2019 TENNESSEE BASEBALL MEDIA GUIDE | @VOL BASEBALL 27 PLAYERS JUSTIN AMMONS JUNIOR 9 L/R • 5-10 • 180 Outfielder Memphis, Tenn
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GENERAL INFO MEDIA INFO COACHES/STAFF PLAYERS 27 OPPONENTS REVIEW RECORDS & HONORS VOLMANAC BASEBALL @VOL_ 2019 TENNESSEE BASEBALL MEDIA GUIDE | PLAYERS JUSTIN AMMONS JUNIOR 9 L/R • 5-10 • 180 Outfielder Memphis, Tenn. Bartlett High School CAREER HONORS • SEC Freshman of the Week (Feb. 26, 2017) AMMONS CAREER HIGHS • Tony Gwynn Classic All-Tournament Team (2017) 2018 - SOPHOMORE At Bats .......................6 (2x), last vs. Florida (G1) (4/8/18) • Played in 55 games (55 starts) and hit .274 as Ten- Runs ........................................3 (3x), last at ETSU (4/17/18) nessee’s starting right fielder, leading the team with Hits ............................. 4 (2x), last vs. Florida (G1) (4/8/18) three triples. He finished the season with 58 hits, 22 RBI RBI ...............................2 (7x), last vs. Florida (G1) (4/8/18) and eight doubles. BB ........................................3 vs. Tennessee Tech (3/28/17) • Went 3-for-5 and hit his eighth double of the year in SB .............................................2 vs. Maryland (G1) (2/18/18) Game 2 of the Vanderbilt series (5/12) 2B .....................................................3 vs. UC Irvine (2/25/17) • Hit his third triple of the season vs. No. 13 Kentucky to 3B .....................................1 (4x), last vs. Kentucky (5/4/18) drive in the eventual game-winning run (5/4) HR ...................................1 (5x), last vs. UT Martin (4/10/18) • Notched three hits in the series opener at No. 20 Georgia Hit Streak ......................................... 10 games (2/17-3/5/17) and hit .357 (5-for-14) over the course of the series • Drove in the eventual game-winning run in the series fi- 2017 - FRESHMAN nale at No. 20 Georgia with an RBI single in the top of the • Played in 48 games (47 starts) and hit .250 as a freshman 10th inning (4/29) outfielder, sharing a team lead with 11 doubles, two home • Went 3-for-4 with a double and drove in the eventual runs and 15 RBIs game-winning run In the series finale vs. No. 14 Texas • Scored the winning run in the 10th frame to lift Tennessee A&M, helping lead UT to a series victory (4/22 over No. 10-ranked Auburn (April 14) • Went 2-for-4 and scored three runs at ETSU (4/17) • Was 2-for-5 with a run scored and one RBI in UT’s se- • Recorded at least one hit in each of Tennessee’s games at ries-clinching extra innings win at No. 7-ranked Florida (4/8) No. 19 LSU, going 4-for-10 with two runs scored (4/13-15) • Earned SEC Freshman of the Week honors (Feb. 26), • Posted three hits, including his third homer of the season, hitting .471 (8-for-17) with a team-leading five doubles, one RBI and one run scored vs. UT Martin on April 10 one triple, a .550 on-base percentage and .882 slugging • Hit .385 (5-for-13) vs. top-ranked Florida over the week- percentage over four games in California (Feb. 21-25) end series, including a 4-for-6 and two RBI effort in the • Tied a UT school record for most extra-base hits in a sin- second game of the series (4/7-9) gle game with four (three doubles and one triple) vs. UC • Tied a career high four hits and drove in a pair of runs, in- Irvine in the Tony Gwynn Classic finale cluding the game-tying run in the bottom of the seventh • Made his collegiate debut as UT’s starting left fielder on inning to send the game to extra innings in game one Feb. 17 in Memphis against No. 1 Florida (4/8) • Recorded two hits an scored twice in the second game of HIGH SCHOOL the series at South Carolina (3/30) • Named a 2016 Rawlings-Perfect Game honorable Men- • Opened the top of the third inning at Western Carolina tion All-American and earned Southeast All-Region Sec- with a two-run blast to right-center field, helping the Vols ond Team accolades to a 17-3 win (3/27) • Maintained a batting average at or above .400 all four years • Went 4-for-10 at No. 8 Ole Miss (3/16-18) and hit one triple, of high school, including an average of.496 as a junior scored two runs and tallied two RBI during the series. He also • Ranked as the No. 2 outfielder and 12th overall player knocked his first home run of the season in Game 2 (3/17) in the state of Tennessee. He was also tabbed the 106th • Notched three hits, including a double, vs. Memphis in outfielder in the USA by Perfect Game in 2016. the Tri-Star Classic (3/3) • Hit his first triple of the season against Middle Tennessee PERSONAL en route to a 2-for-4 and two RBI outing (2/27) • Full name is Justin Road Ammons • Went 3-for-4 in Game 2 of the UNCG series, hitting a • Born March 16, 1998 in Beaufort, S.C. double and driving in a run (2/24) • Son of Road and LoWanda Ammons • Has one sibling, Jasmine • Recipient of the Charles A. Carpenter Family Athletic Scholarship • Recipient of the Jeff Neely Scholarship Fund AMMONS CAREER STATISTICS Season GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI OBP SLG OPS Avg. 2017 48-47 184 26 46 11 1 2 15 .352 .353 .705 .250 2018 55-55 212 34 58 8 3 3 22 .382 .382 .764 .274 TOTALS 103-102 396 60 104 19 4 5 37 .368 .369 .737 .263 28 2019 TENNESSEE BASEBALL MEDIA GUIDE | UTSPORTS.COM GENERAL INFO JAY CHARLESTON JUNIOR 4 R/R • 5-10 • 168 MEDIA INFO Outfielder/Infielder Longwood, Fla. Lake Brantley High School CAREER HONORS • Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll (2018) CHARLESTON CAREER HIGHS COACHES/STAFF 2018 - SOPHOMORE ............................. 6 (4x), last at Missouri (5/17/18) • Played in 56 games (55 starts) during the 2018 season At Bats for the Vols, hitting .285 with 26 RBIs, four home runs Runs ..................................................2 vs. Cincinnati (3/11/17) and six doubles. He led Tennessee with 65 hits, 42 runs Hits .................. 3 (2x), last at Western Carolina (3/27/18) scored and 21 stolen bases (26 attempts). RBI ................................... 3 vs. Middle Tennessee (2/27/18) • Tied for first in the SEC with 21 stolen bases and 10th in BB ...............2 (2x), last vs. Arkansas Pine Bluff (2/28/18) the league in at-bats with 228 SB ........................................................ 3 at Georgia (4/29/18) • Finished the season on a five-game hit streak dating 2B ........................................................ 2 vs. Belmont (4/3/18) back to Game 2 of the Vanderbilt series (5/12) where he 3B ............................................................................................ N/A PLAYERS recorded two hits and scored a run HR .......................................1 (4x), last at Georgia (4/27/18) • Posted his best game of the year in the series finale at Hit Streak ................................7 games (4/15/18 - 4/27/18) Georgia, going 4-for-5 with two runs, an RBI and three stolen bases (4/29). The four hits and three steals were • Went 3-for-6 in UT’s series finale vs. Norfolk State, his both career highs first career multi-hit game for the Volunteers • Batted .500 (6-for-12) in the Texas A&M series, hitting • Recorded his first collegiate hit on Feb. 24 at San Diego one double, scoring two runs and driving in three runs State, as part of a Tennessee doubleheader in the 2017 OPPONENTS to help Tennessee take the series (4/20-22) Tony Gwynn Classic • Tallied four hits and five RBI during the Florida series • Made collegiate debut on Feb. 18, starting at left field while also scoring one run (4/7-8) against the Memphis Tigers • Notched two doubles, two stolen bases and two scored runs vs. Belmont on April 3, helping Tennessee to a 9-2 win HIGH SCHOOL REVIEW RECORDS & HONORS VOLMANAC • Scored three runs and drove in two more in a 3-for-5 • Led Lake Brantley to back-to-back District Champion- outing at Western Carolina that included a his third ships (2015, 2016) and a 20-5 record as a senior homer of the year (3/27) • As a junior; he hit .320, scored 20 runs, collected nine • Hit his first double of the season vs. ETSU in a 4-for-5, RBI and stole 17 bases two RBI effort (3/20) • Named First Team All-SAC in 2016 • Recorded two hits and scored a run in the SEC opener • Named District Player of the Year in 2015 at Ole Miss, helping the Vols to an 8-6 win over the • Ranked as the No. 28 second baseman and 202nd Rebels (3/16) overall player in the state of Florida • Went 3-for-5 and drove in a run against ETSU in the first game of the Tri-Star Classic on March 2 PERSONAL • Recorded at least two hits in three straight games • Full name is Jay Burke Charleston (2/24-27) and notched three RBI and a score run on • Born April 20, 1998 Feb. 27 vs. Middle Tennessee • Son of John and Anita Charleston • Hit his first-career home run to lead off the bottom of • Has one sibling, Joseph the first inning in Game 2 vs. Maryland (2/18). He went • Majoring in Supply Chain Management deep again with a solo shot in the third and finished • Recipient of the Viar Family Athletic Scholarship the day with three hits and four runs scored over the • Recipient of the J. Milton Stockman Scholarship Fund Sunday doubleheader 2017 - FRESHMAN • Played in 25 games (12 starts) during his debut campaign for the Vols, hitting .250 with three RBIs and going 5-for-6 in stolen base attempts • Hit 1-for-3 with a walk and one run scored vs.