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  Jason Haynes

Jason Haynes

Player Profile

Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Fort Mill, S.C.

High School:
Fort Mill HS

Height / Weight:
5-8 / 165

Position:
2B

B/T:
R/R

2007:Played in 36 contests, making 20 starts...batted .260 in 73 at bats...Went a season-best 4-4 against UNC Asheville on April 10, establishing a season high for hits in a game...had a five game hitting streak in mid-March that raised hit batting average over 50 points...Spent his summer with fellow Catamounts Brent Greer on the Fauquier Gators of the Valley League, batting .280 while starting 42 of the 44 games he played in...Totaled 54 put outs and 73 assists in the field for the season.

2006: Appeared in 47 games, making 34 starts ... In 117 at bats, tallied 26 hits including a triple against Furman in the opening round of the Southern Conference tournament and two home runs (versus Clemson at home on April 11 and against Georgia Southern in the SoCon Tourney on May 26) ... Recorded 71 assists in the field with an .890 fielding percentage ... Tallied seven multi-hit games, including a career-high tying 3-for-4 outing against Furman in the regular season-ending series ... Also scored two runs in a game four times ... Longest consecutive hitting streak was three games accomplished twice during the season.

2005: Batted .417 in his first 12 at bats of the season ... Delivered a pinch-hit RBI single in the 12th inning to drive in the winning run versus New Mexico ... Was 1-for-1 with two RBI at #18 College of Charleston ... Had a 3-for-4 performance with a run scored in a 10-9 win over The Citadel ... Went 1-for-3 as the starting second baseman in WCU's win over top-ranked Georgia Tech ... Got a key RBI walk at Davidson and an RBI sacrifice fly versus UNC Asheville, both one-run victories ... As a pinch runner, scored the game-winning run versus Charleston Southern.

PRIOR TO WESTERN: Helped Fort Mill win the Hawaiian Tropic Classic, played in Myrtle Beach, S.C., during his senior year ... Batted .308 as a senior, earning his team's Best Defensive Player award, and batted .370 as a junior ... Led Fort Mill to consecutive Region 3 4A championships in 2002 and `03 ... Fort Mill was state champion in 2002, ranking 20th in the USA Today high school poll ... Played for the On-Deck O's summer league team, placing third in the 2003 World Wood Bat Championship.

PERSONAL: Born Jason Daniel Haynes in Fort Mill, S.C., on March 20, 1986 ... Son of Daniel and Peggy Haynes.