2024 Baseball Roster

Northwestern Baseball
March 31, 2024, Evanston, IL: A game between Northwestern Baseball and Nebraska at Rocky and Berenice Miller Park Evanston, IL on Sunday, March 31, 2024. (Photo by Mary Grace Grabill/Northwestern Athletics)
Photo by: Mary Grace Grabill/Northwestern
March 29, 2024, Evanston, IL: A game between Northwestern Baseball and Nebraska at Rocky and Berenice Miller Park Evanston, IL on Friday, March 29, 2024. (Photo by Mary Grace Grabill/Northwestern Athletics)
Photo by: Mary Grace Grabill/Northwestern Athletics
February 16, 2024, New Orleans, LA: A game between Northwestern Baseball and Tulane at Greer Field at Turchin Stadium in New Orleans, LA on Friday, February 16, 2024. (Photo by Michael DeMocker/Northwestern Athletics)
Photo by: Michael DeMocker/Northwestern Athletics
February 27, 2024, Evanston, IL: A game between Northwestern Baseball and Illinois State at Rocky and Berenice Miller Park in Evanston, IL on Tuesday, February 27, 2024. (Photo by Ryan Kuttler/Northwestern Athletics)
Photo by: Ryan Kuttler/Northwestern Athletics
March 26, 2024, Evanston, IL: A game between Northwestern Baseball and Northern Illinois at Rocky and Berenice Miller Park in Evanston, IL on Tuesday, March 26, 2024. (Photo by Ryan Kuttler/Northwestern Athletics)
Photo by: Ryan Kuttler/Northwestern Athletics
October 19, 2023, Evanston, IL: Northwestern Baseball Internal Media Day at Welsh-Ryan Arena in Evanston, IL on Thursday, October 19, 2023. (Photo by John Konstantaras/Northwestern Athletics)
Jersey Number 12

Jackson Freeman

  • Height:
    6-2
  • Weight:
    185
  • Position:
    OF
  • Class:
    First-Year
  • Hometown:
    Ladera Ranch, Calif.
  • High School:
    Tesoro

2024 Big Ten All-Freshman Team

Career Highs:

At-Bats.......................6 (2x), last at Michigan State (4/11/25)
Hits.............................4, vs. UTSA (3/16/24)
Runs………………….3 (6x), last vs. Ohio State (5/11/25)
RBI.............................8, at Maryland (3/29/25)
Home Runs................2, vs. Nebraska (3/31/24)
Total Bases………….8 (2x), last at Maryland (3/29/25)
Walks…………………2 (9x), last vs. Ohio State (5/11/25)
Stolen Bases..............1 (6x), last at UIC (4/22/25)


2025: Started all 52 games that Northwestern played… Finished second on the team in RBI (40) and third on the team with 14 doubles… Tallied two hits, two runs and a stolen base in a win over Fordham (2/23)... Slugged a two-run home run and reached three times at Duke (3/1)... Picked up two hits against The Citadel (3/7)... Added two more hits to complete a six hit weekend against The Citadel (3/9)... Notched three hits and two RBI in a win over Illinois (3/21)... Launched a grand slam in a win over Illinois (3/22)... Doubled and scored twice while reaching three times in a win at Maryland (3/28)... Hit a grand slam and doubled twice to record eight RBI in a win over Maryland (3/29)... Homered as part of a three-hit day against Maryland (3/30)... Lined a two RBI double in a win over Iowa (4/6)... Tallied two doubles and three overall hits against Northern Illinois (4/15)... Launched a homer in a win at Nebraska (4/18)... Tripled as part of a day where he reached base three times against Washington (4/26)... Reached and scored three times in a win over Washington (4/27)... Doubled and reached three times against Purdue (5/2)... Lined a two-RBI double and scored three times in a 17-2 win over Ohio State (5/11)... Launched a two-run home run against Valparaiso (5/13).

2024: Most Home Runs by a Wildcat First-Year (11)... Led all Wildcats in Home Runs (11), RBI (39), and Triples (3)... Started all 52 games, most by a first-year since Alex Erro in 2017 (55)... In his first collegiate game, went 1-for-3 with a double and two walks, scoring three times… Reached base safely in his first 15 college games… Hit his first career home run against Bethune-Cookman (3/2), going 2-for-5 with two runs and two RBI in the win… Logged an eight-game hitting streak (3/1-3/16)… Recorded four hits in a win over UTSA (3/16)… Had two hits including a home run against McNeese (3/22)… Went 5-for-10 with two walks in his first Big Ten series against Nebraska including three runs scored and seven RBI (3/29-31)… First career multi-HR game against Nebraska (3/31)... Homered in consecutive games against Minnesota (5/16-17).

Baseball - 'Cats Take Down No. 14 UCLA, 9-4 (5/15/25)
Friday, May 16
Baseball - Wildcats Top Beacons, 12-4 (5/13/25)
Wednesday, May 14
Baseball - Northwestern Run-Rules Ohio State to Secure Series (5/11/25)
Sunday, May 11
Baseball - Wildcats Run-Rule Buckeyes at Wrigley Field (5/9/25)
Saturday, May 10