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2024 Baseball Roster

23 J.R. Heavilin

  • Position Infielder
  • Height 6-0
  • Weight 195
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Hopedale, Ohio
  • Highschool Harrison Central

Biography

BEFORE WESTERN: Attended Wheeling University...Redshirt sophomore season (2022), hit .424/.520/.683, with 4 home runs, 24 doubles, 40 RBI’s and 42 runs scored. Broke the single season doubles record at Wheeling University and was tied for 3rd in the country for D2 baseball in doubles... 1st Team All-MEC, 2nd Team All-Atlantic Region (2022)...All-MEC Academic Team (2020-2022)

HIGH SCHOOL: Earned four letters playing for Michael Valesko at Harrison Central...1st Team All-OVAC, OVAC All-Star, 1st Team Buckeye-8... National Honors Society (2017)... Graduated with Honors (2018)... All-OVAC Academic All-Star (2018)...

PERSONAL: Born September 11th, 2000... Son of Jami and Brian Heavilin... Committed to Western because "I am able to pursue my M.S. in Kinesiology, while having the opportunity to continue my baseball career at the division 1 level." Biggest influence is family "My family have been the largest influence on my baseball career. They have always been supportive of me no matter what and always did their best to set me up for success."

Statistics

Season:
2024

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Historical Player Information

  • 23

    2023Redshirt Junior

    Catcher/ First Baseman
    6'0" 195 lbs
    23
  • 23

    2024Redshirt Senior

    Infielder
    6'0" 195 lbs
    23