2018 Baseball Roster
Embry, Jonathan
Jersey Number 11
Jonathan Embry
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Position:
- UTL
- Bats/Throws:
- L/R
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- 180
- Prev School:
- Christian Academy of Louisville
- Hometown:
- Louisville, Ky.
Bio
2018 (R-So.)
- Selected to Big South All-Tournament team
- Played in 58 games with 57 starts
- Started 34 games at catcher, 17 games in left field and six in right field
- Hit .239 with 37 RBI
- Finished third in the Big South with 16 doubles and eighth with 44 runs scored
- Fifth in the conference with 44 walks
- Had three triples and hit six home runs, while stealing nine bases
- Hit first career home run in first at bat of season in 5-4 win over VCU (2/16)
- Had three hits and drove in a run in 4-2 victory over VCU in game two of a doubleheader (2/18)
- Went 3-for-3 with a RBI and a run scored in 4-1 win over James Madison (2/20)
- Hit pinch hit home run in 8-4 win in game one of a doubleheader vs. Charleston Southern (4/14)
- Collected two hits, including his fourth home run of the season and scored a season high four times in win at High Point (4/20)
- Had three hits and scored a run in win at High Point (4/22)
- Hit three-run home run and scored three runs at Wake Forest (4/25)
- Had two hits and hit his six home run of the season vs. Radford (5/11)
- Collected two hits and scored three times in 11-2 win at Winthrop (5/18)
- Named to Big Soth Presidential Honor Roll
- Named a starter for the 2018 Coastal Plain All-Star Game as a member of the Penisula Pilots during the summer
2017 (R-Fr.)
- Played in 28 games with five starts
- Started four games in center field and one as the designated hitter
- Scored eight times and drove in three runs
- Had two hits and a RBI, walked twice and scored twice in win at Charleston Southern (3/25)
- Earned inclusion on the Big South Presidential Honor Roll
- Named a starter for the 2017 Coastal Plain All-Star Game, playing for the Peninsula Pilots2016 (Fr.)
- Received a redshirt
Prep
- Graduate of Christian Academy of Louisville
- All-State team member and Region 7 Player of the Year as a senior
- Three-time all-district and all-region team member
- Hit over .400 as both a junior and a senior
- Member of the Ironmen Baseball Club
Personal
- Son of Mary and Jinks Embry
- Completed his a degree in business administration: project management this past December
- Currently majoring in aviation and has obtained his pilot's license
- Birthday is Nov. 26
Flames in the Pros: Garrett Horn
Thursday, July 17
Inside the Park: Conference USA Championship
Thursday, May 29
Coach LeCroy & Camden Troyer Talk About Preparing For The CUSA Baseball Tournament
Monday, May 19
Ben Blair: The Hometown Ace
Wednesday, May 07
