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6 Jac Croom

  • Position IF
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Ht./Wt. 6-1 / 210
  • Hometown Wilmington, N.C.
  • High School New Hanover

Biography

2023 (Red-shirt senior): First-team All-CAA ... CAA All-Tournament ... CSC Academic All-District ... Started all 61 games at third base for the Seahawks ... Hit .289 with a career-high-tying 12 doubles and a career-best nine home runs ... HIs 41 runs batted in were also a career best and his 10 stolen bases were a team high ... Concluded his career as UNCW's all-time leader in games started (236), at bats (870) and tied for games played (239) ... Was third in runs (181), fifth in hits (250), sixth in assists (505) and seventh in total bases (367) ... Fielded .961 over his five seasons.

2023 (Red-shirt junior): First-team All-CAA ... CAA All-Tournament ... CAA Player of the Week (3/20) ... Named UNCW Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year by the CAA ... Earned CSC Academic All-Region Honors ... Played in all 57 games, making 56 starts ... Hit a career-best and team-leading .361 ... Also led Seahawks with 79 hits, 54 runs scored and seven stolen bases ... His 12 doubles were a career-high ... Committed just five errors in 157 chances at third base ... Scored the winning run against Northeastern (5/26) at the CAA tournament ... Had 26 multi-hit games, including four-hit outings against Towson (3/19) and Monmouth (3/11) ... Fashioned career-long 13-game hitting streak and batted .527 (29-55) over that span.

2022 (Red-shirt sophomore): Started 52-of-54 games played in ... Moved from second to third base and fielded .947 on the ot corner ... Committed seven errors on the season, but just one in two in 31 non-conference games ... Hit a career-best .264 with six home runs and 26 runs batted in ... Homered twice and drove in three runs at NC State (4/12) ... Collected three hits in series-opening win at Northeastern (5/13) ... Homered in the top of the ninth at Northeastern (5/14) to help the Seahawks clinch the series ... Closed season with five-game hitting streak ... Had hits in nine of his last 10 games ... Totaled 14 multi-hit games, including a pair of three-hit games.

2021 (Red-shirt freshman): Started 46-of-49 games played ... Homered and drove in three runs in a win at nationally-ranked Charlotte (5/20) ... Collected three hits and scored three runs in a win against VCU (2/21) as the Seahawks finished off a three-game sweep of eventual A10 champion Rams ... Had two hits, including a double, scored twice and knocked in two runs in a win over nationally-ranked East Carolina (3/7) ... Fashioned a six-game hitting streak midway through the season (3/27-4/9).

2020 (Freshman): Stepped into starting role at second base ... Started all 15 games played ... Had three hits, including a double, and drove in three runs in a win at Kentucky (2/28) ... Posted three multi-hit games including three against Marshall (2/23) and two against Bowling Green (2/22).

At New Hanover: Played four seasons on the varsity for coach Richard Foy, a former Seahawk ... Helped Wildcats to consecutive 3A State Championships in 2018 and 2019 ... Wildcats went 100-14 during his prep career ... Was honored as MVP of the 2018 State Championship series ... All-Area selection three times and first-team All-Mid Eastern Conference selection in 2017 and 2019 ... Wildcats won three straight Mid Eastern Conference titles (2017-19) ... Hit .388 his senior season with 32 runs scored and fashioned a .479 on base average ... For his career, he hit .368 and finished with 106 hits, 50 RBI's and 85 runs scored ... Played for Wilmington Post 10 ... Made three state tournaments, winning in 2018.

Personal: Full name: James Alexander Croom ... Son of Amy and Mac Croom ... Born in Wilmington, N.C. ... Brother, Trey, played at North Carolina Wesleyan ... Sixth from his family to attend UNCW.

Statistics

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2024

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Historical Player Information

  • 6

    2020Freshman

    INF
    6'0" 195 lbs
    6
  • 6

    2021Redshirt Freshman

    IF
    6'0" 195 lbs
    6
  • 6

    2022Redshirt Sophomore

    IF
    6'0" 200 lbs
    6
  • 6

    2023Redshirt Junior

    IF
    6'1" 205 lbs
    6
  • 6

    2024Redshirt Senior

    IF
    6'1" 210 lbs
    6