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2022 Softball Roster

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Libby Knight / Illinois Athletics

48 Jaelyn Vickery

  • Position Utility
  • Height 5-8
  • Class Redshirt Sophomore
  • Hometown Kankakee, Ill.
  • High School Bishop McNamara Catholic
  • Instagram jae.vickery
  • Twitter JaeVic48

Biography

Redshirt Sophomore - 2022

  • Academic All-Big Ten
  • Big Ten Co-Player of the Week (2/22/22)
  • Appeared in 38 games, starting 29 primarily in the outfield
  • Slashed .296/.387/.543 across the season
  • Connected for 24 hits - 7 doubles, 2 triples and 3 home runs
  • Drove in 13 RBI and scored 18 runs herself
  • Delivered four sacrifice hits
  • Stole five bases
  • Owned a .970 fielding percentage with 30 putouts and two assists
  • Five multi-hit games, including a 3-for-3 effort against Western Illinois
  • Three multi-RBI outings including a 5 RBI performance against Western Michigan
  • Went 2-for-3 with 5 RBI vs. Western Michigan with an RBI triple and grand slam
  • Also added homers against Western Illinois and Arkansas

Redshirt Freshman - 2021

  • Second Team All-Big Ten
  • Big Ten All-Freshman Team
  • Made her Illini debut against Rutgers on 2/26/21, going 2-for-3 with an RBI and a run scored
  • Went 3-for-4 with two runs scored against Maryland on 2/27/21
  • Had two extra-base hits and two runs scored in her 2-for-3 outing against Minnesota (3/28/21)
  • Hit her first career home run in a win against Purdue (4/17/21)
  • Went 2-for-3 with 4 RBIs, including a 2-run home run, in a win against Ohio State (5/8/21)

Freshman - 2020

  • Did not see action as a freshman

High School

  • Won PGF Nationals in 2019 with her Iowa Premier club team
  • Led BMCHS to a fourth-place IHSA state finish earning All-State accolades in 2019 and was also named to the Daily Journal All City Team and MVP
  • Ranked as a 2019 Extra Elite 100 by Extra Innings Softball as a Top 100 player
  • Ranked No. 125 Top Recruits by FloSoftball for the 2019 class
  • Named to the Daily Journal All-City Softball Team and earned All-Metro Elite Honor after hitting .418 with 11 home runs, 40 runs scored and 46 RBI for Bishop McNamara
  • Helped lead BMCHS to an All-City championship, a Catholic League Conference championship and a Regional Championship in 2018
  • Was also an All-South Suburban Conference honoree and a Sectional Champion in Track & Field in 2016
  • Helped lead her travel club, Iowa Premier Gold, to a third-place finish at the 2017 PGF Nationals and a first-place finish at the PGF ICT Colorado Tournament in 2017
  • Won the Chicago Golden Gloves Boxing Tournament in 2019, earning Female Junior Novice Champion Title

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

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    2020Freshman

    Utility
    5'8"
    48
  • 48

    2021Redshirt Freshman

    Utility
    5'8"
    48
  • 48

    2022Redshirt Sophomore

    Utility
    5'8"
    48