23 Jacee Blades
UTL · 5-6 · So.-1L · L-R · Baton Rouge, La. (Parkview Baptist School) HONORS & AWARDS 2011 SEC Freshman Academic Honor Roll
FRESHMAN SEASON (2011) Totaled 53 appearances, including 38 starts between second base (20), right field (12), centerfield (3) and shortstop (3) … LSU won 15 of 20 games when Blades started at second base … Turned in a .252 batting average (26-for-103) with five RBIs … Reached base in 26 of her 38 starts … Garnered a perfect fielding percentage fueled by 60 putouts and 25 assists … Was hit-by-pitch and notched a RBI in first career plate appearance versus Louisiana Tech (Feb. 11) … Scored first career run and added another RBI against Southern (Feb. 18) … Collected a career-best 3-for-3 performance with a career-high two runs scored versus Nicholls State (Feb. 19) … Went 2-for-2 with a RBI against McNeese State (Feb. 23) … Recorded hits against No. 3 Arizona (Feb. 25) and No. 14 California (Feb. 26) … Was 2-for-4 versus Hofstra (March 4) during Yvette Girouard’s 500th win at LSU … Came away with a career-high seven putouts to go along with two assists at No. 1 Georgia (March 11) … Picked up a RBI single as part of LSU’s seven-run third inning at Nicholls State (March 23) … Secured hits in nine of her last 12 games (April 22-May 20) sparked by a career-long seven-game hitting streak (April 22-May 1) … Her seven-game streak was tied for second-longest on the team in 2011 … Racked up a .429 hitting clip (9-for-21) and boosted her average by 53 points during the streak … Scored a run in five of those contests … Went 2-for-3 with a RBI at Ole Miss (April 23) … Tallied a 2-for-4 effort with a run scored at Mississippi State (April 30) … Posted hits and scored a run during final two games of the South Carolina series (May 7-8) … Was 0-for-2 against Syracuse (May 20) in her lone appearance at the NCAA College Station Regional. HIGH SCHOOL Four-year letterwinner for former Tigers April Janzen and Ashlee Ducote at Parkview Baptist School ... Notched NFCA All-America Second-Team and All-South Region First-Team honors in 2010 ... Earned a trio of All-District and All-State selections after her team finished as the 3A runner-up from 2008-10 ... Selected LSWA’s 3A Most Outstanding Player in 2010 ... Member of National Honors Society .. Recruited by Baylor and Louisiana-Lafayette ... Also lettered in basketball and track. PERSONAL Daughter of Jeanne Johnson, and Gene and Julie Blades ... Born on November 4, 1991 ... Has one sister, Bryndi (25) ... Cousin, Michele Williams, was a member of the LSU volleyball team (2008-11) ... Majoring in kinesiology with a human movement concentration.