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Jersey Number 38
JP Elkins
- Position:
- RHP
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 190
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Ridgeland, Miss.
- High School/Previous School:
- Ridgeland
Bio
2018 (Sophomore Season – Hinds C.C.)
Season: Hitting: Appeared in 19 games with 11 starts at the plate…Started all 11 games at shortstop…Hit .278 with seven runs scored, five RBIs and six walks…Had one multi-hit and one multi-RBI game…Posted a season-best two hits against Southwest Mississippi C.C. (5/2)…Plated a season-high two RBIs at Jones County J.C. (5/11). Pitching: Made six appearances with two starts on the mound…Posted a 0-1 record…Threw a season-best 4 2/3 innings with a season-high three strikeouts against Itawamba C.C. (5/6).
2017 (Freshman Season – Hinds C.C.)
Season: Missed the baseball season due to injury…Was also a member of the football program…Appeared in eight games with two starts at quarterback…Completed 22-of-53 passes for 364 yards and four touchdowns…Rushed for 91 yards and one score…Ranked No. 3 on the team in rushing.
High School
Lettered four times for head coach Clint Wilkerson at Ridgeland High School…Garnered first-team all-state as a senior…Named to the Mississippi High School Activities Association All-Star team as a senior…Owned the school’s school record for lowest ERA and highest strikeout-to-walk ration upon graduation…Also lettered four times in football.
Personal
Born John Parker Elkins on December 19, 1996 in Jackson, Mississippi…Son of Alice and Doug Elkins…Has one older sister, Claire…Father, Doug, attended Mississippi State…Majoring in kinesiology.
Season: Hitting: Appeared in 19 games with 11 starts at the plate…Started all 11 games at shortstop…Hit .278 with seven runs scored, five RBIs and six walks…Had one multi-hit and one multi-RBI game…Posted a season-best two hits against Southwest Mississippi C.C. (5/2)…Plated a season-high two RBIs at Jones County J.C. (5/11). Pitching: Made six appearances with two starts on the mound…Posted a 0-1 record…Threw a season-best 4 2/3 innings with a season-high three strikeouts against Itawamba C.C. (5/6).
2017 (Freshman Season – Hinds C.C.)
Season: Missed the baseball season due to injury…Was also a member of the football program…Appeared in eight games with two starts at quarterback…Completed 22-of-53 passes for 364 yards and four touchdowns…Rushed for 91 yards and one score…Ranked No. 3 on the team in rushing.
High School
Lettered four times for head coach Clint Wilkerson at Ridgeland High School…Garnered first-team all-state as a senior…Named to the Mississippi High School Activities Association All-Star team as a senior…Owned the school’s school record for lowest ERA and highest strikeout-to-walk ration upon graduation…Also lettered four times in football.
Personal
Born John Parker Elkins on December 19, 1996 in Jackson, Mississippi…Son of Alice and Doug Elkins…Has one older sister, Claire…Father, Doug, attended Mississippi State…Majoring in kinesiology.
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