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Jalen Battles Season 2021-22

PosINF
Wt210 lbs
Ht6-2
YrSr.
HometownSan Antonio, Texas
Previous SchoolMcLennan CC
B/TR/R
MLB Draft
2022 – Tampa Bay Rays, 5th round (No. 164 overall)
2019 – Philadelphia Phillies, 34th round (No. 1020 overall)

Senior (2022)
» NCAA Stillwater Regional All-Tournament Team
» Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll

Started and played in 66 games (all 66 at shortstop) ... Slashed .289/.364/.480 with 10 home runs and 45 runs batted in ... Scored 51 runs ... Tallied 71 hits, including 15 doubles and one triple ... Drew 30 walks ... Was hit by one pitch and took two intentional walks ... Recorded a team-leading 24 multiple hit games with one three-hit effort ... 12 multi-RBI games, including three-RBI performances and one four-RBI effort ... 2-for-2 in stolen base attempts ... Put together a season-long 10-game hitting streak and 16-game reached base streak ... Defensively, committed eight errors in 274 total chances (.971 fielding percentage) ... Helped turn 40 double plays, second most of any Razorback defender ... In SEC play, slashed .287/.350/.435 with four homers and 20 RBI in 30 games ... Had 31 base hits, including four doubles, in conference action ... Socked a home run in the season opener against Illinois State (Feb. 18) ... Cranked a three-run homer vs. Louisiana (Feb. 27) in the Karbach Round Rock Classic at Dell Diamond in Round Rock, Texas ... Collected a season-high three hits, including a double and a triple, and drove in a pair of runs in the second game of a doubleheader against UAPB (April 12) ... Doubled twice and scored two runs against Arkansas State (April 20) ... Had his second multi-double game of the season against No. 24 Vanderbilt (May 13), scoring a pair of runs ... In the NCAA Tournament, slashed .286/.400/.429 with one home run and eight runs batted in over 11 games ... Earned a spot on the NCAA Stillwater Regional All-Tournament Team after hitting .333/.400/.500 with a homer and six RBI over four games ... Racked up two hits with a season-high four runs batted in against No. 6 Oklahoma State (June 4), swatting a grand slam in the Hogs' win ... In the College World Series, drew a season-high three walks against No. 25 Auburn (June 21) ... Before the season, landed on the watch list for the Brooks Wallace Award ... Helped Arkansas set a new school record in fielding percentage with a .982 mark for the year.

Junior (2021)
» ABCA/Rawlings South All-Region (Second Team)

» SEC All-Tournament Team
» SEC Tournament MVP
» NCAA Fayetteville Regional All-Tournament Team

Started and played in 61 games (all 61 at shortstop), slashing .269/.371/.407 with six homers and 43 runs batted in ... Scored 48 runs and tallied 58 hits on the year, including 12 doubles ... Drew 33 walks and was plunked by four pitches ... 14 multi-hit games and 11 multi-RBI games on the year ... Recorded a season-high six-game hitting streak ... Reached base in a season-long 12 consecutive games ... One of five Razorbacks with five or more steals during the season, swiping five bases in seven attempts ... Posted a .956 fielding percentage, committing 11 errors in 251 chances ... Responsible for turning 34 double plays ... Made his Arkansas debut against No. 3 Texas Tech (Feb. 20) in the State Farm College Baseball Showdown at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, recording three hits with three RBI and two runs scored ... Hit his first home run as a Razorback on the road at Louisiana Tech (March 12), driving in two runs and drawing a season-high three walks in Arkansas' 9-7 extra-inning win ... Collected three hits, including two home runs, and season-high four RBI in a 21-8 win against UCA (March 30) ... Three hits at No. 11 Ole Miss (April 11), driving in two runs and scoring three runs ... Recorded his second three-RBI effort of the season against Georgia (May 9) ... Slashed .538/.647/.846 with seven hits, including a double and a homer, five RBI and five runs scored at the SEC Tournament (May 26-30) to earn MVP honors and help Arkansas win its first SEC Tournament title ... Posted a .300/.588/.700 slash line with a homer, an RBI and seven runs scored during the NCAA Fayetteville Regional (June 4-7), earning a spot on the All-Tournament Team ... Two doubles, an RBI and a run scored against No. 16 NC State (June 11) in Arkansas' 21-2 win in game one of the NCAA Fayetteville Super Regional ... Part of a Razorback offense that hit a school-record 109 home runs in 2021 ... Helped Arkansas set a school record in fielding percentage with a .980 mark for the year.

Prior to Arkansas
Attended McLennan Community College in Waco, Texas ... As a sophomore, hit .303 with two home runs, 18 RBI and 17 runs scored in 17 games played during the pandemic-shortened 2020 season ... Hit .320 as a freshman in 57 games played during the 2019 campaign ... Tacked on six home runs, driving in 42 runs, scoring 60 runs and stealing six bases … All six of his home runs came in conference play, helping McClennan reach the Region V finals of the NJCAA Tournament … Finished with the highest average (.320) on the team, fourth-highest slugging percentage (.532) and totaled the most hits (65), doubles (17) and runs scored (60) … Named second-team all-conference … In high school, was an all-district selection and was also named first team all-district in football and basketball ... Named James Madison High School’s Athlete of the Year as a senior.
Jalen Battles

Jr.
2020-21

INF
6-2 / 205 lbs