Jade Rhodes Explained

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.

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.[8]

Coaching career

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

Statistics

Auburn Tigers
YEARGABRHBARBIHR3B2BTBSLGBBSOSBSBA
2013252432.08320002.083%41023
2014561562134.2184570863.404%103600
2015671834652.284581926119.650%284201
2016691955466.3387420011137.702%313223
TOTALS217558124154.27617946225321.575%7312047

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2016 Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division I All-America Teams . Nfca.org . 2021-02-18.
  2. Web site: 2020 Auburn Softball Media Guide . Auburntigers.com . 2021-02-18.
  3. Web site: Auburn WCWS 2016 Stats . Ncaa.org . 2021-02-18.
  4. Web site: Women's College World Series . Ncaa.org . 2021-02-18.
  5. Web site: Grit, Grind, & Proving Herself Is The Jade Rhodes Way. www.flosoftball.com. 24 June 2019 .
  6. Web site: The Rhodes unknown: Auburn softball slugger defined by loss of brother, estrangement with former Major League father. James. Crepea. June 2, 2016. al.
  7. Web site: Jade Rhodes . Auburntigers.com . 2021-02-18.
  8. Web site: COLUMN: Rhodes gloves gold for NPF softball Comets. Doug. Fernandes. Sarasota Herald-Tribune.