2022 Softball Roster
Roster
Wash, Jenae
Jersey Number 2
Jenae Wash
- Height:
- 5-10
- Class:
- Redshirt Sophomore
- High School:
- Creekside
- Hometown:
- St. John's, Florida
Bio
GRADUATE STUDENT (2025): Academic All-Big Ten … Started 15 games and made 20 overall appearances … Hit .205 with nine hits, (two doubles, one homer) … Posted five RBI.
REDSHIRT SENIOR (2024): Made 44 starts for the Spartans as a fifth year ... Most games played of her career ... First healthy season since her sophomore campaign ... Matched her career-high in home runs with three.
REDSHIRT JUNIOR (2023): B1G Distinguished Scholar ... Named Academic All-B1G ... Made 28 appearances and 24 starts for the Spartans playing a variety of positions ... Played all over the infield and outfield in her fourth season as a Spartan .. The only positions she hasn't played while at MSU are catcher and pitcher.
REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE (2022): Big Ten Distinguished Scholar ... Academic All-Big Ten ... Missed most of the season due to injury ... Made 16 appearances and 14 starts before missing the remainder of the season.
REDSHIRT FRESHMAN (2021): Big Ten Distinguished Scholar ... Academic All-Big Ten ... Started all 40 games at short or in the outfield ... Hit .267 leading the team in slugging percentage (.474), RBI (17), triples (5), and homers (3) ... Led the Big Ten and ranked 16th nationally in triples, and 23rd in triples per game (0.12) ... Started all six games during the B1G opening weekend in Leesburg, Fla, where hitting .312 with her first career homer and two RBI against Northwestern, Nebraska, and Iowa ... In the six games vs. Illinois and Minnesota in the second B1G Weekend in Leesburg, hit .250 with a double, a triple, and four RBI ... Hit .364 in the Rutgers series (3/26-28), with a triple, a homer, and three RBI ... Started all four games against Maryland (4/9-10) ... Had three hits (one triple) and three RBI in the Purdue series (4/23-25) ... Led the Spartans with four base hits in the Indiana series (4/30-5/2) ... Had four base hits (one double), three walks, and hit .364 in the Wisconsin series (5/7-9) ...Went 3-for-8 in the Penn State doubleheader (5/11), with a double, triple, and a homer ... Had two base hits - one a triple - with a pair of walks in the final series at Ohio State (5/14-16) ...
FRESHMAN (2020): Played in the first nine games of the season before her inaugural campaign was shut down with injury ... Started three of four games at the FIU Invitational (2/7-9) ... Appeared in two of the four games at the Big Ten -ACC Challenge (2/14-16) as a pinch runner, scoring a run in each game ... Came on as a pinch runner in three of the five games at the FGCU Spring Break Invitational (2/21-23), scoring a pair of runs ...
HIGH SCHOOL: Named to the All-County and All-Conference team at Creekside in 2018 … Attended Bartram Trail High School in St. Johns, Florida her freshman and sophomore years, where she was a two-time District Champion (2016, 2017) … Earned All-Conference honors as a sophomore in 2017 … Also earned All-Conference honors in basketball at Bartram Trail … Also earned a letter in weightlifting as a junior at Creekside in 2018, earning a spot on the All-State team and helping her team to a 12th-place ranking in the state …
CLUB: Played for Coach Jerry Shepard at Florida Storm … Two-time Adidas 32 Elite Champion (2016, 2017) … In 2017, placed first in the Elite Classic and in the Jaxstorm Showcase and took second in the Atlanta Legacy tournament … Member of the Scenic City Super Pool championship team and took 15th at the PGF Nationals in 2016 … Member of the Rising Stars Elite Pool championship team and took second in the TC National Championship in 2015 …
PERSONAL: Daughter of Todd and Darci Wash… Has two siblings, Alyssa and Marcus… Father, Todd, played football at North Dakota State University and was a member of the school's National Championship teams in 1988 and 1990… Mother, Darci, was an All-American basketball player at NDSU and won three national championships (1991, 1993, 1994), and is a member of the school's Hall of Fame… Sister, Alyssa, played softball at Saint Leo University in Florida …
REDSHIRT SENIOR (2024): Made 44 starts for the Spartans as a fifth year ... Most games played of her career ... First healthy season since her sophomore campaign ... Matched her career-high in home runs with three.
REDSHIRT JUNIOR (2023): B1G Distinguished Scholar ... Named Academic All-B1G ... Made 28 appearances and 24 starts for the Spartans playing a variety of positions ... Played all over the infield and outfield in her fourth season as a Spartan .. The only positions she hasn't played while at MSU are catcher and pitcher.
REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE (2022): Big Ten Distinguished Scholar ... Academic All-Big Ten ... Missed most of the season due to injury ... Made 16 appearances and 14 starts before missing the remainder of the season.
REDSHIRT FRESHMAN (2021): Big Ten Distinguished Scholar ... Academic All-Big Ten ... Started all 40 games at short or in the outfield ... Hit .267 leading the team in slugging percentage (.474), RBI (17), triples (5), and homers (3) ... Led the Big Ten and ranked 16th nationally in triples, and 23rd in triples per game (0.12) ... Started all six games during the B1G opening weekend in Leesburg, Fla, where hitting .312 with her first career homer and two RBI against Northwestern, Nebraska, and Iowa ... In the six games vs. Illinois and Minnesota in the second B1G Weekend in Leesburg, hit .250 with a double, a triple, and four RBI ... Hit .364 in the Rutgers series (3/26-28), with a triple, a homer, and three RBI ... Started all four games against Maryland (4/9-10) ... Had three hits (one triple) and three RBI in the Purdue series (4/23-25) ... Led the Spartans with four base hits in the Indiana series (4/30-5/2) ... Had four base hits (one double), three walks, and hit .364 in the Wisconsin series (5/7-9) ...Went 3-for-8 in the Penn State doubleheader (5/11), with a double, triple, and a homer ... Had two base hits - one a triple - with a pair of walks in the final series at Ohio State (5/14-16) ...
FRESHMAN (2020): Played in the first nine games of the season before her inaugural campaign was shut down with injury ... Started three of four games at the FIU Invitational (2/7-9) ... Appeared in two of the four games at the Big Ten -ACC Challenge (2/14-16) as a pinch runner, scoring a run in each game ... Came on as a pinch runner in three of the five games at the FGCU Spring Break Invitational (2/21-23), scoring a pair of runs ...
HIGH SCHOOL: Named to the All-County and All-Conference team at Creekside in 2018 … Attended Bartram Trail High School in St. Johns, Florida her freshman and sophomore years, where she was a two-time District Champion (2016, 2017) … Earned All-Conference honors as a sophomore in 2017 … Also earned All-Conference honors in basketball at Bartram Trail … Also earned a letter in weightlifting as a junior at Creekside in 2018, earning a spot on the All-State team and helping her team to a 12th-place ranking in the state …
CLUB: Played for Coach Jerry Shepard at Florida Storm … Two-time Adidas 32 Elite Champion (2016, 2017) … In 2017, placed first in the Elite Classic and in the Jaxstorm Showcase and took second in the Atlanta Legacy tournament … Member of the Scenic City Super Pool championship team and took 15th at the PGF Nationals in 2016 … Member of the Rising Stars Elite Pool championship team and took second in the TC National Championship in 2015 …
PERSONAL: Daughter of Todd and Darci Wash… Has two siblings, Alyssa and Marcus… Father, Todd, played football at North Dakota State University and was a member of the school's National Championship teams in 1988 and 1990… Mother, Darci, was an All-American basketball player at NDSU and won three national championships (1991, 1993, 1994), and is a member of the school's Hall of Fame… Sister, Alyssa, played softball at Saint Leo University in Florida …
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