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Jersey Number 29
Jonathan French
- Position:
- C
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Lilburn, Ga.
- High School:
- Parkview HS
- Prev School:
- South Carolina
Bio
SENIOR (2024)
PRIOR TO UH
- Posted career single-season-highs in average (.252), hits (35), doubles (10), home runs (10), RBI (30), walks (27), on-base percentage (.386) and slugging (.540) while stealing his first-career bases.
- 57% of his hits were for extra-bases, second highest percentage on the team.
- Finished third on the team with 10 home runs.
- Tied for third on the team with 10 doubles.
- Posted the third-highest OPS (on-base plus slugging) among qualified hitters (.926).
- Started 41 games, 37 behind the plate, five in right field and one at designated hitter.
- One of four Cougars with a multi-homer game, clubbing two homers against Prairie View A&M.
- Racked up nine multiple-hit games and seven multiple-RBI games.
- Ended the season on a seven-game reached base streak with a season-long streak of 10 games.
PRIOR TO UH
- Spent the 2023 season at South Carolina after spending three seasons at Clemson (2020-22)
- Played in 33 games with 18 starts for South Carolina in 2023
- Scored 12 runs and had four doubles, two home runs and 11 RBI
- Reached base in 10 straight games his senior year
- Had an RBI single that tied the game in a walk-off win over Missouri (March 24)
- Attended Clemson for three years (2020-22) and had 39 runs scored, seven doubles, 13 home runs and 43 RBI in his career with the Tigers
- In 2022, had 26 runs, five doubles, eight home runs and four hit-by-pitches in 44 games
- Two-run home run against Georgia Tech on May 6, 2022
- Hit .248 with 13 runs scored, two doubles, five home runs and 21 RBI in 2021
- In his first career game, hit a three-run home run in a win over Cincinnati (Feb. 19, 2021)
- Was 2-for-4 with a home run against Cincinnati on Feb. 21
- Hit .321 with runners on base
- Pinch hit three-run home run against College of Charleston (April 13, 2021)
- Redshirted the 2020 season at Clemson
- ACC Academic Honor Roll (2020)
- No. 4 Freshman in the ACC in the preseason by Perfect Game (2020)
- Drafted in the 30th round by the Cleveland Indians in the 2019 MLB First-Year Player Draft
- Under Armour All-American (2019)
- Second Team All-American by Baseball America (2019)
- First Team All-State at Parkview High School in Lilburn, Ga.
- Set the school record for RBIs in a season
- Led Parkview to state titles in 2018 and 2019
- Son of Greg and Lisa French
- Major is interdisciplinary studies
Media Availability: HC Todd Whitting, Antoine Jean, Malachi Lott
Friday, May 23
Media Availability: HC Todd Whitting, Connor McGinnis, Andres Perez
Thursday, May 22
Highlights: Houston 9, Kansas State 2
Thursday, May 22
Highlights: Houston 13, Arizona 4
Thursday, May 15
