2023 Softball Roster
Fields, Jaiden
Jersey Number 3
Jaiden Fields
- Position:
- Outfield/First Base
- Height:
- 5-9
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- High School:
- Harrison HS
- Hometown:
- Kennesaw, Ga.
- Shop:
- R/R
Bio
Career Honors and Awards
2023 NFCA Third Team All-Southeast Region… 2023 Second Team All-SEC… 2022 SEC Softball Community Service Team… 2021 NFCA All-Southeast Region Third Team… Softball SAAC Representative… Georgia L.E.A.D Inductee… UGA Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee… 2023 Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll… 2020 Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll
2023 // Redshirt-Senior
Named Third Team NFCA All-Southeast Region… Named Second Team All-SEC… Graduated in May with Journalism degree… Appeared in all but one game in 2023 and started 55 games (41 at first, 14 as the designated player)… Hit .295 on the season, scattering 46 hits including five doubles, two triples, and eight home runs… Drove in 31 runs and scored 27… Slugged .506… Recorded 11 multi-hit games and eight multi-RBI games… Strung together a season-long 11-game on-base streak… Hit .309 in SEC play with three doubles, five home runs, and 13 RBI and a .574 slugging… Drove in seven runs on opening weekend in Orlando on five hits… Scattered a career-best four hits, going 4-for-4 against Ball State (3/3) while scoring three times and knocking in five runs… Knocked three-run home run to end game against Ball State (3/3) in six innings… Hit a home run in each game of the series at No. 24 Texas A&M… Hit .545 (6-for-11) in the Texas A&M series with five RBI and a 1.364 slugging pct… Served as one of the softball representatives on the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC)… Named to Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll.
2022 // Redshirt-Junior
Started 51 games of 55 total appearances… Named to the 2022 SEC Softball Community Service Team… Made 26 starts in right before transitioning to first base where she made 24 starts… Hit .331 on the season with 50 total hits… Recorded 16 extra-base hits including four doubles, two triples, and 10 home runs… Was one of six Bulldogs with 10-plus home runs… Slugged .583 on the season with a .418 on-base percentage… Drew 20 walks and was hit by a pitch four times… Provided a walk-off RBI single in the bottom of the eighth inning to complete a six-run comeback over Texas A&M (3/27) to clinch the SEC series… RBI single in the bottom of the fifth secured the 12-4 run-rule victory over #12 Tennessee (4/10) to win the series over the Lady Vols… Scored a career-best four runs against Bryant (2/25)… Recorded first-career two-home run game against Mercer (3/6)… Concluded the season with 13 multi-hit games and nine multi-RBI games… Strung together a seven-game hitting streak and 13-game on-base streak… Hit .417 (5-for-12) with four RBI in the NCAA Regional… Recipient of the Liz Murphey Women’s Athletic Scholarship Endowment… Served as one of the softball representatives on the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC)… Member of the UGA Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee.
2021 // Redshirt-Sophomore
Appeared in 44 games, making 35 starts in 2021… Earned NFCA All-Southeast Region Third Team honors… Was Georgia’s second-leading hitter, finishing the season with a .315 hitting clip… Knocked seven home runs, a triple, and two doubles… Drove in 22 runs… Finished the season with seven multi-hit games and five multi-RBI games… Was the only Bulldog to drive in six RBI (Mercer, 3/6)… Hit her first home run against UAB (3/6) then followed with two home runs including a grand slam the next game against Mercer… Her three-run home run against Missouri (3/20) started a string of three-straight for the Bulldogs in the first inning… Names SEC Newcomer of the Week on March 23… Drove in the tying runs and the eventual game-winning run to knock off No. 1 and undefeated Oklahoma (4/20)… Hit two home runs and went 4-for-6 at No. 4 Florida in the Super Regional including tallying three hits in the first game… Finished the NCAA Tournament hitting .636 with seven hits and five runs… Strung together a team-best eight-game hitting streak… Served as one of the softball representatives on the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC).
2020 // Redshirt-Freshman
Made 16 appearances and one start as the DP… Three of five total hits went for extra bases including two doubles and a triple… Drove in seven runs… Hit a bases-loaded triple against UNCW (2/8) and finished the game with a season-best two hits… Drove in a run in first three at-bats, all as a pinch hitter… Member of the Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll.
2019 // Freshman
Enrolled in January… Redshirted.
High School
Was a four-year varsity starter for the Harrison High School Hoyas… Named the 2018 Class 6A Player of the Year… Was a three-time first team all-state performer and was named the county player of the year following her junior campaign… In her career, Harrison HS went 94-42 on the diamond, wrapping up her senior season with a 27-10 record and hoisting a state championship in 2018… Hit .548 as a senior, knocking 15 home runs and driving in 42 runs… Slugged 1.068 with a .656 on-base clip… As a junior, she finished with a .453 batting average with 30 RBI and seven home runs… She also made 12 appearances in the circle for the Hoyas… Off the diamond, she also played basketball and was an honor roll student… Fields’ club team, the Georgia Impact, won the 2018 PGF National Championship.
Personal
Daughter of JoAnn and Ivant Fields… Born Sept. 22, 2000… Has two siblings, Justin and Jessica… Justin was a quarterback for the Ohio State football team and currently the Chicago Bears… Their father played football for Eastern Kentucky… Majoring in Journalism and Sports Media.
2023 NFCA Third Team All-Southeast Region… 2023 Second Team All-SEC… 2022 SEC Softball Community Service Team… 2021 NFCA All-Southeast Region Third Team… Softball SAAC Representative… Georgia L.E.A.D Inductee… UGA Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee… 2023 Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll… 2020 Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll
2023 // Redshirt-Senior
Named Third Team NFCA All-Southeast Region… Named Second Team All-SEC… Graduated in May with Journalism degree… Appeared in all but one game in 2023 and started 55 games (41 at first, 14 as the designated player)… Hit .295 on the season, scattering 46 hits including five doubles, two triples, and eight home runs… Drove in 31 runs and scored 27… Slugged .506… Recorded 11 multi-hit games and eight multi-RBI games… Strung together a season-long 11-game on-base streak… Hit .309 in SEC play with three doubles, five home runs, and 13 RBI and a .574 slugging… Drove in seven runs on opening weekend in Orlando on five hits… Scattered a career-best four hits, going 4-for-4 against Ball State (3/3) while scoring three times and knocking in five runs… Knocked three-run home run to end game against Ball State (3/3) in six innings… Hit a home run in each game of the series at No. 24 Texas A&M… Hit .545 (6-for-11) in the Texas A&M series with five RBI and a 1.364 slugging pct… Served as one of the softball representatives on the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC)… Named to Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll.
2022 // Redshirt-Junior
Started 51 games of 55 total appearances… Named to the 2022 SEC Softball Community Service Team… Made 26 starts in right before transitioning to first base where she made 24 starts… Hit .331 on the season with 50 total hits… Recorded 16 extra-base hits including four doubles, two triples, and 10 home runs… Was one of six Bulldogs with 10-plus home runs… Slugged .583 on the season with a .418 on-base percentage… Drew 20 walks and was hit by a pitch four times… Provided a walk-off RBI single in the bottom of the eighth inning to complete a six-run comeback over Texas A&M (3/27) to clinch the SEC series… RBI single in the bottom of the fifth secured the 12-4 run-rule victory over #12 Tennessee (4/10) to win the series over the Lady Vols… Scored a career-best four runs against Bryant (2/25)… Recorded first-career two-home run game against Mercer (3/6)… Concluded the season with 13 multi-hit games and nine multi-RBI games… Strung together a seven-game hitting streak and 13-game on-base streak… Hit .417 (5-for-12) with four RBI in the NCAA Regional… Recipient of the Liz Murphey Women’s Athletic Scholarship Endowment… Served as one of the softball representatives on the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC)… Member of the UGA Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee.
2021 // Redshirt-Sophomore
Appeared in 44 games, making 35 starts in 2021… Earned NFCA All-Southeast Region Third Team honors… Was Georgia’s second-leading hitter, finishing the season with a .315 hitting clip… Knocked seven home runs, a triple, and two doubles… Drove in 22 runs… Finished the season with seven multi-hit games and five multi-RBI games… Was the only Bulldog to drive in six RBI (Mercer, 3/6)… Hit her first home run against UAB (3/6) then followed with two home runs including a grand slam the next game against Mercer… Her three-run home run against Missouri (3/20) started a string of three-straight for the Bulldogs in the first inning… Names SEC Newcomer of the Week on March 23… Drove in the tying runs and the eventual game-winning run to knock off No. 1 and undefeated Oklahoma (4/20)… Hit two home runs and went 4-for-6 at No. 4 Florida in the Super Regional including tallying three hits in the first game… Finished the NCAA Tournament hitting .636 with seven hits and five runs… Strung together a team-best eight-game hitting streak… Served as one of the softball representatives on the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC).
2020 // Redshirt-Freshman
Made 16 appearances and one start as the DP… Three of five total hits went for extra bases including two doubles and a triple… Drove in seven runs… Hit a bases-loaded triple against UNCW (2/8) and finished the game with a season-best two hits… Drove in a run in first three at-bats, all as a pinch hitter… Member of the Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll.
2019 // Freshman
Enrolled in January… Redshirted.
High School
Was a four-year varsity starter for the Harrison High School Hoyas… Named the 2018 Class 6A Player of the Year… Was a three-time first team all-state performer and was named the county player of the year following her junior campaign… In her career, Harrison HS went 94-42 on the diamond, wrapping up her senior season with a 27-10 record and hoisting a state championship in 2018… Hit .548 as a senior, knocking 15 home runs and driving in 42 runs… Slugged 1.068 with a .656 on-base clip… As a junior, she finished with a .453 batting average with 30 RBI and seven home runs… She also made 12 appearances in the circle for the Hoyas… Off the diamond, she also played basketball and was an honor roll student… Fields’ club team, the Georgia Impact, won the 2018 PGF National Championship.
Personal
Daughter of JoAnn and Ivant Fields… Born Sept. 22, 2000… Has two siblings, Justin and Jessica… Justin was a quarterback for the Ohio State football team and currently the Chicago Bears… Their father played football for Eastern Kentucky… Majoring in Journalism and Sports Media.
Georgia Softball vs Florida NCAA Super Regional Game 3 Postgame Press Conference
Monday, May 26
Georgia Softball vs Florida NCAA Super Regional Game 2 Postgame Press Conference
Saturday, May 24
Georgia Softball vs Florida NCAA Super Regional Game 2 TV Highlights
Saturday, May 24
Georgia Softball vs Florida NCAA Super Regional Postgame Press Conference
Friday, May 23
