Jackie Lis

Position:
Infield
Height:
5-8
Class:
Junior
High School:
Castle HS
Hometown:
Newburgh, Ind.

2025 // Junior

All-MVC First Team
MVC Scholar-Athlete First Team
Started all 53 games ... hit for a batting average of .353 to go along with tallying 47 runs, 58 hits, eight doubles, 11 home runs, 48 RBI, and 33 walks ... had an on-base percentage of .460 and slugging percentage of .623 ... ranked seventh in the Missouri Valley Conference in batting average, eighth in slugging and on-base percentage, second in runs, tied for second in RBI, tied for sixth in home runs, and fifth in walks ... broke SIU career home run record on March 9 vs. Northern Illinois with 40th homer as a Saluki ... hit a two-run home run against Belmont in the MVC Championship game on May 10 ... was awarded MVC Player of the Week on three separate occasions ... had 15 multi-hit games, including a four-hit performance vs. Georgia Tech on Feb. 14 ... named to the All-MVC First Team for the third straight year.

2024 // Sophomore

MVC Most Valuable Player
All-MVC First Team
MVC Scholar-Athlete of the Year
NFCA Second Team All-Region
CSC Academic All-District
Played and started in 55 games ... posted a batting average of .344 with a .467 on-base percentage and .725 slugging percentage ... hit 16 home runs, the second-most in program history ... tallied 55 hits, 52 runs, 36 RBI, nine doubles, and two triples ... hit a home run in three-straight games at Bradley (4/6-4/7) and at Illinois (4/10) ... then hit a home run in four consecutive games against Belmont (4/20-4/21), Missouri State (4/24), and at Indiana State (4/26) ... put together 14 multi-hit games throughout the season ... led the team in batting average, home runs, slugging percentage, runs scored, hits, RBIs, and walks (36).

2023 // Freshman

All-MVC First Team
MVC All-Tournament
NFCA All-Region
D1Softball Freshman All-American
Started in all 56 games... hit for a .356 average with a .443 on-base percentage and .718 slugging percentage with 62 hits... broke single-season record for home runs (17)... broke single-game record for home runs with three home runs against Valparaiso (3/17) and again at Missouri State (4/26)... drove in eight runs in win over Murray State for a SIU single-game record... finished the season with 57 RBIs for a new single-season SIU record... led team with 26 walks... started season with a nine-game hitting streak and ended the season on a 10-game hitting streak... went 4-for-9 with a pair of RBIs at the NCAA Regional against Utah and Baylor (5/19-5/20)

High School

Two-time All-State honoree … two-time all-conference first team selection … 2022 Courier and Press All-Metro Player of the Year … earned All-State First Team honors in 2022 after she batted .535 with seven home runs and 27 RBIs … owns two of the five best single-season batting averages at Castle and her career .511 mark ranks second in program history … one of 40 players selected to play in the Alliance All-Star Game … hit a conference-leading .529 with a .596 on-base percentage to go along with 37 runs scored, six home runs and 37 runs batted in en route to being named the 2021 Evansville Courier All-Metro Player of the Year … hit .459 with 21 runs batted in as a freshman … played her travel ball for the Louisville Lady Sluggers … graduated high school with a 3.97 grade point average.

Personal

Born on September 10, 2003 … Daughter of Joe and Lana Lis … Father, Joe, owns and operates a baseball/softball school while her mother, Lana, works in sales … has one sister … comes from a family that has an extensive history of starring on the diamond- grandfather, Joe Sr., played eight seasons of Major League Baseball with four different teams, while her father, Joe Jr., reached Triple-A with both Toronto and Atlanta … aunt, Becky, played softball at SIU from 1994-97, is the program's all-time leader in career batting average (.362) and was inducted into the Saluki Hall of Fame in 2013 … intends to major in accounting.