J.T. Odom

Height:
6-1
Weight:
190
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
St. Mary's, Ga.
High School:
The Bolles School

2010 (Junior): Served as the primary closer of a very strong Mercer bullpen … Tallied career-highs with 35 relief appearances and five saves … His 35 appearances ranked second in the conference while his five saves are tied for the fourth-most in a single-season in Mercer history … Posted a 2-2 overall record with a 3.38 ERA … Led the team with a .171 opposing batting average … Finished third on the squad with 46 strikeouts in 42.2 innings pitched … Was extremely tough right-handed hitters all season long, holding them to a .144 average (16-for-111) … Pitched two scoreless innings of relief against Florida A&M (March 9) … Picked up his first save of the season after recording the final two outs of a 5-4 Mercer win over FGCU (April 3) … Tossed a career-long 5.0 innings and tied his season-high of five strikeouts in a relief appearance against A-Sun rival Stetson (April 10) … Ended his junior campaign on an incredible streak of 16 consecutive scoreless relief appearances that spanned over 22 innings of work.

2009 (Sophomore): Made a team-high 32 appearances and proved to be the team’s best late inning reliever … Led the team with a 3.88 ERA and .210 batters average against … Earned three saves, putting him in a four-way tie for 8th place for most saves in a single season … Went 5-4 on the season … Finished second on the teams with 61 strikeouts in just 48.2 innings of work … Led the team with 13 games finished and gave up a team-low four home runs … Started the season by not allowing an earned run in 10 of his first 12 appearances … Tied his career-high by striking out five batters and allowed just one earned run in 3.0 innings of work against ETSU (March 27) … Pitched a career-high 4.0 scoreless innings to earn a save against A-Sun rival Stetson (April 10) … Put together back-to-back scoreless relief appearances against Jacksonville (May 9-10).

2008 (Freshman): Made seven appearances, all in relief … Tied Dan April by holding batters to a team-low .240 batting average ... Totaled 6.2 innings on the year … Went a season-high 2.0 innings in first-career appearances against Savannah State (2/27) … Struck out two in 1.0 innings against Georgia Southern (3/18) … Held Savannah State hitless in 1.0 innings (4/16).

High School: Earned three letters in baseball for The Bolles School and coach Mike Boswell ... Led the Bulldogs to state semifinal appearances in 2005 and 2006.

Personal: Full name is Jack Thomas Odom III … Son of Jack and Carol Odom ... Has one sister, Mackenzie, 20, and one brother, Matt, 30 ... Majoring in mechanical engineering ... Born on June 8, 1988, in Langley, Va. … Ranked in the top ten percentile of high school class, graduating with a 4.13 GPA ... Favorite actor is Clint Eastwood ... Graduated from Mercer in the summer of 2010 and is currently working towards a master’s degree in mechanical engineering.