2026 Baseball Roster
Roster
Jack Gleason
- Position:
- RHP
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-1 / 200
- B/T:
- R/R
- Class:
- Redshirt Freshman
- Hometown:
- Germantown, Tenn.
- High School/Previous School:
- Briarcrest Christian HS
2025-26 Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll
2026 (Redshirt Freshman)
Made 23 appearances on the season (all in relief) ... Posted a 4-1 record with a 5.13 ERA, 42 strikeouts and 12 walks in 26 1/3 innings ... Did not allow a run in his first five appearances ... Earned a win in his collegiate debut in the second game of a doubleheader vs. Hofstra (2/14), working 1 1/3 shutout innings with a pair of strikeouts ... Struck out the side in order in a perfect inning versus Virginia Tech (2/28) during the Amegy Bank College Baseball Series at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas ... Fanned a career-high five batters in 1 2/3 innings at Southern Miss (3/3) ... Pitched a career-high 2 1/3 innings and struck out four batters against LSU (4/26) ... Pitched 1 2/3 innings and struck out four batters versus Tulane (3/10) ... Tallied four strikeouts in 1 2/3 shutout innings against Memphis (4/21) ... Struck out three in 1 1/3 perfect frames vs. Tennessee (4/11).
Did not see any game action.
Played for Briarcrest Christian High School in Eads, Tenn. under coach Craig Hopkins … Helped his team earn a State Championship title in 2024 … In his junior year, he was named First Team All-Region … Earned First Team All-State, First Team All-Metro and First Team All-Region honors in his senior year… Pitched 43 innings with a 4-2 record, 62 punchouts and a 1.30 ERA in his junior year … In his senior year, he pitched 44 innings with a 5-1 record, 73 strikeouts, a 1.27 ERA and held opponents to a .097 batting average.
Personal
Full name is John Michael Gleason … Born July 24, 2005, in Germantown, Tenn. … Son of Gary and Brooke Gleason … He has one brother, Andrew and one sister, Grace … Also played football in high school, and during the 2023-24 season was named All-State Punter as well as All-Region Receiver … He was also named School-Wide Athlete of the Year during his time at Briarcrest Christian High School … His father Gary Gleason played football at Mississippi State … His grandmother was the first woman honored with the Miss MSU title ... Majoring in finance.
