Jade Rhodes

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Jade Rhodes is a former collegiate All-American, right-handed professional All-Star softball player, originally from Sarasota, Florida. [1] Rhodes played for the Auburn Tigers of the Southeastern Conference from 2013 to 2016 as a third baseman and first baseman and ranks in career home runs for the school. [2] She helped the Tigers to a second-place finish at the 2016 Women's College World Series and was named All-Tournament. [3] [4] Although undrafted, Rhodes went on to play in the National Pro Fastpitch from 2016 to 2019 and won a title in 2017 with the Scrap Yard Dawgs.

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High school career

In 2012, she was named the Sarasota Herald Tribune Softball Player of the Year for Sarasota High School. [5]

College career

Rhodes was an All-American for the Auburn Tigers. [6] [7]

Professional career

For the 2018 National Pro Fastpitch season, while playing for the Cleveland Comets, Rhodes won the Rawlings Gold Glove Award as the league's top fielder. [5] [8]

Coaching career

Previously an assistant coach at Eastern New Mexico University, Rhodes is now an assistant coach for Oklahoma Baptist University. [8]

Personal

Rhodes's father is former professional baseball player Arthur Rhodes. [6]

Statistics

Auburn Tigers
YEAR G AB R H BA RBI HR 3B 2B TB SLG BB SO SB SBA
2013252432.08320002.083%41023
2014561562134.2184570863.404%103600
2015671834652.284581926119.650%284201
2016691955466.3387420011137.702%313223
TOTALS217558124154.27617946225321.575%7312047

References

  1. ↑ "2016 Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division I All-America Teams". National Fastpitch Coaches Association. 2016. Retrieved February 18, 2021.
  2. ↑ "2020 Auburn Softball Media Guide" (PDF). Auburn Tigers. 2020. Retrieved February 18, 2021.
  3. ↑ "The Automated ScoreBook - Auburn". NCAA.org. 2016. Retrieved February 18, 2021.
  4. ↑ "Women's College World Series" (PDF). NCAA.org. 2020. Retrieved February 18, 2021.
  5. 1 2 Schultz, Scott (June 24, 2019). "Grit, Grind, & Proving Herself Is The Jade Rhodes Way". FloSoftball.
  6. 1 2 Crepea, James (June 2, 2016). "The Rhodes unknown: Auburn softball slugger defined by loss of brother, estrangement with former Major League father". AL.com .
  7. ↑ "Jade Rhodes". Auburn Tigers. Retrieved February 18, 2021.
  8. 1 2 Fernandes, Doug. "COLUMN: Rhodes gloves gold for NPF softball Comets". Sarasota Herald-Tribune .
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