#6 Brayden Jobert Season 2023
2022 Second-Team ABCA All-South Region
SEC Player of the Week (May 23, 2022)
2022 LSWA Honorable Mention All-Louisiana
2020 Collegiate Baseball Freshman All-American (at Nicholls)
2022 Season
Played in 59 games (57 starts), batting .246 (49-for-199) with 10 doubles, one triple, 18 homers, 58 RBI and 46 runs … started 48 games at designated hitter and nine games in right field … finished second on the LSU team behind Dylan Crews in homers and RBI … Jobert finished No. 9 in the SEC in homers with his 18 dingers … collected nine homers and 25 RBI in SEC regular-season games … named SEC Player of the Week on May 23 after hitting .500 (8-for-16) in four games with one double, one triple, five homers and 13 RBI … in the three-game Vanderbilt series (May 19-21), he batted .500 (6-for-12) with one double, one triple, three homers and 10 RBI … in the May 21 win over Vanderbilt that clinched the No. 4 seed in the SEC Tournament for the Tigers, Jobert tied the LSU single-game record for RBI with nine, as he blasted a grand slam, a three-run homer and a two-run double … he tied the school RBI record originally set on March 5, 1999, by Eric Hendrickson versus Ohio … launched two homers and provided three RBI in May 17 win over Northwestern State … provided two solo homers in Missouri series (April 21-23) with three runs scored … enjoyed a three-game stretch (March 26-27, March 29) with a remarkable five homers and 16 RBI … he collected seven RBI in March 29 win over UL Monroe, becoming the first LSU player to reach the 7-RBI mark since March 17, 2017, when Antoine Duplantis recorded seven RBI versus Georgia … led LSU to a series win March 25-27 at No. 7 Florida by batting .444 (4-for-9) in two games against the Gators with three homers, five runs scored and nine RBI; his two-run homer in the fourth inning in Game 3 broke a scoreless tie and ignited a four-run LSU outburst … he later highlighted a seven-run sixth inning in Game 3 at Florida with a three-run dinger, as he collected a career-best five RBI in the game … his first homer of the weekend at Florida came in Game 2, when his three-run blast was the signature blow of a six-run third inning.
Prior to LSU
Played in 2021 at Delgado Community College in New Orleans, La., where he earned JUCO All-America honors and batted .386 with 15 doubles, 16 homers, 71 RBI, an .813 slugging percentage and a .469 on-base percentage … saw action in all 18 games of the shortened 2020 season at Nicholls State while making 16 starts, primarily at designated hitter … completed 2020 with a .365 batting average along with squad-highs in hits (23), RBI (11) and runs scored (11), and he posted a 13-game hitting streak … Collected a squad-best five multi-hit games, including an impressive four-hit showcase in a home victory over Long Island University… named to the 2020 Freshman All-American team by Collegiate Baseball … attended Northshore High School in Slidell, La.; competed for three seasons on the Panthers’ varsity squad, earning All-District honors as sophomore, junior and senior … as a senior, he was named District 6-5A MVP and All-Region 10 Hitter of the Year, as he batted .380 with five home runs … tabbed as both an All-Metro and All-State selection in high school.
Personal
Full name is Brayden Arnaud Jobert … parents are Jacques and Amy Jobert … Dad is a hitting coach/hitting instructor who played college baseball at Delgado Community College and at Nicholls State; Mom is a loan officer … has one younger sibling, Reese … Brayden on attending LSU: “Growing up in Louisiana, LSU has always been my dream school to play baseball. I want to win a National Championship in front of the best fans in college baseball” … born November 14, 2000, in Slidell, La.
Jobert’s LSU Career Highs
At-Bats: 6 twice; most recently at Vanderbilt (5/21/22)
Hits: 4 at Vanderbilt (5/21/22)
Runs Scored: 3 three times; most recently vs. UL Monroe (3/29/22)
Doubles: 1 on 10 occasions; most recently at Vanderbilt (5/21/22)
Triples: 1 at Vanderbilt (5/21/22)
Home Runs: 2 four times; most recently at Vanderbilt (5/21/22)
RBI: 9 vs. Vanderbilt (5/21/22)