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Jersey Number 21
Jayden Hutchison
- Class:
- Freshman
- Position:
- C
- Bat/Throw:
- R/R
- Hometown:
- Traphill, N.C.
- High School:
- East Wilkes
- Major:
- Undeclared
FRESHMAN (2025) - Game-By-Game Stats
AROUND THE BASES:
Head Coach Kristen Butler on Hutchison: "Jayden will add depth and experience as a catcher. She is an awesome teammate and a strong hitter from the right side. We are excited to have Jayden here at Rutgers University!"
KNOW YOUR KNIGHTS
One word to describe your Coach: Exciting
Favorite Rutgers athlete, past or present: Stephanie Kraska
Major: Exercise Science
If I wasn’t playing softball, I’d be: A professional chef
Favorite professional sports team: Dallas Cowboys
One word to describe myself on the field: Entertaining
One word to describe myself off the field: Boisterous
Favorite cereal: Fruity Pebbles
The movie I have watched the most in my lifetime is: Elf
The best actor/actress to play me in a movie is…: Adam Sandler
The first song I knew all the words to is: Fireball-Pitbull
If I could turn any activity into an Olympic sport, I would win a gold medal at: Sleeping
The place in the world I would most like to visit is: Italy
My favorite teacher was: Aaron Simmons, 10th Grade, English
The quote that most resonates with me is: “All of our dreams can come true; if we have the courage to pursue them.” -Walt Disney
If I could choose any color when buying a new car it would be: Yellow
My spirit animal is: A Lion
One thing on my bucket list is: Travel the world and try all kinds of new foods.
Phone app you cannot live without: TikTok
- Appeared in 24 games
- Collected five hits with an RBI and run scored
- Scored a run in the 8-6 win at Portland State during RU's west coast spring break trip (3/19)
- Went 2-for-2 with her first collegiate RBI in the series finale against Maryland (3/16)
- Hit 1-for-3 at No. 9 Auburn in the Jane B. Moore Memorial (2/28)
- Was 1-for-3 against UC Riverside in a 6-4 win at the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic (2/21)
- First career hit as pinch hitter against Liberty during The Spring Games (2/8)
AROUND THE BASES:
- Northwest 1A Player of the Year (2022)
- NCHSAA Softball 1A Champion (2022)
- Hit .554 with a .647 on-base percentage behind 36 hits, 44 RBIs and 32 runs scored (2023)
- Three-time All-Conference
- All-District
- All-State
- Also played volleyball and wrestling
- Daughter of Derek and Brooke Hutchison
- Has one brother, Trey
- Plans to major in exercise science with goal of becoming a personal trainer
Head Coach Kristen Butler on Hutchison: "Jayden will add depth and experience as a catcher. She is an awesome teammate and a strong hitter from the right side. We are excited to have Jayden here at Rutgers University!"
KNOW YOUR KNIGHTS
One word to describe your Coach: Exciting
Favorite Rutgers athlete, past or present: Stephanie Kraska
Major: Exercise Science
If I wasn’t playing softball, I’d be: A professional chef
Favorite professional sports team: Dallas Cowboys
One word to describe myself on the field: Entertaining
One word to describe myself off the field: Boisterous
Favorite cereal: Fruity Pebbles
The movie I have watched the most in my lifetime is: Elf
The best actor/actress to play me in a movie is…: Adam Sandler
The first song I knew all the words to is: Fireball-Pitbull
If I could turn any activity into an Olympic sport, I would win a gold medal at: Sleeping
The place in the world I would most like to visit is: Italy
My favorite teacher was: Aaron Simmons, 10th Grade, English
The quote that most resonates with me is: “All of our dreams can come true; if we have the courage to pursue them.” -Walt Disney
If I could choose any color when buying a new car it would be: Yellow
My spirit animal is: A Lion
One thing on my bucket list is: Travel the world and try all kinds of new foods.
Phone app you cannot live without: TikTok
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