2015 Baseball Roster
Andre Jernigan
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 195
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Ft. Wayne, Ind.
- High School:
- Homestead
• 14th Round Selection in 2016 MLB First Year Player Draft (Minnesota Twins)
• Louisville Slugger All-America Third Team
• BIG EAST Player of the Year
• All-BIG EAST First Team
• BIG EAST All-Tournament Team
• Preseason All-BIG EAST Team
• BIG EAST All-Academic Team
Appeared in 62 games, tying a Xavier record, while making 61 starts at shortstop... led BIG EAST in homers (14), HBP (13) and slugging percentage (.557)... second in the BIG EAST in RBI (42), doubles (17), total bases (123)... ranked 46th in NCAA Division I with 14 homers and 65th with 0.23 homers per game... linchpin of defense that ranked 33rd in the nation in double plays (54) and tied a school record with a .974 fielding percentage... led team with 11 multiple-RBI games... had team's second-longest reached base streak (18 games)... four triples were most in a season by a Musketeer since Stephen Schoettmer in 2013... hit .274 with 10 R, 3 HR and 15 RBI in 18 league games... homered twice (3-for-4, 3 R, 2 HR, 2 RBI) in 6-3 win over Cincinnati, setting a career-high with 11 total bases (3/26)... had a career day at Illinois State, going 4-for-5 with two doubles, two homers and a career-high six RBI in an 11-3 win (4/3)... hit .462 (6-for-13) with two runs scored and two RBI in a three-game sweep at Seton Hall (5/6-7)... hit .364 (4-for-11) with a homer and three RBI in the BIG EAST Championships, earning all-tournament accolades... went 2-for-4 with a solo homer in XU's win over Washington at the NCAA Tournament (6/5)...
2015 (As A Junior):
• 2014-15 BIG EAST All-Academic Team
• BIG EAST Player of the Week (2/16)
• BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll (3/30)
Appeared in all 53 games for the Musketeers, making 52 starts... led the team with 210 at-bats and 16 stolen bases... tied for the team lead with 53 hits, while ranking second with 10 doubles... recorded 13 multi-hit games... led the team with eight multiple-RBI games... hit .500 (8-for-16) to open the season en route to BIG EAST Player of the Week honors on Feb. 16... collected a career-high four hits against Boston College on Feb. 14...
2014 (As A Sophomore):
• 2013-14 BIG EAST All-Academic Team
• 1x College Sports Madness National Player of the Week
• 1x College Sports Madness BIG EAST Player of the Week
• 1x BIG EAST Player of the Week
Started all 57 games played at shortstop, recording a team-best 41 RBIs to go along with 31 runs scored and team-high-tying six homers ... Hit a three-run bomb in Xavier's game against No. 2-seed Oregon in the Nashville Regional of the NCAA Tournament ... Collected two hits with a run scored to help Xavier defeat Creighton, 5-0, in the title game of the BIG EAST Championship ... Had three hits with four RBIs and two runs scored in Xavier's 16-2 win over Butler ... Named College Sports Madness (CSM) National Player of the Week and CSM BIG EAST Player of the Week following a four-hit, nine-RBI and four-run weekend against Georgia State, which included a grand slam as his first career home run on Mar. 8 ... Tabbed BIG EAST Player of the Week on Feb. 17 after collecting six hits, two RBIs and five runs scored to help Xavier start the season 3-0 with win over Toledo, Norfolk State and Furman.
2013 (As A Freshman):
Redshirted the season.
Prior to Xavier: Three year varsity letter winner for Homestead High School in Fort Wayne, Indiana ... Had a .382 batting average, .472 on-base percentage, and 16 walks his senior year ... Named second team all-conference and first team all-area following senior year ... Was a member of the National Honor Society at Homestead High School ... Presidential Scholarship recipient.
Personal: Business undecided major ... Born November 16, 1993 in Muncie, Indiana ... Son of Frankie Jernigan and Stacey Jernigan ... Father, Frankie, played baseball at the University of Nebraska.
