2022 Softball Roster
Jersey Number 48
Jaelyn Vickery
- Position:
- Utility
- Height:
- 5-8
- Class:
- Redshirt Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Kankakee, Ill.
- High School:
- Bishop McNamara Catholic
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
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