2026 (USC AIKEN): Started all 53 games…Batted .355 on the year with a .532 slugging percentage and a .445 on-base percentage…Recorded 82 hits, drove in 45 runs and scored 66 times…Belted 6 home runs, 9 doubles and 7 triples…Drew 29 walks against 39 strikeouts…Went 19-for-22 in stolen base attempts…Posted 22 multi-hit games on the season…Fielded at a .979 clip, committing just 3 errors on 145 chances…Went 5-for-7 with a home run, a double and two RBIs in a win at Erskine…Went 3-for-4 with a home run, two RBIs and a season-high three stolen bases against Emory & Henry…Went 3-for-4 with a home run, a double and two RBIs against North Georgia…Blasted a home run and drove in a season-high three runs in a win over Augusta…Second-team All-Peach Belt selection.
2025 (WINTHROP): Appeared in 20 games…Batted .333 on the year with a .444 slugging percentage and a .409 on-base percentage…Recorded 6 hits, drove in 4 runs and scored 6 times…Doubled twice and went 3-for-3 in stolen base attempts…Went 2-for-2 with a double and an RBI in a start against Villanova…Went 2-for-2 with an RBI in a win over Wagner…Reached base in a perfect 1-for-1 outing against Merrimack…Drove in a run, scored twice and drew a walk in a win over Queens.
2024 (WINTHROP): Appeared in 29 games, making 21 starts…Batted .268 on the year with a .423 slugging percentage…Recorded 19 hits, drove in 8 runs and scored 17 times…Doubled 6 times, added a triple and a home run…Drew 12 walks and swiped a base…Fielded a clean .976 clip with just 1 error in 42 total chances…Went 3-for-4 with a double and an RBI in a win over Longwood…Went 2-for-3 with two RBIs and a walk in a tie at St. John's…Cracked a solo home run and drove in a run in a loss at Presbyterian…Doubled twice and went 2-for-4 in a game at UNC Asheville…Drove in a run, drew a walk and scored twice in a win over Davidson.
HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Gilbert High School in Gilbert, S.C…Played LHP/OF and lettered three years in baseball, three in football and one in basketball…Helped guide the Indians to a Class 3A state championship…Served as Baseball Team Captain in 2022-23…Earned two-time All-Region honors in baseball in 2022-23 and three-time All-State/All-Region honors in football in 2021-23…Received All-State Chorus honors from 2021-2023…Awarded a Leadership Scholarship in 2023…Rotary Club Member in 2023.
PERSONAL: Born in Lexington, S.C…Son of Tunisia Gantt and Desi Jennings…Has an older brother, Jaylin Jennings, who played college baseball at Emmanuel College and Benedict College…Cousins Tyler Smith and Allen Smith Jr. also competed in college athletics… Tyler played football at South Carolina State and now serves as Strength and Conditioning Coach at Georgia Tech…Allen was a defensive lineman at Wofford and has since coached football at Wofford, Duke, Georgia State, Army, the Houston Texans and now the Philadelphia Eagles, where he is the current Defensive Coordinator…Majoring in intermediate studies.
