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2021 Softball Roster

6 JoJo McRae

  • Position Outfield
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Lovejoy
  • Hometown Lucas, Texas

Biography

Senior (2021)

  • Made appearances in 35 games, with starts in 30
  • Primarily started in right fieldĀ 
  • Ended season with third-highest batting average on the team (.279)
  • Had fourth-highest slugging percentage (.368)
  • Scored 14 runs on the season, third highest on team
  • Notched 19 hits, top-fiveĀ on teamĀ 
  • Tallied nine RBIs, four doubles, and 10 stolen basesĀ 


Sophomore (2019)

  • Academic All-Big Ten
  • Made 51 starts in the outfield, primarily in center field
  • Led the team in batting average (.317), runs scored (34) and stolen bases (12)
  • Had a 17-game reached base streak from March 14 to April 13
  • Had two hits in three at-bats vs. George Washington (March 1)
  • Notched two hits, a triple, and two runs scored vs. UT Martin (March 9)
  • Hit a leadoff inside-the-park home run vs. Virginia (March 19)
  • Had nine hits in a four-game stretch vs. Ohio State and Michigan State (March 31 – April 7)
  • Had a career-high four hits vs. Michigan State (April 6)
  • Had back-to-back two-hit games vs. Penn State (April 20 & 21)
  • Also had multi-hit showings vs. Nebraska (April 28) and Michigan (May 4)

Freshman (2018)

  • Appeared in 48 games and started in 35
  • Tied for fourth on team in stolen bases (3)
  • Had a .193 slugging percentage and a .175 batting average
  • Opened up the season in the UCLA Tournament (2/9-11) with three hits two stolen bases and an RBI
  • Went 2-for-2 with a run and a double in win against Delaware (2/17)
  • Went 1-for-3 with a run against Iowa State (2/23)
  • Scored in both Eastern Illinois and IUPUI (3/3) in the Louisville Invitational
  • Went 2-for-2 scoring a run and had two RBIs in win against Yale (3/10)
  • Had the winning run against Iowa (4/1)... hit 1-for-2 with a stolen base against Saint Francis (PA).

Before Maryland: Three-time All-American at Lovejoy High School...three-time TGCA & TSWA All-State selection…First Team All-State and All-Region selection...District 10-5A UIL Offensive Player of the Year...DFW Metroplex First Team outfield...All-district selection...two-time Lovejoy HS offensive MVP...Lovejoy High School Iron Woman Award...Team Captain...broke school records in career batting average (.616) and stolen bases (131)...finished with 162 career runs scored and .727 OBP…coached by Jeff Roberts...also ran track, breaking 4x100 and 4x200 school records while finishing as a regional finalist...four-time Academic All-State & NFCA All-American…Academic All-District...National Honors Society...played travel ball with DFW Firecrackers coached by Martin and Kim Poole.Ā 

Personal: Daughter of JD and Jamie McRae…chose Maryland for the campus and academics... lists sports hero as Caitlin Lowe…great grandfather Otho Nitcholas pitched for Brooklyn Dodgers…career plans include pediatric occupational therapy… majoring in kinesiology.

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Historical Player Information

  • 6

    2018Freshman

    Outfield
    6
  • 6

    2019Sophomore

    Outfield
    6
  • 6

    2020Junior

    Outfield
    6
  • 6

    2021Senior

    Outfield
    6