#00 Jayden Heavener Season 2026
2025 D1Softball Freshman All-American Second Team
2025 NFCA Gulf All-Region Second Team
2025 Freshman of the Week (2X)
2025 LSWA All-Louisiana First Team
FRESHMAN SEASON (2025)
Named to the 2025 NFCA Gulf All-Region Second Team after making 21 starts and appearing in 25 appearances…was 13-5 in the circle and had a 2.75 ERA behind 152 strikeouts in 119.2 innings pitched…her 152 strikeouts rank No. 6 among freshmen in program history…threw 11 complete games, five shutouts and had one save…allowed 68 hits, setting a program record for fewest hits allowed in a season, and her .164 opposing batting average ranks No. 7 in program history as the lowest average allowed in a season…began her career by throwing a perfect game against Charlotte (Feb. 7), behind a season-high 13 strikeouts…it was the program’s sixth perfect game and first since 2020 and the first thrown by a freshman since 2016…Heavener had five games with 10 or more strikeouts…threw a shutout against Mississippi State in the SEC Tournament, marking the first SEC Tournament shutout for LSU since 2017, and first solo shutout in the tournament since 2014.
HIGH SCHOOL
Played at Pace High School where they won the 2024 Florida 6A State Championship…was named the 2024 Florida Gatorade Player of the Year, 2024 Max Prep National Player of the Year, the 2024 Florida Max Preps Player of the Year and was selected to the 2024 Florida 6A First Team all in her senior season …As a junior, was named the 2023 FACA 6A Player of the Year and was a First Team All-American by many publications…Heavener played club for Birmingham Thunderbolts (2016-202), Virginia Unity (2020-2023) and Impact Caymol (2023-2024).
PERSONAL
Born July 31, 2006…Daughter of Shane and Denise Heavener…Has two siblings named Laura and Jacob…dad ran track at Middle Tennessee State University.