2018: Led the team with a .345 batting average in A-10 play. Complimented the efficient hitting with 10 RBI and a 1.017 OPS against A-10 opponents... Had a big second half, led the team over the last 14 games in batting average (.375), hits (15), RBI (10), on-base percentage (.480), slugging percentage (.650) and doubles (5)... Recorded two hits and a RBI in a victory against Hartford (Feb. 23)...Notched three RBIs on two hits (both game-highs) at Towson (April 4)...Earned a game-high three hits and two RBIs at Towson (April 4)...Notched two RBIs (game-high) through a solo home run and a triple in a win against St. Bonaventure (April 14)...Drove in a season-high four runs (4 RBIs) in a victory at St. Bonaventure (April 15)... Compiled two separate five-game hitting streaks (April 18-28, April 29-May 9) and went 14-for-33 (.424) with a home run and five doubles in that 11-game span to close out the season... Recorded two extra-base hits in postseason play, a home run vs. Saint Louis (May 9) and a double vs. Dayton (May 9)...
2017: Played in team-high 55 games and started every single one of them…had the fourth-best batting average of .261, producing team-high 42 hits and and 17 RBI off 161 at-bats (second-most by a Patriots this season).Middleton was one of three Mason players with at least 20 runs in 2017, crossing home plate 21 times. She was a stalwart at third base, finishing with her second season with 61 putouts. She had season-high three hits versus Saint Joseph’s in Mason’s Atlantic 10 Championship opener on May 10…season-high two runs scored at Dayton on April 1…season-high four putouts versus Saint Joseph’s (May 7)…reached base safely in 29 games.
2016: Played in 42 games, with 41 starts for the Patriots ... finished with a .236 batting average ... 5th on the team in hits (30) ... 1st on the team in home runs (3) ... 8 runs scored ... 2nd on the team in runs batted in (25) ... on the 4th most at bats on the team (127) ... finished with 42 put outs ... 2nd on the team in assists (71) ... Had a season high 5 at bats in four games [at Howard (March 6), vs Dayton (April 9), and at La Salle (April 23, 24)] ... season high 2 runs scored at Howard (March 6) ... season high 3 RBI in two games [at Howard (March 6), and vs Dayton (April 9)] ... season high 4 put outs at Towson (March 30) ... season high 6 assists vs George Washington (April 13) ... Had her first career hit, run scored vs Manhattan (February 20) ... first career double at Howard (March 6) ... first career triple at Jacksonville (March 8) ... first career home run vs UMES (April 6) ... Hit 1 home run in two consecutive games (April 6-9) ... Had at least 1 hit in six consecutive games (April 17-24), with a .348 batting average during that span ... at least 1 RBI in five consecutive games (April 20-24) ... Had 5 multi-hit games ... 7 multi-RBI games ... Ended the season with 1 hit in four consecutive games (April 30-May 8), with a .308 batting average during that span ... Reached base safely in 30 games.
2015: Appeared in 2 games, with 1 start for the Patriots ... finished with a 0-1 record ... a 16.80 ERA ... 2 strikeouts ... on 3.1 innings pitched.
Career Highs:
At Bats: 5, six times, last at Rhode Island (4/15/17)
Hits: 3, three times, last at Towson (4/4/18)
Doubles: 2, vs. Columbia (3/17/17)
Triples: 1, four times, last at St. Bonaventure (4/14/18)
Home runs: 1, six times, last vs. Saint Louis (5/9/18)
Extra Base Hits: 2, twice, last at St. Bonaventure (4/14/18)
Total Bases: 7, at St. Bonaventure (4/14/18)
RBI: 4, at St. Bonaventure (4/15/18)
Runs Scored: 2, seven times, last at La Salle (4/22/18)
Walks: 3, at La Salle (4/21/18)
Stolen Bases: 1, at Bethune-Cookman (3/14/17)
Prep: Played basketball for two years and earned two letters in field hockey and three for softball at Forest Park high school … made honor roll all four years … member of the honor society two years … graduated Magna Cum Laude at Forest Park … named First Team All-Conference, Offensive Player of the Year, and All-District Honorable Mention for field hockey … selected for First Team All-Area, All-District, All-Region, and All-Conference three years for softball … named All-State Honorable Mention, All Mets Honorable Mention, and MVP twice … Jess also won the Coaches Award and was named team captain two years.
Personal: Daughter of Matthew and Christine … has one sibling, Mason … majoring in Biology with a minor in Psychology … also recruited by St. Francis.
