2024 Softball Roster

Jaydyn Goodwin 2025
Photo by: Tony Walsh/UGAAA
Goodwin Kearney Goodnight 2023
2 Goodwin, Jaydyn
Jersey Number 2

Jaydyn Goodwin

Career Honors and Awards
• 2025 NFCA All-South Region Second Team
• 2025 SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll
• 2024 Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll
• 2022-23 SEC First Year Academic Honor Roll

2025 // Junior
Named 2025 NFCA All-South Region Second team… Started all 58 games in left field… Hit .344 on the season… Led the team with 189 at-bats, 65 hits, 46 runs, 13 doubles, four triples, 12 home runs, 122 total bases, and .646 slugging…  Her 47 RBI finished second on the team… She struck out only 11 times and drew 11 walks… Stole eight bases on 10 attempts… Co-led the team with 14 multi-RBI games and finished second with 18 multi-hit games… Strung together an eight-game hitting streak and an eight-game reached base streak… Her three-run home run in the bottom of the fifth lifted Georgia to a 10-2 run rule over Michigan State (2/14); finished the game 3-for-4 at the plate… Hit two triples against Buffalo (2/20), the first Bulldog to do so since 2021… Finished the Georgia Classic hitting .667 (12-for-18) with three triples and seven runs scored… Tied career-highs with three runs and three hits at Auburn (4/12)… Tied Georgia's SEC Tournament record with her four RBI… Hit a first-pitch go-ahead home run in the top of the eighth inning in Game 7 of the Durham Regional against No. 14 Duke (5/18), proving to be the game-winning run… Completed the Durham Regional hitting .357 (5-for-14)… Hit a two-run home run in the seventh inning in the winner-take-all game three at No. 3 Florida (5/25) in the Super Regional… Finished the NCAA Tournament hitting .348 (8-for-23) with two home runs and three RBI… Member of the 2025 SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll.

2024 // Sophomore 
Appeared in 58 games, making 36 starts (34 in left field, one at second, one as the DP)… Hit .299, scattering 38 hits… Hit 10 doubles, a triple, and three home runs… Drove in 27 runs… Slugged .465 with a .362 on-base clip… Stole seven bases, third-most on the team… Recorded eight multi-hit games and five multi-RBI games… Strung together a five-game hit streak and a seven-game on-base streak… Knocked her second career home run, a three-run home run off the top of the video board in right field against Jacksonville State (3/10)… Hit two home runs (both first pitch) including a grand slam, driving in career-high six RBI against Georgia Southern (3/20)… Stole a career-best two bases at No. 20 Mississippi State (5/4)… Member of SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll.

2023 // Freshman    
Made 42 starts in 51 appearances as a true freshman… Made most starts in left (38) including four as a the designated player… Hit .274 with 34 hits including eight doubles and seven home runs… Was a perfect 8-for-8 in stolen bases… Recorded eight multi-hit games… Recorded three hits and scored three times against St. John's (2/18)… Knocked first career home run against Georgia State (3/8), going back-to-back with Ally Kurland in the sixth inning… Down 5-4 in the seventh inning of game two at #24 Texas A&M (3/18), she provided a one-out single to plate two runs and put Georgia back in front 6-5; the hit proved to be the game-winning hit, allowing Georgia to clinch the series… Drove five of Georgia’s eight runs in the finale at Texas A&M (3/19), first putting the Bulldogs on the board with a three-run home run in the opening frame, then driving in two more with a double to left center in the sixth to bring Georgia’s lead to 8-0. Her five RBI were a season best… Hit a home run in each game against Virginia Tech (5/20-21) in the NCAA Athens Regional… Member of SEC First Year Academic Honor Roll. 

High School    
Played three seasons on the basketball court for Bourbon County High School, but she played softball exclusively on the club level… Began her club career in the Mojo organization at the 10U level when she helped guide Mojo to a PGF national title… Was selected as the PGF 14U MVP after hitting .488 for another championship Mojo squad in 2019… On the basketball court, she ran point for Bourbon County, earning multiple all-academic team accolades and was named most improved and defensive player of the year… In the classroom, she was a member of Beta Club, Pep Club, and National Honor Society. 

Personal    
Daughter of Jana and Jay Goodwin… She has two older siblings, Jaycee and Cam'ron, and a younger sister, Jaylynn… Jaycee plays softball at Georgia State… Born July 18, 2004… Majoring in Communication Studies.
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