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Jayme Bailey

Jayme Bailey

Student Assistant Coach
2023 Third Team All-ACC
2023 Third Team NFCA Mid-Atlantic Region
2023 VaSID All-State Second Team
2023 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District
2023 All-ACC Academic Team 2021 NFCA All Mid-Atlantic First Team
2021 Second Team All-ACC
2021 VaSID First Team All-State

Two-time Preseason All-ACC
2020 VaSID First Team All-State
2019 VaSID Second Team All-State
JWOS All-Freshman Team
Second-Team NFCA All-Region (Mid-Atlantic)
Schutt Sports/NFCA National Freshman of the Year Top 25
2019 First-Team All-ACC
ACC All Freshmen Team
2018-19 ACC Academic Honor Roll
 
2023: Started in 57 games for the Hokies… Posted a .318 batting average with 55 hits which ranked third on the team… Tied for the team lead in triples with two… Recorded 12 home runs which ranked third on the team… Did not record a single error at first base all season with 290 putouts… Scored 36 runs with a .374 on base percentage… Went 4-for-4 in stolen base attempts… Finished career first in total bases with 412, as well as second in triples (11) and doubles (47)… Finished third in career RBI (147) and home runs (36)… Started the season on a nine-game hitting streak (2/9-2/18)… Had a season-high three hits against Purdue Fort Wayne (2/11)… Went 2-for-3 in the win over UNCW with a home run and three RBI… Had two straight games with a home run in the wins over NC State (3/5) and Mount St. Mary’s (3/7)… Hit a grand slam against Virginia (4/7) to tie up the game in the top of the seventh… Went 2-for-3 against No. 5 Florida State with a home run and three RBI (4/22)… Had three straight games in the postseason with a hit from 5/11-5/19.

2022: Started in 54 games with a .287 batting average on the year and a .503 slugging percentage… Led the team in doubles with 12… Hit a grand slam vs. No. 14 Clemson (3/4)... Tallied a home run against ETSU (3/9)... Recorded a three-run triple at Longwood (3/23)... Collected three RBI against Pitt (3/25)... Hit a two-run home run against No. 15 Tennessee to clinch the win (4/20)... Went 2-for-3 against Boston College while adding a double, an RBI, and two runs scored (5/1)... Recorded a two-run home run in the Blacksburg Regional game against Miami (OH) (5/21)... Went 2-for-3 in the Regional Final vs No. 15 Kentucky with a home run and two RBI (5/22).

2021: Started all 52 games, 42 at first base, 10 in the outfield… Hit .444 at the Tempe Regional with a home run vs. BYU (5/22) and three runs scored… Hit a solo home run, her seventh of the year, versus Syracuse [2] (5/1)… Went 2 for 4 with a double, an RBI and a run scored vs. Notre Dame (4/24)… Owned a double, HR, two RBI and two runs versus Georgia Tech (4/18)… Hit a first-inning, solo home run in Game 1 against Longwood (4/7)… Racked up three hits, including two doubles, three RBI, two runs and a steal at No. 12/14 Duke (4/2-4)… Went 6 for 12 with six RBI and six runs scored in the NC State series, including a four-run game in the series finale when she also hit her second home run of the year contributing to the Hokies' school record eight home runs.

2020: Started all 25 games… Tallied a hit in 21 of 25 games, hitting .385… Owns eight multi-hit games… Hit a triple in three straight games before the season ended… Had her first career multi-homer game at Virginia (3/6) … Went 2 for 2 with a run scored vs. Purdue (2/28) … Set a career high with four RBI against Bradley (2/22) …  Had an RBI double in the win over Army (2/21) … Went off versus East Carolina (2/8), going 3 for 3 with three RBI, one home run and a double.

2019: Played in 55 games and started at first base in 49 of those games and four games at second base … Finished with the second-best on-base percentage (.497) and fourth-best batting average (.380) in school history, while her batting average was the highest ever by a freshman … Got on base in all four games of the Lexington Regional, including getting a single in each game versus Kentucky (5/18-19) … Drew a walk against NC State (5/9) in the quarterfinals of the ACC Championship … Tallied two hits, including a double, one RBI and one run versus Longwood (4/30) … Finished with two hits and two runs and also earned one walk versus Boston College (4/27) … Had two hits, one run and one earned walk versus North Carolina (4/21) … Finished with one run and two hits at Charlotte (4/17) … Earned two walks, had one hit and scored a run every time she got to the plate against Virginia (4/12) … Scored three runs along with two hits against No. 20/17 JMU (4/12) … Had two hits and one scored run in the second match versus Duke (4/6) … Scored three runs with two hits versus Louisville (3/31) … Recorded one hit, two RBI’s and a home run versus Radford (3/27) … Tallied two hits and two runs in game two versus Pitt (3/23) … Nailed a home run along with two RBI and three hits versus Lipscomb (3/20) …Tallied one hit in each game of the Binghamton (3/19) doubleheader, as well as earning two walks and scoring twice in the first game … Brought in the game-winning run off a sacrifice fly and got on base with one walk at NC State (3/17) … Turned in a two-run home run against NC State (3/16) … Registered two hits versus Georgia Tech (3/10) … Recorded one home run against Georgia Tech (3/10) along with two runs and two RBI … Finished with one RBI versus Georgia Tech (3/9) … Finished with one hit versus UAB (3/3) … Chalked up two hits versus UAB (3/2) …Recorded one hit which resulted in a double versus No. 8 Georgia (3/1) … Earned an eight-pitch walk and a hit-by-pitch at Radford (2/27) … Earned one hit and one walk versus Georgia State (2/24) … Brought in one run and finished with one hit against [RV] Texas State (2/23) … Registered one hit versus USF (2/22) and Georgia State (2/23) … Went 2-for-3 with two runs scored and a walk at Charleston Southern (2/17) … Posted two hits, a walk and the first RBI of her career against ETSU (2/17) …. Recorded a career-high 14 putouts at first base and a single at Charleston Southern (2/16) … Scored one run in the victory over College of Charleston (2/9), starting at second base for the first time of her career … Registered two assists and two putouts in the first matchup against Purdue (2/9) … Had two at-bats against Central Michigan (2/8), earning the first start of her career, playing first base … Recorded one run versus [RV] Wichita State (2/8).

High School: Four-year letterwinner at Hurricane High School for coaches Josh Caldwell and Meghan Stevens … Four-time WVSSAC AAA state champion … Four-time first-team all-state selection … Four-time all-conference selection … 2015 Freshman of the Year … Triple crown 16U national champion in Austin, Texas in 2017 with Beverly Bandits … PGF 16U Premier national champion in Huntington Beach, California in 2017 with the Beverly Bandits … PGF 18U national champion with the Georgia Impact in 2018 … Four-time A-honor roll student.