2024 Baseball Roster
Appel, Jackson
Jersey Number 20
Jackson Appel
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 200
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Houston, Texas
- High School:
- Memorial
Bio
- Selected by the Chicago White Sox with the 169th pick in the sixth round of the 2024 MLB Draft
- 2024 NCBWA First Team All-American
- 2024 First Team All-SEC
- 2023 Auburn Regional All-Tournament Team
- 2023 All-Ivy League First Team (C)
- 2022 All-Ivy League Second Team (C)
2024 (SENIOR)
Started 59 of the 65 games he appeared in behind the dish...Registered a .331/.422/.534 slash line...Belted 10 home runs and drove in 41 RBI...Doubled 16 times and tripled once...Drew 34 walks, scored 48 times and logged 78 hits...Recorded a 26-game on-base streak during the 2024 season...Led the team with 26 multi-hit performances and totaled 11 multi-RBI contests...Tied a program record with three home runs, including a walk-off, against UTSA on April 9.
2023 (JUNIOR AT PENN)
Started all 50 games, one of just four players to appear in every game … Led team in runs (50), triples (five), and walks (25) … Only player on the team with a four-hit game, finishing the season with three of them … Threw out 39.3 percent (11 of 28) of attempted base stealers from behind the plate … Finished Tulane series 5-for-11 with four runs scored and two RBI (3/10-3/12) … Reached base in all six plate appearances against Villanova, finishing 4-for-4 with a pair of walks and driving in four (3/15) … Went 8-for-15 with nine runs, eight RBI and five extra-base hits in Ivy League sweep of Dartmouth (4/2-4/3) … Finished Ivy League regular season title-clinching sweep of Columbia 6-for-15 with a pair of RBI (5/13-5/14) … Went 3-for-4 with a go-ahead, two-run homer in NCAA Regional win over #13 Auburn (6/2).
2022 (SOPHOMORE AT PENN)
Started 42 of Penn’s 48 games, making at least one start at catcher, left field, and right field … Second on the team with a .346 batting average, .420 on-base percentage, 48 runs scored, 62 hits, and seven home runs … Threw out 40 percent (10 of 25) attempted base stealers from behind the plate … Went 7-for-13 with five runs scored in series win over Winthrop (March 11-13) … Went 6-for-13 with seven runs scored against Columbia (March 26-27) … Hit three homers in a span of 14 plate appearances during conference series win over Dartmouth (April 2-3) … Had five hits in 15 at-bats with five runs and five RBI in series sweep over Cornell (April 16-17).
2021 (FRESHMAN AT PENN)
Season was limited to 14 games due to Ivy League restrictions related to the Covid-19 pandemic … Appeared in eight games and made six starts at catcher … Hit .273 with a .429 OBP and a .409 slugging percentage … Had a perfect fielding percentage and threw out three runners attempting to steal … Did not have a passed ball throughout the season … Finished the year with three RBI and six runs scored … Went 2-for-3 with two doubles, three runs scored and one RBI versus Delaware on April 10 … In the season finale, he went 3-for-6 with two RBI.
2020 (FRESHMAN AT PENN)
Did not use year of eligibility due to COVID-19 pandemic ... made one appearance in an eight-game season shortened by the COVID-19 outbreak … Subbed in at catcher in the final inning of Penn’s 16-1 win over FIU (3/7).
MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL
Lettered three years in baseball … Captained team as a senior … Three-time All-District team selection … 6A All-Houston Catcher (2019) … THSBCA Academic All-State Team selection (2019).
PERSONAL
Son of Sharon and Eric Appel … Mother, Sharon played basketball at Southern Methodist University … Grandfather, Jerry played basketball at Arkansas.
- 2024 NCBWA First Team All-American
- 2024 First Team All-SEC
- 2023 Auburn Regional All-Tournament Team
- 2023 All-Ivy League First Team (C)
- 2022 All-Ivy League Second Team (C)
2024 (SENIOR)
Started 59 of the 65 games he appeared in behind the dish...Registered a .331/.422/.534 slash line...Belted 10 home runs and drove in 41 RBI...Doubled 16 times and tripled once...Drew 34 walks, scored 48 times and logged 78 hits...Recorded a 26-game on-base streak during the 2024 season...Led the team with 26 multi-hit performances and totaled 11 multi-RBI contests...Tied a program record with three home runs, including a walk-off, against UTSA on April 9.
2023 (JUNIOR AT PENN)
Started all 50 games, one of just four players to appear in every game … Led team in runs (50), triples (five), and walks (25) … Only player on the team with a four-hit game, finishing the season with three of them … Threw out 39.3 percent (11 of 28) of attempted base stealers from behind the plate … Finished Tulane series 5-for-11 with four runs scored and two RBI (3/10-3/12) … Reached base in all six plate appearances against Villanova, finishing 4-for-4 with a pair of walks and driving in four (3/15) … Went 8-for-15 with nine runs, eight RBI and five extra-base hits in Ivy League sweep of Dartmouth (4/2-4/3) … Finished Ivy League regular season title-clinching sweep of Columbia 6-for-15 with a pair of RBI (5/13-5/14) … Went 3-for-4 with a go-ahead, two-run homer in NCAA Regional win over #13 Auburn (6/2).
2022 (SOPHOMORE AT PENN)
Started 42 of Penn’s 48 games, making at least one start at catcher, left field, and right field … Second on the team with a .346 batting average, .420 on-base percentage, 48 runs scored, 62 hits, and seven home runs … Threw out 40 percent (10 of 25) attempted base stealers from behind the plate … Went 7-for-13 with five runs scored in series win over Winthrop (March 11-13) … Went 6-for-13 with seven runs scored against Columbia (March 26-27) … Hit three homers in a span of 14 plate appearances during conference series win over Dartmouth (April 2-3) … Had five hits in 15 at-bats with five runs and five RBI in series sweep over Cornell (April 16-17).
2021 (FRESHMAN AT PENN)
Season was limited to 14 games due to Ivy League restrictions related to the Covid-19 pandemic … Appeared in eight games and made six starts at catcher … Hit .273 with a .429 OBP and a .409 slugging percentage … Had a perfect fielding percentage and threw out three runners attempting to steal … Did not have a passed ball throughout the season … Finished the year with three RBI and six runs scored … Went 2-for-3 with two doubles, three runs scored and one RBI versus Delaware on April 10 … In the season finale, he went 3-for-6 with two RBI.
2020 (FRESHMAN AT PENN)
Did not use year of eligibility due to COVID-19 pandemic ... made one appearance in an eight-game season shortened by the COVID-19 outbreak … Subbed in at catcher in the final inning of Penn’s 16-1 win over FIU (3/7).
MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL
Lettered three years in baseball … Captained team as a senior … Three-time All-District team selection … 6A All-Houston Catcher (2019) … THSBCA Academic All-State Team selection (2019).
PERSONAL
Son of Sharon and Eric Appel … Mother, Sharon played basketball at Southern Methodist University … Grandfather, Jerry played basketball at Arkansas.
LSU Postgame: Michael Earley, Jace Laviolette, Clayton Freshcorn
Friday, May 23
Highlights: A&M 3, LSU 4
Friday, May 23
Auburn Postgame: Michael Earley, Justin Lamkin, Kaeden Kent
Thursday, May 22
Highlights: Texas A&M 3, Auburn 2
Thursday, May 22
