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#7 Grant Jay
C • 5-11 222 So. • Semmes, AL (Mobile Christian School)
CAREER HONORS
2023:
NCBWA Third Team All-American
Collegiate Baseball First Team Freshman All-American NCBWA First Team Freshman All-American
Baseball America Second Team Freshman All-American D1Baseball Second Team Freshman All-American Perfect Game Second Team Freshman All-American ABCA First Team Central All-Region
Conference USA Freshman of the Year
First Team All-Conference USA
Conference USA All-Freshman Team
Conference USA All-Tournament Team
Conference USA Hitter of the Week (Week of May 8)
2023 (FRESHMAN)
Made his Patriot debut as a pinch hitter on Opening Day versus Fordham (2/17) ... Went 3-for-3 with a double and hit his first career home run in a win over Fordham (2/18) ... Clubbed a solo homer against Grambling (3/8) ... Homered in his second straight game and also doubled and drove in two runs versus Oral Roberts (3/10) ... Helped lift DBU to a sweep of Oral Roberts (3/12) after going 3-for-4 with a pair of doubles ... Belted a solo home run in a win at Oklahoma (3/21) ... Went 3-for-6 with two home runs and five RBI at Sam Houston (4/4) ... Homered and drove in two runs in a 13-10 win over UT Arlington (4/18) ... Went 2-for-4 with a double, a triple, and two RBI versus Central Arkansas (5/9) ... CUSA TOURNAMENT: Homered and doubled as part of a three-hit day against Rice (5/24) ... Belted a solo home run versus WKU (5/17).
COLLEGIATE SUMMER LEAGUE
Played for the Cowlitz Bears in the West Coast League last summer ... Spent the summer of 2022 with the Frederick Keys in the MLB Draft League.
HIGH SCHOOL
Four-year letterman at Mobile Christian School ... Played for head coach Talley Haines ... Was named an All-American by both Perfect Game and Baseball Factory ... Tabbed a First Team All-State selection in 2021 and was named the Class 5A Hitter of the Year ... Won three state championships during his prep career ... Rated the No. 1 catcher in the state of Alabama by Perfect Game ... Also ranked the No. 17 catcher in the
nation and the No. 311 overall prospect in the country by Perfect Game ... Competed in the summers for the Cincinnati
Reds Scout Team.
PERSONAL
Born on September 23, 2003 ... Parents are Jason and Stacey Jay ... His grandfather, Joey Jay, played 13 seasons in the Major Leagues from 1953-1966 and is in the Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame ... Majoring in Kinesiology ... Favorite Bible verse is Philippians 4:13.
Compiled one of the most decorated freshman seasons in program history after being named an NCBWA Third Team All-American, a consensus Freshman All-American, and Conference USA’s Freshman of the Year ... Joined Jimmy Glowenke (2019) as just the second player in program history to be tabbed a consensus Freshman All-American ... Was also named a semifinalist for the Dick Howser Trophy ... Hit .319 in 58 games with 21 home runs, a mark that ranked as the third-most in a single season in DBU’s Division I era dating back to 2004 ... Compiled the nation’s 18th-highest slugging percentage (.755) and finished the year sixth in CUSA in both doubles (17) and RBI (62) ... vs. TOP 25 OPPONENTS: Went 2-for-3 with a home run, a double, and two RBI at No. 12 Oklahoma State (3/14) ... vs. CUSA OPPONENTS: Led the team with 11 home runs versus conference opponents ... Drove in three runs as part of a two-hit day against FIU (3/17) ... Went 2-for-3 with an RBI double versus UAB (4/8) ... Hit a solo blast to help complete a three-game sweep at Florida Atlantic (4/16) ... Ripped two doubles and drove in four runs against Louisiana Tech (4/22) ... Went 2-for-4 with a home run and three RBI versus Louisiana Tech (4/22) ... Homered in the ninth inning to tie the game and delivered a two-run double in the 12th to hand DBU an 8-6 win over Rice (4/28) ... Blasted a two- run homer in the ninth inning to give the Patriots’ a 4-3 win at Rice (4/30) ... Drove in a season-high six runs after going 4-for-5 with two home runs and a double against Middle Tennessee (5/5) ... Went 2-for-4 with a home run in a win over Middle Tennessee (5/6) ... Homered in his third straight game in a series-clinching win over Middle Tennessee (5/7) ... Hit two home runs including a solo blast in the ninth inning that gave DBU a 10-9 lead in a win over No. 22 UTSA (5/12) ... Went 2-for-5 with a double and an RBI in a victory at No. 22 UTSA (5/14) that clinched the CUSA regular season title for DBU ... Doubled, homered, and drove in three runs against WKU (5/18) ... vs. NON-CONFERENCE:
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