Georgia Southern University Athletics

Sun Belt Conference Academic Honor Roll 2021-2022
2023 First Team All-Sun Belt
2022 ABCA All-Southeast Region (Second Team)
2022 First Team All-Sun Belt
2022 Sun Belt Conference All-Tournament Team

SENIOR (2023): Lead off man for the Eagles for the second-straight season, starting all but one game in the 2023 season ... Etched his name into the record books with a .409 final batting average, sitting alone at eighth for single-season batting average ... Hit a team-leading 90 hits this season ... His 90 hits led the SBC for the regular season and tournament, only being surpassed after regional play ... Led the SBC in OB% at .502, with 45 free passes to go with his 90 hits (30 walks and 15 HBP) ... Stole six bases for the Eagles ... Had a 15-game hitting streak during the season and a 28-game safely reaching base streak.

JUNIOR (2022): Led off for the Eagles in 2022 after transferring in, leading the team in batting average with .361 … Also led the team in runs scored (62) and stolen bases (13), tied for first in hits (79) and tied for first in HBP (17) … Had hits in 10 of the final 11 games for the Eagles, including a nine-game hitting streak.

KENNESAW STATE (2021): 2021 ASUN All-Conference Second Team ... Played and started in 44 games ... ended season with a .320 batting average, finishing second among Owls and 10th in the conference ... drove in 25 RBIs and hit one home run, a grand slam against Georgia Southern (4/21) ... notched 17 multi-hit games ... finished in a tie for third in the ASUN with 12 stolen bases ... crossed home plate 46 runs, the third-best rate in the conference ... his .411 on-base percentage was ranked 10th in the league ... contributed three RBIs in a huge 16-4 win against Georgia State (3/28).

GORDON STATE (2019-2020): Played under the direction of Head Coach Travis McClanahan at GSC ... ranked 14th in the NJCAA with a .445 batting average in 2019 ... logged 81 total hits, including six doubles and 34 RBIs as a freshman ... had 10 games with at least three hits, five with four, in 2019 ... second on the team with 28 stolen bases ... tallied 117 assists at shortstop for GSC while turning 24 double plays ... Earned Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association (GCAA) Conference Tournament MVP honors.

PREP: Attended Tate High School in Cantonment, Florida, playing under head coach Karl Jernigan ... Earned two letters while he was in high school ... Graduated in 2018 as First Team All-Area ... Batted .420 with 31 runs and 21 RBI his senior season ... Batted over .400 all four years in school.

PERSONAL: Born Jesse Tate Sherrill on November 29, 1999 in Pensacola, Florida ... Son of Mike and Sherry Sherrill ... Has two brothers, Jamie and Michael Sherrill ... Father, Mike Sherrill, played football at Troy and was a member of the 1984 Division II National Championship team.

MAJOR: Psychology