UNC Wilmington Athletics

2023 Season: Made 28 starts in 35 games ... batted .244 with one home run and 13 RBI ... went 3-for-3 with a double and drove in a pair of runs vs. Morehead State on Feb. 18 ... opened season with a pinch-hit two-run single vs. Purdue - Fort Wayne ... recorded two hits vs. Columbia ... notched at least one hit in 7-of-9 games fromm Mar. 4-31 ... hit a go-ahead home run in the first inning of Seahawks' CAA Tournament opener vs. Hofstra ... drove in six runs across two games at the CAA Championship.

2022 Season: Played in seven games with two starts ... hit .167 in six at-bats ... started two games vs. Delaware ...  went 1-for-3 with a run scored and stolen base against the Blue Hens on Mar. 26 ... made season debut at East Carolina ... worked two walks ... part of Seahawks' 2022 CAA Championship team.

2021 Season: Third-Team NFCA All-Mid-Atlantic Region selection as a junior who started all 38 games ... also earned First-Team All-Colonial Athletic Association distinction ... honored as team's Player of the Year ... fifth-leading hitter in the CAA with .390 batting average ... also ranked fifth in the league with 36 runs batted in ... tied for second in the CAA with 11 doubles ... posted .481 on-base percentage, good for fourth in the CAA ... ranked third on the team with 12 multi-hit games ... hit safely in team-high 10 games from Mar. 14-Apr. 3 ... belted three home runs ... went 3-for-4 with a double, home run and four runs batted in against Charleston in series opener on Apr. 17 ... drove in three runs at UNCG on Mar. 5 while going 2-for-4 with a run scored ... member of CAA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll for fall semester. 

2020 Season: Started 18 games as a sophomore ... hit .241 with 13 hits, including four extra-base hits, and nine runs scored ... also drove in nine runs ... authored five multi-hit efforts ... went 2-for-3 with a home run, two runs scored and two runs batted in against Alabama State on Feb. 14 ... collected two hits and drove in two runs against Toledo on Feb. 29 ... went 2-for-3 against Robert Morris with a RBI on Mar. 1 ... recipient of CAA Commissioner's Honor Roll for fall and spring semesters.

2019 Season: Member of CAA All-Rookie Team who started 52 games as a freshman ... hit .290 with six home runs and 23 runs batted in ... tied for team lead with 42 hits, including eight doubles and a triple ... authored team-high 10 multi-hit games ... tied for second on the squad with six multi-RBI efforts ... two-time selection as CAA Rookie of the Week (Mar. 25, Apr. 22) ... went 2-for-3 with two runs scored and three runs batted in against UNCG on Feb. 9 ... posted three-hit performance against Howard on Feb. 16 ... went 3-for-3 with a run scored and a run batted in against Canisius on Mar. 15 ... drove in three runs against Delaware in second game of doubleheader on Apr. 19 ... scored two runs and had 3-for-3 showing in second game of doubleheader against Hofstra on Apr. 27 ... drove in three runs against Canisius in second game of Mar. 19 twinbill ... recipient of CAA Commissioner's Academic Award for the fall and spring semesters.

At North Johnston High School: Four-year letter winner for the Panthers who earned offensive team MVP honors as a senior ... four-time all-conference honoree ... led North Carolina with 14 home runs as a senior while hitting .612 with 62 runs batted in ... earned Regional Player of the Year honors from the News and Observer as a senior ... also garnered Eastern Plains Conference Player of the Year distinction ... led Panthers to three conference championships ... three-sport athlete who also played for Panthers' volleyball and basketball teams. 

Personal: Full Name: Jada Alexi Santiago ... born in Greenville, N.C. ... daughter of Candy and Richard Santiago ... majored in Public Health ... plans to enlist in the National Guard following graduation.