2024 Softball Roster
Clements, Jessica
Jersey Number 9
Jessica Clements
- Height:
- 5-8
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Santa Catalina School
- Hometown:
- Marina, CA
Bio
2024 (Junior)
Enters season as the leading hitter in program history with a .387 (109-for-282) career batting average … Cal Poly’s leadoff hitter in all 90 games since the start of her career.
2023 (Sophomore)
Named to NFCA All-West Region third team and All-Big West first team for a second successive season after finishing fourth among conference players with 11 doubles, fifth with a .370 (51-for-138) batting average and .460 on-base percentage, sixth with 51 hits and eighth with 29 runs … also led Cal Poly with 12 steals and 11 multi-hit games – including a 5-for-5 performance against Hawai'i (April 8) that matched a Big West all-time record for single game hits … reached base in all but three of Cal Poly’s 42 games, batted safely 34 times and averaged 1.2 hits per game … hit first career home run – a grand slam – to finish with a career high four RBI in 6-2 victory at UC Riverside (March 25) … batted .514 (18-for-35) with runners in scoring position, .511 (24-for-47) with runners on base, .448 (30-for-67) in leadoff situations, .400 (14-for-35) with two down, .380 (35-for-92) in Big West play and successfully advanced baserunners in 34 of 52 (65.4 percent) opportunities … started all 42 games (all in center field) and posted .971 fielding percentage with two errors in 70 chances.
2022 (Redshirt Freshman)
Named to NFCA All-West Region third team, as the Big West Freshman Field Player of the Year and to the All-Big West first team after leading conference and finishing 59th among NCAA Division I hitters with a .396 (63-for-159) batting average – the sixth highest single season mark in program history … also finished second among Big West players with 63 hits and fourth with 36 runs – each the seventh highest single season figures in program history … named one of 25 finalists for Schutt Sports/NFCA Division I National Freshman of the Year honor … two-time Big West Freshman Player of the Week honoree (Feb. 14, April 11) … hit safely 36 times, led Cal Poly with 18 multi-hit games and produced a season high four hits four times, most recently during victory at Hawai’i (April 9) … scored career high three runs in win at CSU Bakersfield (April 16) … batted .462 (12-for-26) during Cal Poly's nine games against programs ranked among the RPI top 75, .461 (35-for-76) in leadoff situations, .386 (17-for-44) with two outs and .358 (19-for-53) with runners on base … successfully advanced baserunners in 30 of 58 (51.7 percent) opportunities … started all 48 games (40 starts in left field, eight in center) and produced .979 fielding percentage with just two errors in 96 chances.
2021 (Redshirt)
Did not make an appearance during first year on campus.
Santa Catalina School (Monterey, Calif.)
Four-year letterwinner named to All-PCAL-Gabilan League team during first three years (2020 senior season halted after two games) … as a junior in 2019, batted .619 (26-for-42) with 12 runs and two homers … during 2018 sophomore season, hit .583 (28-for-48) with 21 runs and helped program to a 21-1 overall record and a CIF Central Coast Section championship … also a four-year letterwinner in volleyball.
Personal
Majoring in agribusiness … Jessica Lynn Clements was born in Hollister, Calif.
Enters season as the leading hitter in program history with a .387 (109-for-282) career batting average … Cal Poly’s leadoff hitter in all 90 games since the start of her career.
2023 (Sophomore)
Named to NFCA All-West Region third team and All-Big West first team for a second successive season after finishing fourth among conference players with 11 doubles, fifth with a .370 (51-for-138) batting average and .460 on-base percentage, sixth with 51 hits and eighth with 29 runs … also led Cal Poly with 12 steals and 11 multi-hit games – including a 5-for-5 performance against Hawai'i (April 8) that matched a Big West all-time record for single game hits … reached base in all but three of Cal Poly’s 42 games, batted safely 34 times and averaged 1.2 hits per game … hit first career home run – a grand slam – to finish with a career high four RBI in 6-2 victory at UC Riverside (March 25) … batted .514 (18-for-35) with runners in scoring position, .511 (24-for-47) with runners on base, .448 (30-for-67) in leadoff situations, .400 (14-for-35) with two down, .380 (35-for-92) in Big West play and successfully advanced baserunners in 34 of 52 (65.4 percent) opportunities … started all 42 games (all in center field) and posted .971 fielding percentage with two errors in 70 chances.
2022 (Redshirt Freshman)
Named to NFCA All-West Region third team, as the Big West Freshman Field Player of the Year and to the All-Big West first team after leading conference and finishing 59th among NCAA Division I hitters with a .396 (63-for-159) batting average – the sixth highest single season mark in program history … also finished second among Big West players with 63 hits and fourth with 36 runs – each the seventh highest single season figures in program history … named one of 25 finalists for Schutt Sports/NFCA Division I National Freshman of the Year honor … two-time Big West Freshman Player of the Week honoree (Feb. 14, April 11) … hit safely 36 times, led Cal Poly with 18 multi-hit games and produced a season high four hits four times, most recently during victory at Hawai’i (April 9) … scored career high three runs in win at CSU Bakersfield (April 16) … batted .462 (12-for-26) during Cal Poly's nine games against programs ranked among the RPI top 75, .461 (35-for-76) in leadoff situations, .386 (17-for-44) with two outs and .358 (19-for-53) with runners on base … successfully advanced baserunners in 30 of 58 (51.7 percent) opportunities … started all 48 games (40 starts in left field, eight in center) and produced .979 fielding percentage with just two errors in 96 chances.
2021 (Redshirt)
Did not make an appearance during first year on campus.
Santa Catalina School (Monterey, Calif.)
Four-year letterwinner named to All-PCAL-Gabilan League team during first three years (2020 senior season halted after two games) … as a junior in 2019, batted .619 (26-for-42) with 12 runs and two homers … during 2018 sophomore season, hit .583 (28-for-48) with 21 runs and helped program to a 21-1 overall record and a CIF Central Coast Section championship … also a four-year letterwinner in volleyball.
Personal
Majoring in agribusiness … Jessica Lynn Clements was born in Hollister, Calif.
Cal Poly vs. CSU Bakersfield, Softball Highlights -- Apr 5th, 2025 Game 2
Sunday, April 06
Cal Poly vs. CSU Bakersfield, Softball Highlights -- Apr 5th, 2025 Game 1
Sunday, April 06
Cal Poly vs. UC Davis, Softball Highlights -- May 4th, 2024
Saturday, May 04
Cal Poly vs. UC Davis, Softball Highlights -- May 3rd, 2024 -- Game 2
Saturday, May 04
