#53 Jack Merrifield Season 2025
LSU Graduate – Spring 2023 (Management)
2023 SEC Academic Honor Roll
2022 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll
Excellent infielder who played two seasons (2022 and 2023) at LSU after transferring from JUCO power LSU-Eunice … graduated from LSU in Spring 2023 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Management with a concentration in Strategic Leadership … developed his own baking business that featured cakes and other pastries … appeared in 55 career games (15 starts) at LSU, batting .192 (10-f0r-52) with three doubles, 14 RBI and 11 runs scored.
2023 Season
Played in 27 games (two starts), collecting four RBI, two runs scored, three walks and two sacrifice bunts … voted to the 2023 SEC Academic Honor Roll.
2022 Season
Played in 28 games (13 starts at third base), batting .238 (10-for-42) with three doubles, 10 RBI and nine runs scored … 2-for-3 with two doubles, one RBI and two runs versus Southern (Feb. 26) … 2-for-4 with three RBI in win over Maine (Feb. 19) … a member of the SEC First-Year Player Academic Honor Roll as a management major.
Prior to LSU
Played at LSU-Eunice from 2019 to 2021 and helped lead LSU-E to the 2021 NJCAA Division II World Series … Named 2021 NJCAA National Defensive Player of the Year … Selected to the 2021 NJCAA Division II Baseball ABCA/Rawlings Gold Glove Team … Selected to the LSWA All-Louisiana collegiate baseball team … Posted a two-year career batting average of .399 and slugging percentage of .592 with 161 hits, 151 RBI and 12 home runs … recorded a nearly perfect fielding percentage in 2021 at .987 … also pitched his freshman season and finished with an ERA of 3.86 and a 2-0 record … attended Dutchtown High School … selected to the 2018 District 5-5A First-Team All-District Team as a pitcher … selected to the 2017 District 5-5A All-District Team as an infielder.
Merrifield’s LSU Career Highs
At-Bats: 4 vs. Maine (2/19/22)
Hits: 2 on three occasions; most recently vs. Southern (2/26/22)
Runs Scored: 2 vs. Southern (2/26/22)
Doubles: 2 vs. Southern (2/26/22)
Triples: none
Home Runs: none
RBI: 3 vs. Maine (2/19/22)