FORT MYERS, Fla.- Florida SouthWestern slugger Jake Mueller is taking his bat and heading to the Tar Heel State next season after signing with the University of North Carolina Greensboro where he will reunite with Bucs teammate Anthony Ruocco with the Spartans.

Mueller was a 1^st Team All-Citrus Conference selection in his homecoming back to Fort Myers for his sophomore season.  He was a force in the middle of the Buccaneer lineup, finishing second in the state in both doubles with 19 and RBIs with 63 while launching 15 home runs which was fifth most in a season by an FSW player in program history. He had 19 multi-hit games on the year including three four hit contests. In his last game as a Buc he collected three hits and a home run in FSW's Juco World Series matchup with Blinn.

Mueller helped lead FSW to a Citrus Conference Championship, an FCSAA Championship, and their first trip to the Juco World Series in Grand Junction, Colorado in his only season in Purple and Aqua.

Mueller is one of seven Bucs that have signed at the Division I level this season and one of nine overall who have signed at the next level thus far, joining Abel Albarran (Middle Tennessee St.), Luke Orfi (Texas Tech), Anthony Ruocco (UNC-Greensboro), Nathan Fink (Sam Houston State), Brock Knoerr (Western Kentucky), Beau Brailey (Campbell), and Nik Pereira & Josiah Velazquez (Tampa).