Baily Janssen

SIOUX FALLS, SD - APRIL 7: xxxxxxx (Photo by Dave Eggen/Inertia)

Photo by: Inertia Sports Media/Dave Eggen

Photo by: Laura Mullen

Photo by: Laura Mullen

Photo by: Laura Mullen

Photo by: Nick Nelson

SIOUX FALLS, SD: xxxxxxxxxxxx (Dave Eggen/Inertia)

Photo by: Inertia Sports Media/Dave Eggen

Photo by: Laura Mullen

Photo by: Laura Mullen

Photo by: Inertia Sports Media/Dave Eggen

Position:
Infielder
Height:
5-8
Class:
Junior
High School:
Missouri Valley H.S.
Hometown:
Missouri Valley, Iowa

Honors and Awards

2019 All-Summit League Second Team
Summit League Player of the Week (2/26/18)

2019: One of three Jackrabbit infielders to start all 55 games (second base) … racked up 37 hits for a .266 batting average, adding four doubles and 20 walks on her way to .358 and .295 on-base and slugging marks … drove in 16 and was 2 for 2 on stolen base attempts … committed just six errors in 296 chances, posting a .970 fielding percentage … had a .297 average with 11 hits and 10 walks in league play … had five multi-hit games, including two, three-hit performances against College of Charleston (2/17) and Omaha (3/23) … added five multi-hit games, driving in three for SDSU in a win over Creighton (4/23) … tallied doubles against Jackson State (2/24), Providence (3/10), Omaha (3/22) and Creighton (4/23) … had season-high six putouts at North Dakota (4/28) and logged five assists against Creighton (4/23).

2018: Appeared and started all 55 games at second base … hit .273 (41 for 150) with six doubles, one triples and two home runs … added 10 walks and posted .367 slugging and .323 on-base percentages … drove in 22 runs and scored 28, notching 55 total bases … had 12 multi-hit games, including three-hit performances against Seton Hall (3/9) and Dakota State (4/24) … drove in multiple runs on six occasions and pushed three across three times: Stephen F. Austin (2/25), Omaha (3/30) and Western Illinois (4/28) … hit two doubles against Omaha (3/30) and Dakota State (4/24) … posted a .959 fielding percentage in the infield with 83 putouts and 79 assists … recorded three putouts in eight games and had season-high five assists in game one of a doubleheader at Nebraska (3/14).

2017: Appeared in 39 games with 34 starts, with 33 at third base and one at second … hit .220 (18 for 82) with eight runs scored, tallying four doubles and 11 runs batted in … put together .268 and .293 slugging and on-base percentages, respectively, while working eight walks with 22 total bases … record 37 putouts with 62 assists and a .934 fielding percentage … two multi-hit games came against Alabama A&M (2/26) and La Salle (3/8) … tallied multi-RBI against Drake (2/12) and at IUPUI (3/24) … drew two walks against Fort Wayne (4/15).

2016: Started 32 games and appeared in 41 … hit .123 at the plate (9 for 73) as the Jackrabbits’ primary third baseman … scored five runs and drove in three … had two doubles for the year with a .151 slugging percentage … worked six walks and went 2 for 2 on stolen base attempts … posted a .953 fielding percentage (five errors) with 30 putouts and 71 assists ... drew two walks at Western Illinois (3/26) … recorded five assists at Drake (3/22) … drove in runs versus Belmont (2/26), UMKC (4/13) and Dakota Wesleyan (4/21) … had a three-game hitting streak early in the season (2/12 to 2/14).

Before SDSU: Five-time varsity letterwinner in softball ... broke SDSU head coach Krista Wood’s career doubles record at Missouri Valley High School ... earned Second Team all-conference honors as an eighth grader and added First Team all-conference and Council Bluffs Nonpareil First Team all-area honors in her freshman through junior seasons ... added First Team All-State selections following her sophomore and junior seasons ... batted .378, with 11 doubles as a freshman, hit .500 with 25 doubles and two home runs as a sophomore, hit .469 with 16 doubles, four homeruns and 36 RBI as a junior ... four-year honor roll student and member of the National Honor Society ... also served on the MVHS student council ... played club ball for Insanity Softball, and earned USSSA World Series defensive player of the tournament in 2014.

Personal: Born April 9, 1997 in Omaha, Neb. … daughter of Mike and Kristin Janssen … has one sister, Julia … majoring in Biology/pre-med with a minor in chemistry.