com/sports/jake-motz-earns-charles-w-hawkins-scholar-athlete-award/article_aaa6dd8c-27ce-11e8-909b-fbe0b6f3edd5.html