Jon Willard

Jon Willard Career Stats 2007 – – Played 42 games, hit .213 (20-for-94) with 17 runs scored, five doubles, a triple, six homers and 17 RBI … Hit a solo home run in 12-3 win over The Citadel (5/9) … 1-for-3 with a double and two runs in 13-6 win over Kentucky (5/6) … Hit a two-run homer in 8-4 loss to Kentucky (5/5) … Hit a solo home run in 11-9 win at Ole Miss (4/22) … Hit a solo homer in 9-2 win over UNC Asheville (3/20) … 2-for-3 with a double and a run scored in 5-1 win over Eastern Michigan (2/24) … 2-for-4 with a double and a homer and two RBI in 12-0 win over Western Kentucky (2/10). 2006 – Appeared in 24 games with 10 starts … Batted .304 (14-46) with five home runs and 18 RBI … Collected a team-high four pinch hit homers … Pinch-hit two-run homer in ninth inning helped lift Gamecocks to 4-2 win over Kentucky at SEC Tournament (5/24) … Pinch-hit homer tied game and was part of a five-run 11th inning that lifted USC to 9-7 win over Mississippi State (4/30) … Hit a solo homer in 11-2 win over The Citadel (4/19) … Hit a three-run pinch-hit homer in 12-0 win over Quinnipiac (3/11). .

2005 – Appeared in 55 games with 48 starts … Batted .315 (56-178) with six home runs, 11 doubles, two triples and 30 RBI … Went 3-for-4 with a HR and two RBI in 9-4 win vs. The Citadel (4/6/05) … Went 2-for-4 with a HR and a double in 4-2 win at The Citadel (3/30/05) … Named to All-Tournament Team at Dairy Queen Classic where he collected five hits in three games … Went 4-for-4 with one run scored and two RBI in 13-1 win over Wofford (3/2/05) … Hit 4-for-6 with a HR, four runs scored and four RBI in 20-0 win over Radford (2/18/05).

JUNIOR COLLEGE – Played at Chipola JC in Florida and played in the summer of 2004 in the Coastal Plains League for the Wilson Tobs. HIGH SCHOOL – Played four seasons at Greenhope High School where he batted .516 with 11 home runs … Member of 2003 U.S. Junior National Team … Also played basketball and football.

PERSONAL – Born Jonathan Patrick Willard 1/31/85 … Parents are Terry and Diana Willard … Father attended Southern Illinois University … Mother attended University of Michigan … Has an older brother, Chris, and an older sister, Nikki … Father played football and baseball, Mother tennis and swimming … Brother was a boxer and played lacrosse … Sister played tennis … Hobbies are fishing and video games … Favorite food is sushi … Favorite actress is Brittney Andrews … Favorite actor is Mel Gibson.