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Jersey Number 4
Jess Hughes
- Class:
- Senior
- Position:
- IF
- Bat/Throw:
- L/R
- Hometown:
- Sewell, N.J.
- High School:
- Washington Township
- Prev School:
- Fordham
- Major:
- Communication
Statistics: Career | 2019 | 2018
Junior Year (2018)
- Named All-Big Ten Second Team
- Played in and started all 50 games
- Finished season on an 11-game hitting streak
- Hit her second leadoff home run of the season at LIU Brooklyn (April 25)
- Strung together a career-long 16-game hit streak, the longest at Rutgers since 2007, from March 10 - April 7, hitting .455 and getting on base at a .577 clip over that span
- Hit home runs in back-to-back games on the same day (a pair of wins over Maryland-Eastern Shore and Hampton on March 2), going 5-for-8 with five runs, four RBIs and three doubles on the day
- First RBI as a Scarlet Knight was recorded during win over Utah State (Feb. 11) ... First hit as a Scarlet Knight came against Pittsburgh (Feb. 10).
Sophomore at Fordham (2017)
- Started 61 of 61 games
- Helped guide team to second straight Atlantic 10 Conference title
- Named First Team All-Atlantic 10, First Team NFCA All-Region, First Team All-ECAC, and CoSIDA Academic All-District
- Posted a .370 batting average, .510 on-base percentage and .685 slugging percentage
- Set school records for single-season runs scored (64), walks (53), and on-base percentage (.510)
- Recognized on the A-10 Conference Commissioner's Honor Roll.
- Started 59 of 59 games
- Helped the Rams win the Atlantic 10 Conference title...named A-10 Rookie of the Year, First Team All-A-10, A-10 All-Rookie, ECAC Division I Second Team, and NFCA All-Region Third Team
- Named a top 25 finalist for NFCA Division I Freshman of the Year award
- Batted .352/.469/.445, while co-leading the team with 64 hits and pacing the squad with 56 runs
- Posted 21 RBIs, 36 steals, and three home runs.
Prior to college
- Four-year varsity softball letterwinner at Washington Township High School...
- Named a 2015 Max Preps Softball All-American, after leading the Garden State with 68 hits, 24 doubles, 53 runs and 47 RBI out of the leadoff spot
- In 2014, she was named the South Jersey Times Player of the Year along with being tabbed as the Courier Post Player of the Year....
- 2014 First Team All-Courier Post, First Team All-State by the Star-Ledger, First Team All-South Jersey Coaches Association, First Team All-Philadelphia Inquirer, and Team MVP...
- A three-time First Team All-Group 4 selection and First Team All-Olympic Conference member all while leading her squad to the three-straight South Jersey Group 4 titles
- Member of the member of the National Honor Society, DECA and the Renaissance Club.
Personal
- Daughter of Scott and Kim Hughes
- Brother, Shaine, plays baseball at Monmouth University
- Intends to major in communication.
2025 Rutgers Athletics Hall Of Fame Induction
Tuesday, December 16
Rutgers Athletics Launches the Athletic Excellence Fund
Monday, October 06
2025 Rutgers Softball Big Ten Highlights
Friday, August 08
R Fund, Knights of the Raritan are YouKnighted | Million Dollar Match
Friday, February 28
