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2024 Softball Roster

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20 Janai Conklin

  • Position C
  • Height 5-3
  • Class Fifth Year
  • Hometown Miami, Fla.
  • Highschool American Heritage HS
  • Instagram j.tiyaa_

Biography

PRONUNCIATION 

HONORS AND AWARDS

2023-24 CSC Academic All-District Team
2022-23 Sun Belt Conference Academic Commissioner's List
2022-23 CSC Academic All-District Team
2021-22 Sun Belt Conference Academic Commissioner's List
2020-21 Sun Belt Conference Academic Commissioner's List
2019-20 Sun Belt Conference Academic Honor Roll

AS A FIFTH YEAR (2024)
Appeared in 44 games, making 42 starts for the Eagles … Hit .223 including two doubles, five home runs, and 20 RBI … Hit .250 in Sun Belt Conference play … Went- 2-for-3 against Coastal Carolina including a home run, RBI, and run scored. Went 2-for-4 with a season-high three RBI in 6-3 win over South Alabama on April 13.

AS A SENIOR (2023)
Played in 51 games, starting 50, for the Eagles as a senior ... Hit .227 with 11 doubles, five home runs and 24 RBI ... Hit .294 in Sun Belt Conference play ... Drove in the winning run in both ends of a doubleheader sweep of App State on April 6. Hit a two-run walk-off home run in the eighth inning of a 5-3 win in game one, then had the game-winning RBI single in the sixth in a 2-1 win over the Mountaineers in game two ... Launched a three-run home run at James Madison on March 24 ... Named to the CSC Academic All-District Team.

AS A JUNIOR (2022)
Played in 44 games, making 42 starts, as a junior for the Eagles ... Hit a team-best .304 with six doubles, two triples, nine home runs and 24 RBI ... Slugged .626, also best on the squad ... Hit a pair of home runs and drove in six in the Eagles' 12-10 win over No. 23 Louisiana on March 19 ... Hit home runs in three straight games from April 26-29, the first Eagle to do so since 2019 ... Seven of her nine home runs during the season came against Sun Belt Conference opponents ... Had eight multi-hit games ... Went 3-for-4 with a home run and three RBI in the Eagles' 11-8 Sun Belt win at Appalachian State on April 3 ... Went 3-for-5 with two home runs and five RBI in the Eagles' doubleheader sweep of Mercer on April 26.

AS A SOPHOMORE (2021)
Played in 29 games, starting 26, for the Eagles as a sophomore ... Hit .233 with four doubles, four home runs and 11 RBI ... Slugged .419 ... Drilled a three-run home run in the first inning to help the Eagles collect an 11-3 six-inning Sun Belt win over App State on April 16 ... Went 4-for-8 with three runs scored and three RBI in the Eagles' doubleheader sweep at Coastal Carolina on April 10 ... Hit home runs in three straight games from April 13-16 ... Went 4-for-8 with three RBI in the Eagles' three games vs. Winthrop in the Eagle Round Robin on March 5-6 ... Named to the President's List for Spring 2021, carrying a perfect 4.0 GPA.

AS A FRESHMAN (2020)
Played in 13 games, making 11 starts, as a freshman for the Eagles ... Hit .345 with two doubles and five RBI ... Also drew 10 walks for a .500 on-base percentage ... Went a perfect 3-for-3 on stolen base attempts ... Went 2-for-3 with two runs scored and a stolen base in the Eagles' 9-4 win over Charleston Southern on Feb. 16 ... Also had two hits vs. Binghamton on Feb. 29 ... Drove in a pair of runs with a double vs. Evansville on Feb. 21 ... Named to the Dean's List for Spring 2020.

HIGH SCHOOL
A three-time All-County honoree by the Miami Herald, Conklin hit .345 as a junior for the Patriots in 2018, helping American Heritage HS win the 6A State Softball Championship ... She hit .353 as a sophomore with a .476 on-base percentage as well ... Also competed for the AHHS basketball and bowling teams ... Played club ball for the Gold Coast Hurricanes.

PERSONAL
Born Janai Atiya Conklin on February 28, 2001, in Miami Beach, Fla. ... Hometown is Miami ... Daughter of Nakeva Rolle and Jermaine Conklin ... Has two siblings, Kimoy and Nazaria.

MAJOR
Criminal Justice & Criminology

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 20

    2020Freshman

    Catcher/Utiliity
    5'3"
    20
  • 20

    2021Sophomore

    Catcher/Utiliity
    5'3"
    20
  • 20

    2022Junior

    Catcher
    5'3"
    20
  • 20

    2023Senior

    Catcher
    5'3"
    20
  • 20

    2024Fifth Year

    Catcher
    5'3"
    20