2017 Baseball Roster
Thomas, JT
Jersey Number 25
JT Thomas
- Height:
- 5-10
- Weight:
- 185
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Woodstock, Ga.
- Prev School:
- Chattahoochee Valley CC
- High School:
- Etowah HS
Bio
Awards/Accolades
2018
2016 (Chattahoochee Valley CC)
- 2018 Johnny Bench Award Watch List
- 2018 Preseason All-SoCon First Team
- 2018 NCBWA Preseason All-America First Team
- 2018 Collegiate Baseball Preseason All-America First Team
- 2017 Perfect Game/Rawlings All-American Honorable Mention
- 2017 All-SoCon First Team (Coaches & Media)
- 2017 SoCon Player of the Week (4/10-4/16)
- 2017 SoCon Player of the Week (3/13-3/19)
2018
- Anchored Mercer's catcher position as a senior, starting 57 games
- Batted .299 with 64 hits & 47 RBI
- Hit eight home runs & tallied 17 total extra-base hits
- Scored 50 runs & had an on base percentage of .412
- Threw out 13 baserunners & recorded .987 fielding percentage
- Led Mercer with 14 multi-RBI games
- Batted .500 over first month of the season
- Went 3-for-4 with two home runs & four RBI vs. Holy Cross (March 4)
- Tied career-high of four hits (4-for-5) vs. VMI (April 28)
- Batted .400 (6-for-15) in SoCon Tournament play with at least one hit in all five games
- One of three Bears to record a team-best 13-game hit streak
- Ended the season by reaching base in 16 straight games
- Emerged as one of the most formidable hitters in the SoCon as a junior transfer
- Started in all 55 games he appeared in, primarily as team's designated hitter and back up catcher
- Led Mercer in multiple offensive categories including batting average (.357), RBIs (62), hits (75), slugging percentage (.624) and on base percentage (.454)
- Finished season with 32 extra-base hits (20 doubles, 12 home runs)
- Led Bears with 131 total bases
- Totaled six games with at least three RBIs, including three with six
- Strung together eight consecutive games with at least two hits from April 13-25
- Went 7-for-10 with nine RBIs, two home runs, three doubles and five runs scored in Mercer's season-opening series vs. Maryland Eastern Shore
- Notched two four-hit efforts at nationally-ranked East Carolina to help Bears earn a series sweep
- Torrid weekend at East Carolina included three home runs, eight RBIs and seven runs scored
- Batted 7-for-13 with seven RBIs in three games at SoCon Tournament
2016 (Chattahoochee Valley CC)
- Logged 145 at bats over 50 games played for Pirates as a sophomore
- Helped team to 52-12 overall record and 29-3 record in Alabama Community College Conference
- Earned JUCO World Series All-Tournament Team honors
- Named Chattahoochee Valley CC Defensive Player of the Year for second straight season
- Ranked fourth among Pirates with .372 batting average
- Logged 17 extra base hits, including six home runs
- Posted .475 on base percentage and 48 RBIs
- Saw 120 at bats over 45 games as a freshman for head coach Adam Thomas
- Batted .317 along with .385 on base percentage
- Scored 18 runs and added 17 RBIs
- Named team's Defensive Player of the Year
- Four-year letterwinner under head coach Greg Robinson at Etowah High School in Woodstock, Ga.
- Was Eagles' defensive player of the year three straight years (2012-14)
- Earned All-County First Team and All-Region First Team honors as a senior
- Graduated in spring of 2014
- Born Jacob Marc Thomas on March 26, 1996 to parents Becky and Mac Thomas
- Has one older brother, Tyler, and one younger sister, Mackensie
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