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Jaxx Groshans

Position C/1B
Height 6'0"
Weight 209 lbs.
Class Junior
Hometown Magnolia, Texas
High School Magnolia

Honors and Awards

  • All-Big 12 Honorable Mention

2019, Junior season
Started Opening Day behind the dish at USC Upstate (2/15) … Boasted first-career multi-home run game against the Spartans (2/16) where he drove in all three of the team’s runs … Recorded third multi-home run game of season against Texas Southern – first since the 2009 season … Drove in a personal-best five RBIs vs. Saint Joseph’s (3/8).

2018, Sophomore season
Started 54 of the 55 games he played in … Batted .313 (66-for-211) with 16 doubles, four home runs, two triples and 43 RBIs … Led the team in RBIs (43) … Started second-consecutive opening day behind the dish against Murray State (2/16) … Notched first double and RBI of the season against the Racers (2/17) … Matched then-career-high three hits against Northwestern (2/24) … Hit third-career triple in a win against Omaha (2/26) … Notched another triple against Texas Southern (3/4) … Hit third home run of his career at then-No. 4 Florida State (3/6), where he matched his then-career high in hits (3) … Ripped another four-bagger against Omaha (3/14) … Career-high two doubles at Texas (3/18) … Set new personal-best with four hits at Baylor (3/25) … Caught three-straight games of a weekend series for the first time at Baylor (3/23-25) … Scored a pair of runs against then-No. 5 Texas Tech (4/8)… Tied career best in doubles (2) and RBIs (4) at Missouri State (5/2).

2017, Freshman season
Started all 53 games played … Batted .237 (45-of-190) with five doubles, two triples and one home run … Second ton team with 38 RBIs … Recorded first-career hit at The Citadel (2/17) … Drew a then-career-high two walks against Omaha (2/21) … Hit first-career double and drove in first-career run at then-No. 23 Stanford (2/26) … Two hits vs. Oral Roberts (2/28) … Drove in a then-career-high three RBIs, including two in the bottom of the ninth, against Northwestern State (3/5) to send the game into extra innings … Hit first-career triple against Texas (4/1) … Drove in winning run against Wichita State (4/11) … Tied then-career-high two hits against Oklahoma State (4/13) … Drew a career-high three walks at Wichita State (4/19) … Set new career mark in hits (3) and RBIs (4) at then-No. 19 Oklahoma (4/21) … Scored a career-high two runs and notched first extra-base hit since April 1 at Grand Canyon (4/25) … Drove in the go-ahead RBI to clinch the Dillons Sunflower Showdown against K-State (5/13) … Hit second triple of career at then-No. 4 Texas Tech (5/19) … Hit first home run of career in top of ninth against Texas in Phillips 66 Big 12 Baseball Championship.

Magnolia HS
Played for head coach Dale Westmoreland at Magnolia High School (Texas) … Helped the Bulldogs to a 2016 Texas District 19-5A championship … Hit .390 as a senior … A four-time all-district selection … Named team MVP in 2016 and to the All-Houston Team in 2013.

Personal
Born in Lafayette, Louisiana … Son of Thomas and Jodi Groshans … Has one brother, Jordan … Father, Thomas, played football at Colorado … Majoring in liberal arts and sciences.