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Jersey Number 35
Jeffery Heard
- Position:
- Outfielder
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 205
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- San Jose, Calif.
- High School:
- Valley Christian HS
- Prev School:
- Sacramento State
Bio
2024 SEASON
Appeared in 51 games making 46 starts … Got the start in right field in a team-high 29 games while also tying for the most starts at designated hitter (17) … Slashed .299/.386/.469 while finishing with a .855 OPS … Went 53-for-177 with four home runs, 16 doubles, one triple, 30 RBI, 24 runs scored and one stolen base … Reached on free passes 27 times (23 BB, 4 HBP) … Tied for 10th all-time at Oregon in single-season two-baggers … Finished in a tie for 11th in doubles in the Pac-12 Conference … Ranked third on the team in multiple-hit games with 14, including four 3-hit games and one 4-hit game … Drove in multiple runs eight times including one 4-RBI game … Scored multiple runs 10 times … In Pac-12 Conference games, made 24 starts while playing in 28 of Oregon’s 30 games … Batted .198 (18-for-91) with a home run, nine RBI, 15 runs scored and five doubles … Reached base at a .342 clip (16 BB, 4 HBP) while slugging .286 … at Shriners Children's College Baseball Showdown (Feb. 16-18): Started all three games in right field … Slashed .500/.538/.750 with a 1.288 OPS … Went 6-for-12 with three doubles, two RBI, a walk and a stolen bases … Had multiple hits in all three games … vs. Oklahoma (Feb. 16): Went 2-for-4 with a double and a stolen base in Oregon’s 4-2 win … Singled in the top of the second, reached on an error and swiped a bag in the fourth before delivering an eighth-inning double … vs. Baylor (Feb. 17): Reached base three times (2-for-3, BB) with a double and a RBI … Tied the game at four with a fifth-inning RBI single … Added a seventh-inning double … vs. #18 Texas Tech (Feb. 18): Capped the tournament going 2-for-5 with a double and a RBI … Drove in run with a base hit in Oregon’s four-run fifth inning … Added an eighth-inning double … vs. Lafayette (Feb. 23-25): Slashed .500/.529/1.000 with a 1.529 OPS in an Oregon four-game sweep … Went 8-for-16 with five extra-base hits (HR, 3B, 3 2B), six RBI, five runs scored and a walk … Had multiple hits in three of the games, including a 3-hit game, while driving in multiple runs in two of the contests … Had a pair of hits (2-for-4) while driving in two runs and scoring twice in a game-one 17-3 win … Doubled, drove in a run and scored in Oregon’s three-run first inning … Delivered a RBI triple and scored in a three-run fourth inning … Had three hits and drove in three runs in Oregon’s doubleheader sweep in games two and three of the series … In game one of the DH, went 1-for-4 with a RBI and run scored … Picked up an RBI single and scored in a six-run third inning … In the nightcap, had three hits (3-for-4) with a homer, double, two RBI and a run scored … After singling in the first, slugged a solo home run in the third … Added an RBI double in Oregon’s three-run seventh inning … Reached base three times (2-for-4, BB) with a double, RBI and run scored in the series finale … Roped an RBI double down the right-field line and scored in a five-run second inning … Laid down a bunt single in the fourth … vs. UC Santa Barbara (March 1-3): Batted .250 (3-for-12) with a RBI, three runs scored and two walks against the Gauchos … Had a hit in all three games while driving in runs in two of the contests … In the series opener, went 1-for-4 with a first-inning base knock … Reached base twice (1-for-4, BB) with a run scored in game two … Singled and scored in the sixth … In the series finale, went 1-for-4 with a walk, RBI and two runs scored in a 16-9 Oregon win … In two plate appearances in Oregon’s nine-run sixth inning, singled before scoring and then drove in a run with a sacrifice fly … Scored again in the eighth after reaching on an error … at Grand Canyon (March 5-6): Extended hitting streak to 12 games, the longest by a Duck in 2024, with hits in both contests … Slashed .571/.556/1.143 while finishing with a 1.699 OPS in the two-game series sweep … Went 4-for-7 with a home run, double, three RBI, three runs scored and a walk … In game one, reached base three times (2-for-4, BB) with a home run, two RBI and two runs scored in a 9-4 win … Led off the second with a base hit before coming around to score … Slugged a two-run homer in the third to give UO a 4-2 lead … Added a base on balls in the seventh … Had a pair of hits in the series finale, going 2-for-3 with a double, RBI, and run scored in a 13-5 win … After singling in the first, plated a runner in the fifth with a sacrifice fly before doubling and scoring in Oregon’s five-run sixth inning … at Arizona Sate (March 8-10): Despite getting hitting streak snapped at 12 games in the opener, extended on-base streak to an Oregon season-best 15 games by reaching in all three games vs. the Sun Devils … Batted .273 (3-for-11) with a home run, two RBI, three runs scored and four walks in a series win … Drew a pair of walks in the opener … Homered and drove in a pair of runs in a 6-4 game-two win … After drawing a seventh-inning base on balls, belted a two-run go-ahead home run in the top of the ninth to give UO a 5-4 lead … Reached base three times (2-for-4, BB) with a double and two runs scored in an 8-5 series-clinching win in the finale … Doubled and scored in Oregon’s four-run fourth inning … singled and scored in the sixth … vs. Seattle (March 27-30): Started three games in a four-game Oregon series sweep … Batted .545 (6-for-11) with two doubles, four RBI and a run scored with all three starts coming in right field of the series sweep … Had multiple hits in games two and three of the series, including a career-high four as well as a career-best four RBI in game two … Went 4-for-4 with a double and four RBI in a 10-2 game-two win … Gave Oregon an early lead with a two-RBI single in the bottom of the first … Knocked in another run with an infield hit in the second … After doubling in the fourth, added a RBI single in the sixth … Went 2-for-4 with a double and run scored in Oregon’s series-clinching 9-2 win in game three of the series … Doubled in the second before reaching on a base hit and scoring in the fifth … at Portland (April 2): Went 1-for-4 with a RBI, two runs scored and a walk in a 7-4 win … Walked and scored in the first … Singled and drove in a run in the fourth … Reached on a fielder’s choice and scored in Oregon’s three-run sixth inning … at UCLA (April 5-7): Helped Oregon to a series win slashing .286/.375/.429 with a .804 OPS … Went 4-for-14 with two doubles, two RBI, four runs scored and two walks … Reached four times (3-for-5, BB) with a double, two RBI and two runs scored in an 8-4 win in the opener … After singling in the third, walked and scored in the fourth … Added a single and a run scored in the sixth before delivering a two-run double in the ninth … Reached base twice (1-for-4, BB) with a double and two runs scored in a 6-3 series-clinching win in the finale … Doubled and scored in the third … Walked and scored in the seventh … vs. USC (April 12-14): Reached base at a .300 clip with a hit, two walks and three runs scored in two starts in the series win … Went 1-for-4 with a run scored in a series-opening 4-1 win … Walked twice and scored twice in a 5-3 series-clinching win in game two … vs. Gonzaga (April 16): Went 3-for-5 with two doubles, a RBI and two runs scored in a 14-9 win … Doubled and scored in Oregon’s seven-run third inning … Added a second double and run scored in the fourth … Singled and drove in a run in the eighth … at #13 Oregon State (April 26-28): Drove in a first-inning run in Oregon’s 7-1 game-three win … vs. #11 Oregon State (April 30): Helped Oregon clinch a season-series split with the Beavers in a 9-5 win … Reached base four times (3-for-3, BB) with a home run, two RBI and two runs scored … Singled and scored in Oregon’s four-run second inning to help cut a 5-0 deficit to 5-4 … Tied the game with a RBI infield single in the third … Pushed Oregon’s lead to three with a leadoff homer in the fifth … Added a walk in the seventh before being removed for a pinch runner … vs. Utah (May 4-5): Started the second game of a doubleheader in right field while getting the start at DH in the series finale … Went 2-for-7 with a pair of walks while driving in two runs and scoring once … Reached base three times (1-for-2, 2 BB) with a double, two RBI and a run scored in the nightcap of a doubleheader helping UO clinch the series with a 5-1 win … Drew a first-inning walk and came around to score on a wild pitch … Delivered a two-run double in the bottom of the fifth inning … at Washington (May 10-12): Started game one in right field and game two at DH in a series win … Went 2-for-8 with a RBI and two runs scored while walking once … Reached base twice (1-for-3, BB) in game one with a RBI and a run scored … Gave Oregon a 4-0 lead with a RBI single in the fourth … In game two, went 1-for-5 with a run scored in a 13-6 win … Led off the seventh with a base hit before scoring on a Chase Meggers’ double … vs. Washington State (May 16-18): Started game one in right field and games two and three at designated hitter in a series sweep … Reached base twice in both games one (1-for-3, BB) and two (2 BB) … at Pac-12 Tournament (May 22-23): Pinch hit in the first game while getting the start in right field in game two … vs. USC (May 23): Went 1-for-4 with a run scored … Singled and scored in the sixth to get Oregon on the board.
2023 SEASON (at SACRAMENTO STATE)
Appeared in 53 games, making 50 starts … Finished fourth on the team with a .292 average, scoring 45 runs, slugging 11 doubles to go with 12 home runs, and drove in 35 runs … Ended the year fourth on the team with a .966 OPS, slugging .567 on the season to go with a .399 on-base percentage … 12 home runs also ranked fourth on the squad, while 35 RBI were fifth … Finished the season with 11 multi-hit games — including a 4-for-5 performance against Pacific (5/16) and a 3-for-3 day against UC Davis (5/9) — while driving in multiple runs 11 times … Compiled a season-best seven-game hitting streak from April 16-28, and reached base safely in 16 consecutive contests from March 9-April 6 … Ended the year with hits in final five games, batting .524 (11-for-21) with four multi-hit games, eight runs scored, seven RBI, and six extra-base hits — including three home runs … Finished with three RBI three times at Stanford (4/18), at Fresno State (5/2), and against Pacific (5/16) … 25 walks ranked third on the team, while eight hit by pitches stood in a four-way tie for the team lead.
2022 SEASON (at SACRAMENTO STATE)
Appeared in 54 of the team’s 58 contests, making 52 starts … Hit .267 on the season with 32 runs scored, 50 hits, 11 doubles, four home runs, and 21 RBI … Slugged .401 on the year and walked 24 times en route to a .374 on-base percentage … Shared the team lead with four stolen bases (in six attempts) … Ranked fourth on the team in on-base percentage, third in hits, fourth in doubles, and fifth in total bases … Tied for second on the team with 24 walks … Hit by a pitch a team-high nine times … Collected multiple hits in 15 games (good for third on the team) and drove in multiple runs six times (tied for third on the team) … Finished with a season-high three hits as part of a 3-for-4 day at Saint Mary’s on April 26 … Hit safely in eight consecutive games from May 8-21 and reached base safely in 11 straight at one point during the year … Scored a season-high four runs as part of a 2-for-3 day against Houston Baptist (March 4) … Drove in a season-high three runs in back-to-back games at Grand Canyon (May 8) and at Fresno State (May 10) … Had a pair of doubles in a game twice at Nevada (April 5) and against the ‘Lopes … Drew a walk in six consecutive contests from March 18-29, and walked three times against San Jose State on May 19.
HIGH SCHOOL
Played four years at Valley Christian HS in San Jose, Calif., including three on varsity under head coach John Diatte ... Member of the West Catholic Athletic League ... Played outfield for the Warriors ... Helped lead team to the 2018-19 CIF Central Coast Section Open Division championship as well as the 2021 Division I CIF section championship.
SUMMER BALL
Named first-team all-league as well as the 2023 Big Train Offensive Player of the Year while leading the Big Train to the Cal Ripken Sr. Collegiate Baseball League championship while batting .339 with five home runs and 36 RBI.
Appeared in 51 games making 46 starts … Got the start in right field in a team-high 29 games while also tying for the most starts at designated hitter (17) … Slashed .299/.386/.469 while finishing with a .855 OPS … Went 53-for-177 with four home runs, 16 doubles, one triple, 30 RBI, 24 runs scored and one stolen base … Reached on free passes 27 times (23 BB, 4 HBP) … Tied for 10th all-time at Oregon in single-season two-baggers … Finished in a tie for 11th in doubles in the Pac-12 Conference … Ranked third on the team in multiple-hit games with 14, including four 3-hit games and one 4-hit game … Drove in multiple runs eight times including one 4-RBI game … Scored multiple runs 10 times … In Pac-12 Conference games, made 24 starts while playing in 28 of Oregon’s 30 games … Batted .198 (18-for-91) with a home run, nine RBI, 15 runs scored and five doubles … Reached base at a .342 clip (16 BB, 4 HBP) while slugging .286 … at Shriners Children's College Baseball Showdown (Feb. 16-18): Started all three games in right field … Slashed .500/.538/.750 with a 1.288 OPS … Went 6-for-12 with three doubles, two RBI, a walk and a stolen bases … Had multiple hits in all three games … vs. Oklahoma (Feb. 16): Went 2-for-4 with a double and a stolen base in Oregon’s 4-2 win … Singled in the top of the second, reached on an error and swiped a bag in the fourth before delivering an eighth-inning double … vs. Baylor (Feb. 17): Reached base three times (2-for-3, BB) with a double and a RBI … Tied the game at four with a fifth-inning RBI single … Added a seventh-inning double … vs. #18 Texas Tech (Feb. 18): Capped the tournament going 2-for-5 with a double and a RBI … Drove in run with a base hit in Oregon’s four-run fifth inning … Added an eighth-inning double … vs. Lafayette (Feb. 23-25): Slashed .500/.529/1.000 with a 1.529 OPS in an Oregon four-game sweep … Went 8-for-16 with five extra-base hits (HR, 3B, 3 2B), six RBI, five runs scored and a walk … Had multiple hits in three of the games, including a 3-hit game, while driving in multiple runs in two of the contests … Had a pair of hits (2-for-4) while driving in two runs and scoring twice in a game-one 17-3 win … Doubled, drove in a run and scored in Oregon’s three-run first inning … Delivered a RBI triple and scored in a three-run fourth inning … Had three hits and drove in three runs in Oregon’s doubleheader sweep in games two and three of the series … In game one of the DH, went 1-for-4 with a RBI and run scored … Picked up an RBI single and scored in a six-run third inning … In the nightcap, had three hits (3-for-4) with a homer, double, two RBI and a run scored … After singling in the first, slugged a solo home run in the third … Added an RBI double in Oregon’s three-run seventh inning … Reached base three times (2-for-4, BB) with a double, RBI and run scored in the series finale … Roped an RBI double down the right-field line and scored in a five-run second inning … Laid down a bunt single in the fourth … vs. UC Santa Barbara (March 1-3): Batted .250 (3-for-12) with a RBI, three runs scored and two walks against the Gauchos … Had a hit in all three games while driving in runs in two of the contests … In the series opener, went 1-for-4 with a first-inning base knock … Reached base twice (1-for-4, BB) with a run scored in game two … Singled and scored in the sixth … In the series finale, went 1-for-4 with a walk, RBI and two runs scored in a 16-9 Oregon win … In two plate appearances in Oregon’s nine-run sixth inning, singled before scoring and then drove in a run with a sacrifice fly … Scored again in the eighth after reaching on an error … at Grand Canyon (March 5-6): Extended hitting streak to 12 games, the longest by a Duck in 2024, with hits in both contests … Slashed .571/.556/1.143 while finishing with a 1.699 OPS in the two-game series sweep … Went 4-for-7 with a home run, double, three RBI, three runs scored and a walk … In game one, reached base three times (2-for-4, BB) with a home run, two RBI and two runs scored in a 9-4 win … Led off the second with a base hit before coming around to score … Slugged a two-run homer in the third to give UO a 4-2 lead … Added a base on balls in the seventh … Had a pair of hits in the series finale, going 2-for-3 with a double, RBI, and run scored in a 13-5 win … After singling in the first, plated a runner in the fifth with a sacrifice fly before doubling and scoring in Oregon’s five-run sixth inning … at Arizona Sate (March 8-10): Despite getting hitting streak snapped at 12 games in the opener, extended on-base streak to an Oregon season-best 15 games by reaching in all three games vs. the Sun Devils … Batted .273 (3-for-11) with a home run, two RBI, three runs scored and four walks in a series win … Drew a pair of walks in the opener … Homered and drove in a pair of runs in a 6-4 game-two win … After drawing a seventh-inning base on balls, belted a two-run go-ahead home run in the top of the ninth to give UO a 5-4 lead … Reached base three times (2-for-4, BB) with a double and two runs scored in an 8-5 series-clinching win in the finale … Doubled and scored in Oregon’s four-run fourth inning … singled and scored in the sixth … vs. Seattle (March 27-30): Started three games in a four-game Oregon series sweep … Batted .545 (6-for-11) with two doubles, four RBI and a run scored with all three starts coming in right field of the series sweep … Had multiple hits in games two and three of the series, including a career-high four as well as a career-best four RBI in game two … Went 4-for-4 with a double and four RBI in a 10-2 game-two win … Gave Oregon an early lead with a two-RBI single in the bottom of the first … Knocked in another run with an infield hit in the second … After doubling in the fourth, added a RBI single in the sixth … Went 2-for-4 with a double and run scored in Oregon’s series-clinching 9-2 win in game three of the series … Doubled in the second before reaching on a base hit and scoring in the fifth … at Portland (April 2): Went 1-for-4 with a RBI, two runs scored and a walk in a 7-4 win … Walked and scored in the first … Singled and drove in a run in the fourth … Reached on a fielder’s choice and scored in Oregon’s three-run sixth inning … at UCLA (April 5-7): Helped Oregon to a series win slashing .286/.375/.429 with a .804 OPS … Went 4-for-14 with two doubles, two RBI, four runs scored and two walks … Reached four times (3-for-5, BB) with a double, two RBI and two runs scored in an 8-4 win in the opener … After singling in the third, walked and scored in the fourth … Added a single and a run scored in the sixth before delivering a two-run double in the ninth … Reached base twice (1-for-4, BB) with a double and two runs scored in a 6-3 series-clinching win in the finale … Doubled and scored in the third … Walked and scored in the seventh … vs. USC (April 12-14): Reached base at a .300 clip with a hit, two walks and three runs scored in two starts in the series win … Went 1-for-4 with a run scored in a series-opening 4-1 win … Walked twice and scored twice in a 5-3 series-clinching win in game two … vs. Gonzaga (April 16): Went 3-for-5 with two doubles, a RBI and two runs scored in a 14-9 win … Doubled and scored in Oregon’s seven-run third inning … Added a second double and run scored in the fourth … Singled and drove in a run in the eighth … at #13 Oregon State (April 26-28): Drove in a first-inning run in Oregon’s 7-1 game-three win … vs. #11 Oregon State (April 30): Helped Oregon clinch a season-series split with the Beavers in a 9-5 win … Reached base four times (3-for-3, BB) with a home run, two RBI and two runs scored … Singled and scored in Oregon’s four-run second inning to help cut a 5-0 deficit to 5-4 … Tied the game with a RBI infield single in the third … Pushed Oregon’s lead to three with a leadoff homer in the fifth … Added a walk in the seventh before being removed for a pinch runner … vs. Utah (May 4-5): Started the second game of a doubleheader in right field while getting the start at DH in the series finale … Went 2-for-7 with a pair of walks while driving in two runs and scoring once … Reached base three times (1-for-2, 2 BB) with a double, two RBI and a run scored in the nightcap of a doubleheader helping UO clinch the series with a 5-1 win … Drew a first-inning walk and came around to score on a wild pitch … Delivered a two-run double in the bottom of the fifth inning … at Washington (May 10-12): Started game one in right field and game two at DH in a series win … Went 2-for-8 with a RBI and two runs scored while walking once … Reached base twice (1-for-3, BB) in game one with a RBI and a run scored … Gave Oregon a 4-0 lead with a RBI single in the fourth … In game two, went 1-for-5 with a run scored in a 13-6 win … Led off the seventh with a base hit before scoring on a Chase Meggers’ double … vs. Washington State (May 16-18): Started game one in right field and games two and three at designated hitter in a series sweep … Reached base twice in both games one (1-for-3, BB) and two (2 BB) … at Pac-12 Tournament (May 22-23): Pinch hit in the first game while getting the start in right field in game two … vs. USC (May 23): Went 1-for-4 with a run scored … Singled and scored in the sixth to get Oregon on the board.
2023 SEASON (at SACRAMENTO STATE)
Appeared in 53 games, making 50 starts … Finished fourth on the team with a .292 average, scoring 45 runs, slugging 11 doubles to go with 12 home runs, and drove in 35 runs … Ended the year fourth on the team with a .966 OPS, slugging .567 on the season to go with a .399 on-base percentage … 12 home runs also ranked fourth on the squad, while 35 RBI were fifth … Finished the season with 11 multi-hit games — including a 4-for-5 performance against Pacific (5/16) and a 3-for-3 day against UC Davis (5/9) — while driving in multiple runs 11 times … Compiled a season-best seven-game hitting streak from April 16-28, and reached base safely in 16 consecutive contests from March 9-April 6 … Ended the year with hits in final five games, batting .524 (11-for-21) with four multi-hit games, eight runs scored, seven RBI, and six extra-base hits — including three home runs … Finished with three RBI three times at Stanford (4/18), at Fresno State (5/2), and against Pacific (5/16) … 25 walks ranked third on the team, while eight hit by pitches stood in a four-way tie for the team lead.
2022 SEASON (at SACRAMENTO STATE)
Appeared in 54 of the team’s 58 contests, making 52 starts … Hit .267 on the season with 32 runs scored, 50 hits, 11 doubles, four home runs, and 21 RBI … Slugged .401 on the year and walked 24 times en route to a .374 on-base percentage … Shared the team lead with four stolen bases (in six attempts) … Ranked fourth on the team in on-base percentage, third in hits, fourth in doubles, and fifth in total bases … Tied for second on the team with 24 walks … Hit by a pitch a team-high nine times … Collected multiple hits in 15 games (good for third on the team) and drove in multiple runs six times (tied for third on the team) … Finished with a season-high three hits as part of a 3-for-4 day at Saint Mary’s on April 26 … Hit safely in eight consecutive games from May 8-21 and reached base safely in 11 straight at one point during the year … Scored a season-high four runs as part of a 2-for-3 day against Houston Baptist (March 4) … Drove in a season-high three runs in back-to-back games at Grand Canyon (May 8) and at Fresno State (May 10) … Had a pair of doubles in a game twice at Nevada (April 5) and against the ‘Lopes … Drew a walk in six consecutive contests from March 18-29, and walked three times against San Jose State on May 19.
HIGH SCHOOL
Played four years at Valley Christian HS in San Jose, Calif., including three on varsity under head coach John Diatte ... Member of the West Catholic Athletic League ... Played outfield for the Warriors ... Helped lead team to the 2018-19 CIF Central Coast Section Open Division championship as well as the 2021 Division I CIF section championship.
SUMMER BALL
Named first-team all-league as well as the 2023 Big Train Offensive Player of the Year while leading the Big Train to the Cal Ripken Sr. Collegiate Baseball League championship while batting .339 with five home runs and 36 RBI.
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