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Jessie Blaine Season 2022

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Jessie Blaine Season 2022

PositionC
Height5-10
YearFreshman
HometownWentzville, Mo.
B/TR/R

HONORS & AWARDS
2023-24 Athletic Director’s Honor Roll
2023 SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll
2023 Jane B. Moore Memorial All-Tournament Team

2022 Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete
2021-22 First-Year SEC Honor Roll
2021-22 Auburn Athletics Director Honor Roll

D1 Softball SEC Freshman of the Week [March 22]
SEC Freshman of the Week [March 22]

2023 | SOPHOMORE SEASON:
Appeared in 56 games and made 33 starts in her second season on the Plains … started 27 games at designated player and made six starts behind the plate … totaled 25 hits, including one triple and a pair of home runs to plate 18 runs … scored 10 times … drew 17 walks and was hit by a pitch twice to post a .349 on-base percentage … added a sacrifice fly and sacrifice hit … swiped three bases … perfect behind the dish with 46 putouts and three assists … held a .333 batting average in her pinch-hit opportunities … named to the Jane B. Moore Memorial All-Tournament Team … scored the walk-off run on a wild pitch in Auburn’s run-rule victory versus Dayton (2/18) … first home run of the season was an inside-the-park blast versus Austin Peay (2/19) … also drove in a season-best three runs in the contest versus the Governors … scored a season-high two runs versus Merrimack (2/24) … also slugged a solo home run at Georgia Tech (3/8) … her lone multi-hit effort in SEC play came at South Carolina (4/28) with a 2-for-2 effort
 
2022 | FRESHMAN SEASON:
Appeared in 54 games, starting 53 … started at four different positions for the Tigers with 31 starts as a designated played, 20 in right field, one at first base and one at catcher … totaled 39 hits with 27 runs scored … slugged five doubles, two triples and nine home runs for a .547 slugging percentage … six of her nine home runs came in SEC play … third on the team with 37 RBI … team leader with 25 walks … posted a .393 on-base percentage … held a .340 average (18-for-53) with runners in scoring position … tabbed D1 Softball SEC Freshman of the Week and the SEC Freshman of the Week on March 22 … closed her debut season with the fourth most triples, the fourth most home runs, the fifth highest slugging percentage and the fifth most RBI ever recorded by an Auburn freshman … first collegiate hit was an RBI double in Auburn’s season opener versus Seton Hall (2/11) … led Auburn at the St. Pete Clearwater Elite Invitational with a .417 (5-for-12) average at the plate … scored a pair of runs and knocked her first collegiate home run against Texas Tech (2/17) … recorded her first multi-hit and multi-RBI performance against Wisconsin (2/18), going 2-for-4 with two RBI and first collegiate triple … matched her then career-best efforts in runs scored, hits and RBI with a 2-for-3 performance against Texas A&M (3/13) … slugged a late two-run home run against the Aggies to provided needed insurance to secure the series sweep … down to the last out, slugged a three-run home run in the bottom of the seventh to force extra innings against South Carolina (3/19) … knocked a three-run home run in the following game against the Gamecocks (3/20) to plate the go-ahead runs to even the series … plated a career-high four RBI in two of the three games in the South Carolina series … made her first appearance in the outfield as a left fielder against Alabama State (3/30) … went 4-for-4 at the plate in game two of the Niagara doubleheader (4/15) … scored a career high three runs at Alabama State (4/27) … recorded her first postseason hit with a pinch-hit single against Clemson (5/21) in the Clemson Regional
 
HIGH SCHOOL:
Ranked as the No. 14 recruit of the 2021 class by Extra Innings Softball … completed her senior season at St. Dominic High School … bouncing around the country as part of a military family, also competed at San Clemente High School and Quantico High School … closed her senior season at St. Dominic with a .521 average at the plate … recorded 37 total hits, including 13 doubles, two triples and nine home runs for a 1.140 slugging percentage… scored 40 runs and totaled 37 RBI … drew 27 walks and struck out just once in 71 at-bats for a .657 on-base percentage … also an all-state performer in basketball … anchor behind the dish for the 2019 Team USA U17 National Team … helped the team win gold at the Pan American Games … competes for Iowa Premier Gold on the club scene ... played in the inaugural Alliance All-Star Game
 
PERSONAL:
Born Jessie Blaine on Sept. 18, 2002 ... daughter of Brian and DJ Blaine ... has two sisters: Emma and Audrey … her father is an active member of the United States Marine Corps …wears No. 22 to bring awareness to 22Kill, a suicide prevention non-profit organization that predominantly focuses on preventing suicide among United States military veterans and first responders ... majoring in public relations

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Sophomore
2023

Catcher
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