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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.
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
Rutgers x Nike Apparel Partnership
Thursday, December 19
