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2025 Fall Baseball Roster

29 Jerry Barnes III

  • Position Catcher
  • Height 6-2
  • Weight 235
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Virginia Beach, Va.
  • High School First Colonial

Biography

Honors & Awards
3x CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll (Fall '23, Spring '24, Fall '24)

Junior (2025)
Appeared in 41 games with 36 starts... Batted .262 with 16 runs, 33 hits, two home runs, and 17 RBI... Collected six doubles, nine walks, and eight HBP... Threw out 19 runners attempting to steal, tied for most in the CAA during the regular season and fourth-most in single-season school history... Hit a three-run homer against Rhode Island (2/16)... Went 3-for-5 with two rns, two RBI, and a double in win vs. Marist (2/22)... Tallied three runs and two hits to help Tribe over Marist (2/23)... Nabbed three runners on the basepaths at Kansas State (3/7)... Went 2-for-3 with a run at N.C. A&T (3/21)... Registered a 2-for-4 day at the dish with two RBI in victory vs. Hofstra (3/30)... Threw out three baserunners against Elon (4/6)... Racked up three hits, two runs, and two RBI against VMI (4/30)... Went 2-for-3 with a double vs. Charleston (5/4)... Hit a two-run homer against Northeastern (5/11)... Had a 2-for-3 day in the CAA Tournament vs. Elon (5/22)... Named to CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll for fall semester.

Sophomore (2024)
Played in 42 games and made 29 starts… Recorded 25 hits, six doubles, three home runs, and 17 walks… Recorded 26 RBI and scored 24 runs… Was hit by 16 pitches, tying for ninth-most in program history… Posted a .403 on base percentage… Tied single-game program record with three HBPs against Holy Cross (2/18)… Reached base four times on two hits, a walk and a HBP, while scoring two runs and knocking in a pair at Richmond (2/20)… Went 2-2 with a double, run and RBI in win over Norfolk State (2/27)… Had a three-hit game and scored a pair of runs against Central Connecticut State (3/1)… Hit a pair of home runs, knocking in a career-high six runs and scoring four at Longwood (3/13)… Had back-to-back three-RBI games in weekend sweep of Quinnipiac (3/15-16)… Drove in three runs with a pair of hits, including a double, against Towson (5/11)… Named to CAA Commissioner’s Honor Roll in the fall and spring semesters. 
 
Freshman (2023)
Played in 35 games and made 21 starts… Had 17 hits, knocked in 13 runs, and scored 12 runs… Recorded a pair of doubles and hit two homers… Posted a .387 on base percentage… Scored in his collegiate debut at Mercer (2/17)... Had a sac fly for his first career RBI in a win at Mercer (2/18)... Had a hit and knocked in two men against Marist (2/24)... Had a pinch hit RBI single against George Mason (2/28)... Scored twice and knocked in a run against Norfolk State (3/14)... Singled, scored in a win over Stony Brook (4/7)... Had two hits including a double and knocked in two against VCU (4/11)... Homered twice, doubled, knocked in four, and had three runs scored in a three-game series at N.C. A&T (4/22-24)... Had a single and scored against Northeastern (5/14). 
 
High School
Four-year letterwinner at First Colonial High School… Was a high school captain and the Regional Player of the Year as a senior… Also earned All-State, All-Region, and All-District honors as a senior… Was the varsity team MVP as a junior… Had a .424 batting average and an on base percentage of .583 as a senior… Won the 2017 Virginia wrestling state championship at the 132 weight class… Member of the Latin Club Rho Kappa History Society.
 
Personal
Born May 10, 2004, to parents Jerry Jr. and Christine… Won the Baseball Youth National Championship with the Tidewater Drillers.

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Historical Player Information

  • 29

    2023Freshman

    C
    6'2" 225 lbs
    29
  • 29

    2024Sophomore

    Catcher
    6'2" 235 lbs
    29
  • 29

    2025Junior

    Catcher
    6'2" 235 lbs
    29
  • 29

    2026Senior

    Catcher
    6'2" 235 lbs
    29