Jacob Truscott

Photo by: Jonathan Knight

Photo by: Adam Sheehan

Class:
Graduate Student
Position:
D
Height:
6-1
Weight:
198
Hometown:
Port Huron, Mich.
S/C:
L
NHL:
VAN
Prev School:
USNTDP

NHL
• Selected 144th overall (fifth round) by the Vancouver Canucks in the 2020 NHL Draft

International
• 2022 World Junior Championships - August (5 GP, +3, 4 SOG, 13:54 average TOI)
• Invited to the USA Hockey Summer Showcase in August 2021
• 2021-22 USA Hockey World Junior Camp invitee

Graduate Student (2024-25)
• Derek Hines Award winner
• Captain (just the ninth multi-year captain at Michigan and first since Luke Glendening '12)
• Played in all 36 games and had 16 points on three goals and 13 assists
• Led the team in blocked shots with 56
• Hockey Humanitarian nominee
• Big Ten Honorable Mention
• Academic All-Big Ten
• Preseason Second-Team All-Big Ten
• Scored a goal against Boston University (11/1)
• Had an assists and finished +3 in a 4-1 win against Notre Dame (11/9)
• Totaled six points in a sweep of Penn State (11/22, 11/23) highlighted by a career-best four-point game with one goal and three assists on Saturday night
• Tallied one assist in 2-1 win vs. Western Michigan (11/30)
• Assisted on the overtime game winner versus Wisconsin (12/14)
• Had two assists in win at Notre Dame (1/10)
• Notched an assist in win over MSU (1/17)
• Assisted on a goal in each game of series vs. Penn State (1/31, 2/1)
• Had an assist against Penn State in game one of the B1G Quaterfinals (3/7)

Senior Year (2023-24)
• Captain
• B1G Sportsmanship Award
• Academic All-Big Ten
• Assisted on a goal in 5-4 victory over Providence (10/8)
• Recorded two assists in series split at UMass Amherst (10/13-10/14)
• Assisted on a goal in 7-1 win over Ohio St. (10/20)
• Tallied two assists in 9-1 victory over Lindenwood (10/27)
• Assisted on a goal in loss at Wisconsin (11/4)
• Scored first goal of the season in 6-4 victory over Penn State (11/17)
• Recorded one goal in tie at St. Cloud State (11/25)
• Contributed one assist in series split at Notre Dame (12/1,12/2)
• Tallied one assist in 12-4 victory over Stonehill (1/12)
• Assisted on one goal in 7-1 victory vs. Michigan State (1/19)
• Recorded an assist in 4-2 victory at Ohio State (2/2)
• Notched one assist in 6-5 overtime win at Minnesota (3/2)
• Picked up an assist in B1G Tournament first round series sweep vs. Notre Dame (3/8, 3/9)
• Tallied an assist in the NCAA regional final versus MSU (3/29)

Junior Year (2022-23)
• Alternate captain
• B1G All-Academic Team
• Had 16 points on four goals and 12 assists in 23 games played, a +8 with 28 blocked shots
• Suffered an upper body injury on Jan. 21 that sidelined him for the remainder of the season
• Recorded his first point of the season with an assist in the 7-4 opening night win vs. Lindenwood (10/7)
• Assisted on a goal in 9-2 win over Boston University (10/14)
• Scored a goal and added three assists in 5-2 victory at LSSU (10/21)
• Assisted on three goals in weekend sweep vs. WMU (10/28, 10/29)
• Assisted on a goal in 5-1 win at Notre Dame (11/11)
• Recorded an assist in 2-1 victory at Yost vs. MSU (12/10)
• Combined for a goal and a pair of assists in 4-2 win over Ohio State (1/14)
• Scored a pair of goals, including the OT game-winner with a broken hand, in 5-4 win at #2 Minnesota (2/21)

Sophomore Year (2021-22)
• B1G All-Academic Team
• Contributed a goal and an assist in a 7-4 victory against LSSU (10/9)
• Added an assist in each of the victories over Minnesota Duluth (10/15) and Minnesota State (10/16)
• Recorded an assist in a 5-2 loss vs. WMU (10/22)
• Tallied two assists in 7-2 victory over MSU (11/5)
• Picked up an assist in 6-1 win vs. Niagara (11/26)
• Totaled a goal and three assists in weekend sweep vs. MSU (2/11, 2/12)
• Chipped in a pair of assists in 5-3 win against Ohio State (2/18)
• Assisted on a pair of goals in B1G Tournament first round series sweep vs. MSU (3/4, 3/5)
• Assisted on game-winning goal in 2-1 win over Notre Dame in B1G Tournament semifinal (3/12)

Freshman Year (2020-21)
• Played in all 26 games and had one goal and four assists
• Blocked 18 shots and finished +6
• First collegiate point was an assist vs. Notre Dame (11/27) to start a three-game point-scoring streak
• Scored his first goal against the Fighting Irish (11/28)
• Chipped in a helper at Penn State (12/2)
• Tallied an assist against MSU (1/8)
• Picks up an assist in 4-1 win against ASU (2/26)

Before Michigan
• Spent two seasons with the US National Team Development Program
• Had 21 points in 47 games with the USA U18 this past season
• Collected five goals and 12 assists in 55 games with the USA U17 team
• Played in three Five Nations Tournaments winning gold, silver and bronze medals
• Claimed a silver medal at the Four Nations Tournament in 2018
• Played in the World U17 Hockey Challenge in 2018-19
• Named a Biosteel All-American
• A 2020 graduate of Northville High school
• Ranked No. 89 by EliteProspects.com and No. 68 by NHL Central Scouting (North American Skaters)

Personal
• Born April 12, 2002
• Son of Charles and Lori Truscott
• Charles works for Chrysler
• Has two brothers, Kyle (Life '21) and Dakota (Ferris State '23) and one sister, Nicole (St. Clair Community College '20)
• Earned a bachelor's degree in Applied Exercise Science in May 2024
• Working towards a graduate certificate in Real Estate