Biography
2024: Concluded her Presbyterian career with 36 appearances and 31 starts at first-base...Struck 15 hits as a senior to go along with eight runs and a trio of extra-base swings...Drew 16 walks on the semester (the third-highest clip on the roster), which led to a .320 on-base clip that ranked fourth on the club...Sent in her 11th PC homer on March 30 as the Blue Hose downed Longwood on the road, the second of four RBI on the year...Scooped a solid .979 fielding percentage by committing just three errors in 141 chances, aiding in two double plays while hoisting 127 putouts...Finishes her PC career with a .345 OBP in 351 at-bats, inside the program's top ten of the Division I era (since 2008).
2023: Manned the first base position for 23 starting nods until an injury prematurely put an end to her junior go-around...Connected on 13 hits while mustering 20 total bases, walking seven times...Went four-of-seven at the plate within a three-game window in mid-March, scoring three of her five runs against Big South opponents until the aforementioned injury halted her spring...Rained in a solo longball in home bouts versus Furman (March 7) and Longwood (March 25), while also putting up a season-high nine putouts in the victory against the Paladins...Held a .942 fielding clip across 104 chances.
2022: Catapulted to All-Big South first team recognition while anchoring the first base slot, starting all 51 games of a record-shattering season while batting .350 against conference opponents...Ranked third on the PC roster in total hits (47), doubles (11), home runs (6), and total bases (76), driving in 29 scores on a .528 slugging percentage, the fourth-best mark on the team...Found a .416 on-base clip strictly against league foes, committing only two errors all season on 208 putouts...Chosen as Big South Player of the Week (Feb. 28) after scoring three runs next to three RBI and two extra-base swings versus George Mason and Iona, batting .555 over those three outings...Embarked on a season-long seven-game hitting streak over a two-week stretch in April, hitting .500 during that frame...Covered 13 multi-hit performances - the second-largest figure of any Blue Hose member - while picking up two or more RBI in six separate appearances...Matched the highest mark on the roster with a 13-game streak of touching base at least once, slugging at .625 in league play thanks to 12 extra-base connections...Enjoyed her most efficient conference series against Hampton in late-March, going 6-for-9 at the plate alongside three runs, two homers, and a double.
2021: Saw action in 25 games and earned 23 starts between 1B (15) and DP (8) ... Finished second on the Blue Hose in walks (10) and on-base percentage (.338) ... Scored nine runs and drove in nine, both fourth-most on the team, and had four doubles, tied for fourth-most on the team ... Started and picked up her first collegiate hit, a two-run single, on Opening Day against Columbia International ... In game two of that day's doubleheader, blasted her first collegiate home run and drove in a career-high four, while also scoring twice ... Homered again in PC's next game, a win at North Carolina A&T ... Went 7-for-12 during the first week of her collegiate career with two doubles, two homers, four runs scored and eight RBIs to become the first Blue Hose to ever earn a Big South Conference Freshman of the Week award ... Collected a pinch-hit RBI double in a win at Radford.
High School: Two-time All-Region, Greenville News All-Upstate First Team and SCCAWS All-State selection … Byrnes Invitational All-Tournament Team … Team Offensive Player of the Year and Best All-Around award recipient … In first three high school seasons, hit .478 with a .545 on-base percentage and collected 98 hits, 11 home runs, 78 runs scored and 30 walks in 70 games … A/B Honor Roll student.
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Club: Played club for Carolina Elite – Genovese.
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Personal: Full name is Jillian Mae Hewes … Father, Ron, played baseball at Maine … Sister, Jenna, plays softball at North Greenville … Chose PC because it felt like home, was the perfect size, she loved the campus and the coaches, and the learning environment is perfect … Intends to major in Psychology/Law and wants to become a forensic psychologist in the FBI.
