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2026 Catamount Baseball Roster

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3 Jaylen Jones

  • Position Infield
  • Height 5-9
  • Weight 180
  • Class Redshirt Freshman
  • Hometown Loganville, Ga.
  • High School Loganville HS

Biography

2026 (Redshirt Freshman): Named Southern Conference Player of the Week on April 13, after batting .438 (7-for-16) with a double, a triple, and an inside the park home run as part of WCU's three-game SoCon sweep of Mercer in Cullowhee.

2025 (Freshman): Played in 16 games with 15 starts before being sidelined with a foot injury that kept him out of the lineup the remainder of the season … Expected to file for a medical redshirt … Made 13 starts at second base and twice started at third … Was batting .396 (21-of-53) at the time of his injury, including a .429 (6-of-14) average against left-handed pitchers … Collected 21 hits on the season, four going for extra bases with two doubles and a pair of triples … Had seven multi-hit games including two, three-hit efforts and five, two-hit games … Scored 11 runs with 14 RBI, nearly averaging one per game … Through 16 games, was 7-of-9 in stolen bases … Made his collegiate debut as a defensive replacement at third base in game two of opening weekend at Georgia Southern (Feb. 15) … His first collegiate start came in Statesboro (Feb. 16) at second base … Plated his first run in his first at bat with an RBI ground out to short at Georgia Southern (Feb. 16) … His first career hit was a two-run single to right-center against the Eagles in his first start … Had a career-day with a 3-for-4, three-RBI effort against USC Upstate (Feb. 18), doubling twice and legging out his first career triple … Had two, two-hit games in SoCon play against VMI (March 21-23), suffering the season-ending injury on a stolen base attempt against the Keydets in game three ... Named to the 2024-25 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll
 
Career Game Highs:
  • At Bats: 5, five times – MR: at Winthrop (4/3/26)
  • Hits: 3, four – MR: MERCER (4/10/26)
  • Runs: 5, MERCER (4/11/26)
  • Doubles: 2, vs. USC Upstate (2/18/25)
  • Triples: 1, twice - MR: MERCER (4/11/26)
  • RBI: 4, at The Citadel (3/29/26)
  • Walks: 2, four times – MR: MOREHEAD STATE (3/15/26)

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 3

    2025Freshman

    Infield
    5'9" 170 lbs
    3
  • 3

    2026Redshirt Freshman

    Infield
    5'9" 180 lbs
    3