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Jersey Number 23
Jackson Owen
- Position:
- C
- Ht./Wt.:
- 5-10 / 200
- B/T:
- R/R
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Starkville, Miss.
- High School/Previous School:
- Starkville HS / Northeast Mississippi CC
Bio
Honors / Awards
2024 First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll2025 Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll
2025 (Senior) - Mississippi State
Appeared in five games making one start behind the plate… Recorded six putouts in the season opener vs. Manhattan (2/14) … tallied three putouts vs. Queens (3/8) … Made his first start of the season and drew a walk vs. Nicholls (3/12) in Biloxi.
Season: Did not see any action in the 2024 season.
2023 (Sophomore) – Northeast Mississippi CC
Season: Played in 48 games and stepped into the batters box 161 times in his second season with the team … In his sophomore season, he had 41 hits, 54 RBIs, 47 runs and a .255 batting average … Finished the season with double digit home runs, 11, and double digit walks, 27, for the second year in a row … His fielding percentage stayed great at a .985, and he had 250 put outs … Went two-for-five with one double, one run and two RBIs against Kaskaskia college (2/10) … Hit his first home run on the season while also accumulating a run and an RBI against Lake Land College (2/18) … Drove in a career-high six RBIs and had his second home run on the season against East Central College (2/19).
2022 (Freshman) - Northeast Mississippi CC
Season: Appeared in 37 games and had 111 at-bats during his true freshman season … Showed out with 40 hits, 37 RBIs, a .360 batting average and 27 runs … Finished the season with a .703 slugging percentage, and double digit home runs and walks with 10 and 12 respectively … Had a .991 fielding percentage with 196 put outs … Went one-for-two and drew two walks on the day against Calhoun Community College (3/3) … Had his first double and had two RBIs against Mississippi Delta Community College (3/16) … Went three-for-four with three runs, two home runs and two RBIs against Meridian Community College (3/19) … Had two runs, a double, two RBIs, and a walk as he loaded the stat sheet against Jones College (3/26).
High School
A four year letterman at Starkville High School under head coach Luke Adkins … Appeared in 86 games, 31 of those coming from his senior season … Accumulated an overall batting average of .290 and an overall fielding average of .970 … When he graduated in 2021, he was the No. four ranked catcher in Mississippi, and the No. 180 ranked catcher in the nation.
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