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At Miami
One of the top defensive shortstops in the country ... Fielded .937 and had a team-high 133 assists in 2007 ... Considered by the coaching staff as Miami's best defensive player in fall practice ... One of seven position starters returning for the Hurricanes in 2008 ... Has extremely good hands which is reminiscent of Alex Cora in the field ... Has great instincts and range in the field ... Started 49 of 54 games for Miami as a true freshman ... Enters the 2008 season coming off a good fall season offensively, in which he hit .452 with a team-high 28 hits, scored 14 runs, drove in 11 runs ... Spent the summer of 2007 playing in the Cape Cod League where he hit .215 and drove in 15 runs while starting every game at shortstop for the Hyannis Mets ... UM Bookbuster for achieving a GPA greater than 3.0 in the fall semester of 2007 ... Named to the 2006-07 ACC Honor Roll.
Freshman (2007)
- Started 49 of 54 games at shortstop for the Hurricanes.
- Hit .236 with 43 hits, 10 doubles, two triples and 25 RBI.
- Had 12 multiple-hit games and six multiple-RBI games.
- Tallied a career-high seven assists twice - FIU (4/4) and FIU (4/11).
Regular Season Highlights - vs. Wright State (5/4-6): Batted .308 in the series which included a 2-for-5, three RBI and two run performance in the series finale; Also went 2-for-5 with a run scored in game two of the series.
- vs. Virginia Tech (4/20-22): Finished the series with five RBI on two hits, which included a double.
- vs. NC State (4/13-15): Went 3-for-4 with two RBI in the series finale.
- vs. FIU (4/4): Had the game-winning hit with a single up the middle in the 10th inning and went 2-for-3 with two RBI against FIU.
- at Clemson (3/30-4/1): Went 3-for-5 in series finale win over No. 11 Clemson on the road.
- vs. Maryland (3/16-18): Batted .637 (7-for11) and added five RBI in the series after going a career-best 4-for-5 with a career-high four RBI in the series opener; finished 2-for-3 with a run and RBI in game two and added one hit in the series finale.
- vs. LaSalle (3/7): Went 3-for-4 with two runs scored.
Florida Christian/Gulliver Prep
- Played for three different high schools; Florida Christian (2006), Gulliver Prep (2005) and Westminister Academy (2003 and '04) ... two-time First Team All-Dade selection ... All-American as a junior and senior ... Baseball America preseason Third Team All-American prior to senior season.
- Senior (2006): Played for Ernie Padron at Florida Christian and hit .443 with six home runs, 27 RBI and 13 stolen bases ... played in Playstation All-American Game ... named team MVP ... First Team All-Dade pick.
- Junior (2005): Batted .360 with a home run and 20 RBI while playing for former Hurricane assistant coach Lazer Collazo at Gulliver Prep ... First Team All-Dade pick ... named to AFLAC All-American Team ... won the Gold Glove award at the National Cleats Invitational ... team Gold Glove Award.
Personal
- Son of Leonard and Sally Jackson.
- Nicknames include "Jax", "Rino" and RJ.
- Majoring in sociology.
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