Jim Jeffries

Height:
6-2
Weight:
230
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Mokena, Ill.
High School:
Providence Catholic

JUNIOR SEASON (2019)
-Appeared in 16 games with 10 starts
-Had two hits with a solo shot and an RBI
-Belted what proved to be the game-winning homerun in his only at bat in the top of the 10^th inning for a 7-6 victory at Troy (4/9)
-Earned a perfect fielding percentage on 76 chances

SOPHOMORE SEASON (2018)
- Appeared in 11 games with three starts
- Scored two runs on three hits with a RBI
- Scored a career-high two runs on a hit and walk against Alabama A&M (4/4)
- Played summer ball in the Valley League for the Strasburg Express with teammates Sylvester Toe and Colton Schultz
- Named to the Conference USA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll

FRESHMAN SEASON (2017)
- Appeared in nine games with three starts (all at catcher)
- Two of his three starts came across the last two weekends against eventual NCAA Tournament participants Southern Miss and Rice
- His first career start came against Valparaiso on Feb. 26
- Tallied two hits, one RBI and one walk on the year
- First hit came against Creighton on Feb. 19 after coming into the game off the bench
- First career RBI came in his final game against Rice on May 20
- Played for the So Cal Catch in the California Summer League with UAB teammate Zack Davis
- Named to the Conference USA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll

HIGH SCHOOL
- Played at Providence Catholic for head coach Mark Smith
- Won three consecutive Class 4A State Championships, the first program to do so in over 75 years
- One of four players (along with three other seniors in the Class of 2016) in Illinois state history to win three consecutive titles
- The Celtics went 92-34 over the last three seasons while Jeffries played in 105 of those games
- 10th-highest rated prospect from the state of Illinois at the catcher position in the class of 2016
- 2016 Rawlings-Perfect Game Preseason Central All-Region Honorable Mention
- Named to the McStrong Senior All-Star Game
- Played basketball and football as well

PERSONAL
- Born Jim Jeffries on April 16, 1998
- Son of Jennifer and Bob Jeffries
- Has two brothers: Tom and Bob, and two sisters: Megan and Bridget
- Father pitched at Saint Francis and Uncle Bob Jeffries pitched at Northern Illinois
- Majoring in industrial distribution