Jeremy Tyler Wise (born June 2, 1986) is an American former professional baseball player. He played as a catcher and first baseman in minor league baseball for the Los Angeles Dodgers organization. Wise attended Louisiana State University and later the University of Oklahoma. At both, Wise played baseball and won multiple accolades over his four-year combined stint. In 2009, Wise won the Johnny Bench Award, an annual award given out to the nation's best college catcher. He was drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 2009 Major League Baseball Draft and started his professional career in their organization with the rookie-league Ogden Raptors. Amateur career High school Wise attended Apopka High School in Apopka, Florida. He played catcher, pitcher, and infielder. In all of his four years at Apopka, Wise lettered in baseball. Wise also played linebacker on the school's football team. In all of his four seasons at Apopka, the baseball team won the district championship. Wise was named the Most Valuable Player of the Florida State All-Star Game. Along with his father Sonny Wise, J.T. Wise was inducted into the Metro Conference Hall of Fame. Wise was also an honor roll student in the classroom. College Louisiana State University During his freshman season at Louisiana State University, Wise started 58 of his 59 games played. He batted .299 with 66 hits, 13 doubles, 11 home runs, and 40 runs batted in (RBIs). Wise was awarded the Freshman of the Week Award on March 13, 2006. After the season, he was named to the Freshman All-Southeastern Conference team and the Collegiate Baseball Freshman All-American team. In his sophomore season, Wise batted .234 with 32 hits, nine doubles, three triples, two home runs, and 19 RBIs in 43 games played. During the summer of 2007, he played for the Harwich Mariners of the Cape Cod League. With the Mariners, he batted .261 with 16 RBIs in 29 games played. In the 2007 Major League Baseball Draft, Wise was selected in the 45 round by the Oakland Athletics, however, he did not sign. University of Oklahoma Wise transferred from Louisiana State University to the University of Oklahoma. He later stated that he transferred to Oklahoma so that he would get a chance to play catcher more often than he had at Louisiana. In his junior season, Wise played catcher and third base. On the season, Wise batted .278 with 66