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Jersey Number 10
Core Jackson
- Position:
- INF
- B/T:
- L/R
- Class:
- Senior
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-2 / 190
- Hometown:
- Wyoming, Ontario
- High School:
- LCCVI
- Prev School:
- South Mountain CC
- Major:
- Sociology
Bio
MLB Draft
Career
2025 – Senior
2024 – Junior
Prior to Utah
Prior to College
Personal
Jackson on the U
"The coaching staff is outstanding and has a lot of knowledge. Utah is a Power Five school in a very good conference, and I want to compete at the highest level possible."
- Selected by the New York Yankees in the 2025 MLB Draft (Round 5, Pick 164)
Career
- Voted first-team All-Conference in both of his seasons at Utah (2024, ’25).
- Started all 100 games played at Utah, and 136 of 144 total NCAA contests.
- Hit .363 in his two seasons with the Utes, tallying 34 doubles, four triples, 16 home runs, 85 RBIs and 112 runs scored.
- Concluded his Utah career on the program career leaderboards for batting average (9th; .363), OBP (10th; .455) and stolen bases (T-10th; 37).
- Graduated with his Bachelor’s degree in sociology.
2025 – Senior
- Brooks Wallace Award Semifinalist
- All-Big 12 First Team
- D1Baseball.com Week 12 Shortstop Rankings (No. 10)
- D1Baseball.com Week 6 Shortstop Rankings (No. 13)
- Brooks Wallace Player of the Week (March 4)
- D1Baseball.com’s Preseason Top Big 12 Prospects, 2025 MLB Draft (No. 18)
- Headliner of the Utah offense slashed .364 / .445 / .641, leading the team in nearly every statistic including all three slash categories.
- Also was atop the club in runs scored (61), hits (75), RBIs (44), doubles (19), home runs (12), total bases (132) and stolen bases (20).
- Most runs scored in a season by a Utah player during the Power Conference era.
- His 21 walks were second in the team.
- Ranked sixth in the Big 12 (regular season) in batting average, T-3rd in runs scored, T-4th in doubles, T-5th fifth in hits and sixth in steals.
- Racked up 25 multi-hit performances and 10 games with multiple RBIs.
- Longest hitting streak went 11 games and had the longest on-base streak on the team at 20 straight games.
- Contributed a .333 average in starting all 30 conference games, again ranking among the Big 12’s best in runs scored (2nd; 36), steals (T-4th; 10) and doubles (T-6th; 11).
- Scored five times in a road win at Arizona (May 10), including once on a straight steal of home. He went 2-for-2 that night with a pair of home runs, four RBIs, four walks and a steal.
- His four walks and five runs in that Arizona game were both the most for any Big 12 player in a league game this season.
- Went 4-for-5 with five RBIs in the Baylor opener (April 17), finishing a triple short of the cycle as he scored three times.
- Smacked three doubles at California Baptist (Feb. 28) as part of a 4-for-5 night with five RBIs and two runs.
2024 – Junior
- Pac-12 All-Conference Team
- Canadian Baseball Network All-Canadian First Team
- D1Baseball.com Week 12 Position Rankings (No. 11 SS)
- Ranked by D1Baseball.com as the preseason No. 31 prospect in the Pac-12 for the 2024 MLB Draft.
- Started 52 games at shortstop, missing only three games all season.
- Slashed .363 / .463 / .516 with 15 doubles, three triples, four home runs, 41 RBI, 30 walks and 51 runs scored.
- Stole 17 bases, trailing only Kai Roberts (33) for the team and Pac-12 lead.
- Ranked among the Pac-12 leaders in batting average (4th), OBP (3rd) and hits (4th; 78).
- His 26 multi-hit games are the second-most by a Ute in the Pac-12 era.
- Defensively, led the league in assists (163) and had a hand in 38 double plays, the fifth-most in the Pac-12.
- Hit .398 in league play, behind only Arizona State’s Kien Vu for the top spot.
- Went 3-for-5, all with doubles, driving in three runs and scoring once vs. Washington (April 19).
- Season-best four hits came against both Stanford (March 30) and Utah Valley (April 16).
- In that UVU game, was a triple short of the cycle and scored four runs.
Prior to Utah
- Spent the 2023 seasons at South Mountain Community College.
- Appeared in 53 games, hitting .321 with 16 doubles, three triples, four homers and 33 RBI.
- Was in the Big Ten at Nebraska in 2022, playing in 44 games (36 starts).
- Hit .210 during his season with Nebraska, tallying six doubles, two triples, a home run and 21 RBI.
Prior to College
- Coached by Adam Stern while attending LCCVI in Ontario.
- Also played basketball, volleyball and badminton in high school.
Personal
- Son of Steve and Jacqueline Jackson.
- Has two siblings, Jalyn and Madeline.
- Enjoys golfing and fishing.
Jackson on the U
"The coaching staff is outstanding and has a lot of knowledge. Utah is a Power Five school in a very good conference, and I want to compete at the highest level possible."
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