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