17 Baleigh Jackson
Baleigh Jackson
  • Height:
    5-5
  • Hometown:
    Monticello, Ark.
  • Position:
    C/UT
  • Year:
    SO
  • Bats/Throws:
    R/R
  • High School:
    Monticello

Bio

Awards

  • 2019 All-AMC first-team selection
  • 2019 AMC All-Academic Team selection
  • 2018 All-AMC second-team selection
  • 2018 AMC All-Academic team selection
  • 2018 NCCAA National Champion

Career Highs

  • At-Bats: 5 vs. Doane (2/8/18)
  • Hits: 3, nine times; most recent vs. Ozarks (4/16/19)
  • Doubles: 2, four times; most recent @ Park (3/17/19)
  • Triples: 1 @ Hannibal-LaGrange (3/18/18)
  • Home Runs: 2, twice; most recent @ Williams Baptist (3/26/19)
  • RBI: 6 vs. Ozarks (4/16/19)
  • Runs Scored: 2, eight times; most recent vs. Ozarks (4/16/19)
  • Walks: 2 @ Mid-America Christian (5/9/18)
  • Steals: 1, five times; most recent @ Lindenwood-Belleville (3/23/19)
  • Hitting Streak: 11 (4/7-4/18/18)

2019 (sophomore)

  • AMC first-team
  • AMC All-Academic Team
  • Played in 51 games
  • Finished the season with a .367 batting average, 21 runs scored, 12 doubles, eight home runs, 48 RBIs and four steals
  • Scored a season-high two runs in games vs. Ozarks (4/16), @ Williams Baptist (3/26), @ Freed-Hardeman (3/12), Harris Stowe (3/10), Grand View (3/1)
  • Posted a season-high three hits in games vs. Ozarks (4/16), @ Williams Baptist (3/26), @ Lindenwood-Belleville (3/23), @ Park (3/17), @ Freed-Hardeman (3/12), Harris-Stowe (3/10), Grand View (3/1)
  • Drove in a team-best and season-best six RBIs against Ozarks (4/16)
  • Posted a season-high two doubles @ Park (3/17)
  • Notched only multi-home run game of the season @ Williams Baptist (3/26)
  • Stole a base @ Lindenwood-Belleville, vs. Harris-Stowe State (3/10), vs. Grand View (3/1) and vs. McPherson (2/9)

2018 (freshman)

  • NCCAA National Champion
  • Second-team All-AMC selection
  • AMC All-Academic Team selection
  • Played in 56 games
  • Finished the season second on the team in batting average (.364) while also scoring 29 runs with 18 doubles, one triple, eight home runs and 36 RBIs
  • Doubled and drove in a run in NCCAA World Series Championship win over Belhaven (5/19)
  • Had three hits, including two solo home runs, her first career multi-home run game, in NCCAA Central Regional Championship win over Mid-America Christian (5/9)
  • Had two hits, including a solo home run, in second game of a doubleheader @ Lindenwood-Belleville (4/20)
  • Hit a solo home run in the second game of a doubleheader vs. Park (4/15)
  • Tied a season-high with three hits, scored a run, doubled and drove in a run in first game of a doubleheader vs. Park (4/15)
  • Had two hits, including a home run and three RBIs in the second game of a doubleheader vs. William Woods (4/14)
  • Tied a season-high with two doubles in the second game of a doubleheader vs. Columbia (4/7)
  • Homered and drove in three in the first game of a doubleheader against Freed-Hardeman (4/2)
  • Had two hits, including a solo home run, in second game of a doubleheader @ Lyon (3/24)
  • Scored a run, tied a season-high with two doubles and had two RBIs in the first game of a doubleheader vs. Mount Mercy (3/22)
  • Notched first career triple in the first game of a doubleheader @ Hannibal-LaGrange (3/18)
  • Hit first career home run and notched first three career RBIs in the first game of a doubleheader vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff (2/15)
  • Notched first career double vs. LSU-Alexandria (2/9)
  • Earned first three career hits and scored first career run in the second game of a doubleheader vs. Doane (2/8)

Monticello High School

  • Scholar Athlete all four years
  • All-4A-8 Conference selection all four years
  • All-State selection as a junior in 2016 and again as a senior in 2017
  • Freshman newcomer of the year in 4A-8 in 2014
  • Big Bopper Award winner as a sophomore in 2015 and a senior in 2017
  • Junior Classic Showcase selection in 2016
  • State All-Star game selection as a senior in 2017

Personal

  • Born on February 26, 1999
  • Daughter of Hud & Patricia Jackson
  • Father, Hud, is head football coach @ University of Arkansas-Monticello

Favorites

  • Teams: Wherever my dad is coaching and of course CBC
  • Food: Crawfish
  • Candy: anything
  • Person: Parents
  • Vacation Place: Beach
  • Number: 17
  • TV Show/Streaming Show: Grey's Anatomy & Riverdale
  • Influential People in Your Life: Allison & Madison Skelton
  • Athlete: Carly Hoover