Jake Ballard

Jake Ballard is an NPC, and a senior mechanic at Sullivan's Auto. He is alive.

Biography
Jake was born to two working-class parents: Jay, a fabricator at a brake plant in Louisville, KY, and Stacey, a waitress at a Waffle House on Dixie Highway.

In high school, Jake was a particularly talentless student, and had great difficulty concentrating in class. He played as one of the Junior Varsity and Varsity Wide Receivers for John Hardin High's Bulldogs football team from 1993 to 1997. Jake also excelled in the automotive shop at JHH.

When Jake graduated in 1997, he enrolled in the Jefferson Community & Technical College in Louisville, KY, where he received his certification in automotive repair.

In 1999, Jake was hired at Sullivan's Auto by owner and operator Ed Sullivan, where he has worked ever since.