Jay Russell
Jay Russell
Player Profile
Hometown:
Austin, Texas

High School:
Westlake

Weight:
185

Position:
OF

Experience:
4L

B/T:
L/L


Senior ('07): Named to the All-MWC Academic team ... ranked 45th in the nation among Division I baseball players in walks (0.73 pg) ... in the MWC, ranked third in walks (40) and fourth in sacrifice bunts (10) ... was 2-for-5 with two runs scored in the season opener at Texas Tech (2/6) ... drew four walks in three games at Arizona (2/9-11) ... doubled and scored two runs at New Mexico State (2/13) ... recorded two of the team's five hits and one of their two RBI vs. Nebraska in game one (2/16) ... posted one of UNM's five hits, going 1-for-3 with two walks vs. Illinois State (2/17) ... drove in the lone run at UT-Arlington (2/18) ... scored a team-high three runs at New Mexico State (2/20), going 1-for-1 with three walks ... tied for the team high in runs with two vs. Texas State (2/23) ... pinch-hit bunt single vs. Texas State (2/25) ... designated hitter vs. Texas Tech (2/27), going 1-for-2 with two walks and two runs ... only Lobo with multiple hits vs. Oregon State (3/3), going 2-for-4 with a RBI ... led the team vs. Rhode Island (3/10), hitting .750 (3-for-4) with a walk and run ... went 1-for-2 with two RBI, two walks and a run vs. Rhode Island (3/11) ... hit .500 at UC-Irvine (3/18), going 2-for-4 ... one of five Lobos to score twice vs. NMSU (3/20), going 1-for-2 with two walks ... led the team in hits at Air Force (4/15), going 3-for-6 with three RBI and two runs scored ... went 2-for-4 in the series opener at Utah (4/19) and scored a run ... perfect as a pinch hitter at Utah (4/20), going 1-for-1 ... scored a team-high two runs at Utah (4/21), going 1-for-4 with an RBI and a walk ... perfect at the plate in the Hawaii-Hilo series opener (4/27), going 1-for-1 with a RBI, a run scored and three of the team's seven walks ... led the team in hits in the Hilo series finale (4/29), going 2-for-3 with a walk and a run scored ... pinch-hit single vs. BYU (5/4) tied the game in the ninth inning with two outs, then scored the game-winning run ... went 2-for-4 with a RBI and a run scored in the series opener vs. UNLV (5/10) ... drew two of the team's three walks vs. UNLV (5/11) ... got a concussion after crashing head-first into the left wall at Texas Tech (5/14), but stayed in a drew a walk in his first plate appearance before leaving the game ... drove in a team-high two runs, going 2-for-4 with a run scored at TCU (5/19) ... provided three of UNM's six hits and two of its three runs against BYU (5/24), stealing home for one of the runs.


Junior ('06): Played in 57 of 59 games, starting 56 in left field ... hit .299 (61-for-204) with 53 runs scored, 10 doubles, 39 RBI, 37 walks, 17 sacrifices and four stolen bases ... placed second in the MWC in sac bunts (12), fifth in sac flies (5) and walks (37) and 10th in fielding percentage (.990), committing just one error with 95 putouts on 98 chances ... went 1-for-3 with a RBI and run scored in the season opener at New Mexico State (2/7/06) ... scored a team-high two runs in the home opener with Texas Tech ... was 3-for-8 at Arizona, scoring four runs, drawing two walks and driving in two ... hit .500 (6-for-12) in the Utah Valley State series, going 2-for-4 each day and scoring five total runs ... went 8-for-13 with eight RBI and eight runs scored vs. Northern Colorado (3/3-3/5) ... hit .750 (3-for-4) with six RBI and two runs scored in game two of the series (3/4) ... went 3-for-5 with a run scored in the final game of the series vs. San Francisco (3/19) ... hit .357 (5-for-14) with a team-high three RBI at the MWC Preseason Tourney ... went 3-for-5 with two RBI in the game vs. Air Force (3/30) ... hit .375 (3-for-8) with five runs scored in the series vs. Air Force (4/13-14) ... was 1-for-2 with two RBI and two runs scored, drawing a team-high three walks vs. Arizona (4/18) ... 2-for-4 with a RBI and run scored at Oklahoma (4/24) and 2-for-3 with a RBI at Texas Tech (4/25) ... scored a team-high three runs at BYU (5/6), going 2-for-6 with two RBI ... best performance of MWC Tournament came May 25 vs. Utah, going 2-for-3 with two walks and a run scored. Sophomore ('05): Saw action in the infield and as a DH ... hit .299 with 13 RBI ... two runs and a triple vs. New Mexico State (2/12) ... 2-for-5 with an RBI vs. New Mexico State (2/13) ... scored three runs and collected three walks vs. Texas State (2/18) ... 3-for-5 with two runs scored vs. Northern Colorado (3/5) ... 2-for-4 with two runs vs. Savannah State (3/13) ... two hits and a run scored in win over BYU (3/18) ... three hits in seven at-bats in the home UNLV series ... 4-for-5 with two runs in game one of a doubleheader against Air Force April 17 ... pinch-hit RBI single at UNLV (4/23) ... 2-for-5 with a run at BYU (5/5). Freshman ('04): Saw action at second and third base, starting in 21 games and playing in 33 ... hit .273 with two homers and 13 RBI ... scored 14 runs on 24 hits ... five doubles ... first career RBI at TCU on a sacrifice fly (3/14) ... run-scoring double in win over Texas Tech (3/16) ... batted .600 in the Utah series (6-for-10) with a run and an RBI ... three runs and three walks vs. New Mexico State (3/30) ... three hits at Utah (4/9) ... two hits and a three-run homer at Air Force (4/17) ... batted 2-for-4 with an RBI double and two runs scored at UNLV (4/25) ... nailed a two-run homer vs. Air Force in the MWC Tournament (5/27) ... hit a bases-loaded, two-out, game-winning single in the bottom of the ninth inning to propel UNM to a 9-8 win over Utah in the MWC Tournament (5/28). High School: Two-year letterwinner ... member of the 2003 District 25-5A championship team ... selected as a first-team all-district shortstop his senior season ... as a junior, had a batting average of .346 in 35 games and an on-base average of .484 ... also had a fielding average of .954 ... selected to play in the Sunbelt Classic in 2001 and 2002. Personal: Born July 18, 1984, in Austin, Texas ... enjoys playing video games ... Finance major. Career Highs
H: 4, vs. Air Force, 4/17/05
R: 4, vs. Northern Colorado, 3/5/06
AB: 6, five times - last at Air Force, game 2 (4/15/07)
2B: 2, twice - last vs. Rhode Island (3/10/07)
3B: 1, vs. New Mexico State, 2/12/05
HR: 1, twice, last vs. Air Force, 5/27/04
RBI: 6, vs. Northern Colorado, 3/4/06
BB: 4, vs. Saint Louis at Texas A&M (3/5/07)
SO: 3, twice, last at UNLV, 5/12/06
Hitting streak: Six games, three times
YEARAvg.GPGSABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOSBSBAPOAEFLD%
2004.2733321881424512139163315266.872
2005.299472913436402101322233525586.933
2006.299575620453611000393724449521.990
2007.25055491724043400174024466141.985
Totals.2811921555981431682122821088714181969014.953