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4 Jess Hughes

  • Class Senior
  • Position IF
  • Bat/Throw L/R
  • Hometown Sewell, N.J.
  • Highschool Washington Township
  • Prev School Fordham
  • Major Communication

Biography

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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. 
Freshman at Fordham (2016)
  • 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. 

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Historical Player Information

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    2018Junior

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  • 4

    2019Senior

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    4
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