J.T. Weber

Photo by: Scott Kane

Photo by: Will Becque

Photo by: Will Becque

Class:
Senior
Height:
6-2
Weight:
210
Hometown:
Metropolis, Ill.
High School:
Massac County

2022 (REDSHIRT SENIOR)

2022 All Missouri Valley Conference First Team ... 2022 MVC Scholar-Athlete First Team ... Set the SIU single season home run record when he hit his 18th HR (a grand slam) May 10 at SIUE ... Tied Robert Jones (1983-86) for the SIU career home run record when hit his 36th career home run May 27 vs. Indiana St. in the MVC Tournament ... Hit 34 home runs during the last two seasons (15 in 2021 and 19 in 2022) ... Hit a career-best .355 and had a career-best slugging % of .649 ... Tied for the fifth most hits in an SIU single season (87) ... Had the third most at-bats (245) in an SIU single season ... Set the school record for total bases in one season (159) ... Is the only player in SIU history to finish in the Top Ten in career home runs (tied for first, 36), runs batted in (tied for fifth, 154) and runs scored (seventh, 165) ... Finished second in career total bases (401) ... Finished tied for fifth in career hit by pitch (27) ... Finished tenth in career at bats (796) ... Tied for ninth place in career games played (216) ... Tied for seventh place in career doubles (48) ... Finished a career .300 hitter (.303) after hitting .248 his first three seasons ... Started all 60 games for a second consecutive season (CF and 1B) ... Had 13 Multi RBI games ... Had 25 multi hit games ... MVC statistical rankings: 6th in the MVC in batting average (.355), tied for second in home runs (19), tied for third in RBIs (56), second in runs scored (64), tied for second in hits (87), and first in total bases (159) ... Team was 17-5 in games in which he hit home runs ... Hit two home runs in one game twice ... Had a season-high six RBIs at SIUE (May 10) ... Had a season-high four hits Mar. 5 at Little Rock ... Scored a season-high four runs at Evansville Apr. 8 ... Hit four home runs in MVC games (14 in non-conference games and one in the MVC Tournament ... MVC Player of the Week Mar. 14.

2021 (REDSHIRT JUNIOR)

2021 First-team All-Midwest Region ... 2021 All Missouri Valley Conference Second Team ... 2021 MVC All-Tournament Team ... 2021 MVC Scholar-Athlete First Team ... National Player of the Week (Collegiate Baseball) and MVC Player of the Week on March 15 (Reached on 14 of 17 plate appearances in SIU's 3-1 series win over Evansville, slashing .700/.824/1.300) ... Led the MVC in RBIs (63) ... His 63 RBIs ranked fifth in SIU history and were the most since Chris Serritella had 64 in 2010 ... Ranked second in the MVC in hits, second in total bases, third in runs scored, fourth in slugging percentage, fourth in doubles, and fourth in home runs ... In conference games, led the MVC in RBIs and ranked third in runs, third in total bases, third in doubles, fourth in hits, fifth in homers, and ninth in slugging percentage ... Led the team with 18 multi-RBI games ... Had 23 multi-hit games ... Tied a school record with 8 RBIs against Illinois State (April 4) ... Started all 60 games in left field ... Had four outfield assists and threw out three runners at the plate ... Earned the MVC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award.

2020 (JUNIOR)

Started all 18 games in left field ... Went 18-for-69 (.261) with six doubles and a triple ... Slashed .261/.350/.377 ... Went 6-for-7 stealing bases ... Had three outfield assists ... Scored 15 runs ... His six doubles tied with Ian Walters for the team lead ... Ended the season on a six-game hitting streak ... In the final three games of the season, hit 8-for-12 with seven RBIs and three runs scored ... Four multi-hit games.

2019 (SOPHOMORE)

Played in 50 games and started 47 at first base … Finished third on the team with a .261 average … Led the team in batting during MVC games (.290) … Fourth-toughest strikeout in the MVC (9.3 ABs per strikeout) … Played his best down the stretch, going 17-for-35 (.486) in the season’s final nine games, which included six multi-hit games (took his season batting average from .206 to .261) … Had a seven-game hitting streak from May 11-21, the second-longest hitting streak on the team … Went 3-for-4 with a double and two RBIs in the MVC Tournament win over Bradley (May 21) … Earned the MVC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award.

2018 (FRESHMAN)

Played in 28 games and started 19 at third base and DH ... Hit .200 with three doubles, two home runs, nine runs scored and seven RBIs ... Hit his first career home run in second game of the season at Jacksonville St. ... Went 2-for-3 with two runs in win versus Northern Illinois ... Earned a spot on the MVC Academic Honor Roll.

PRIOR TO SIU

Three-time All-River to River Conference and two-time All-South honoree ... Perfect Game Underclass All-American ... WWBA National Championship All-Tournament Team ... Led the Nashville Knights 17U team in batting average ... Hit .430 as a senior and was a four-year varsity starter ... Also was an All-River to River Conference basketball player ... Member of the National Honor Society and the school's math team.

PERSONAL

Full name is Justin Thomas Weber, goes by JT ... Son of Becky and Tim Weber ... Born Oct. 9, 1998, in Paducah, Ky. ... Majoring in civil engineering.