Jaxon Willits

Position:
Infield
Class:
Sophomore
Height:
6-0
Weight:
202
Bats/Throws:
S/R
Hometown:
Fort Cobb, Okla.

2025: ABCA Central Region Second Team … SEC All-Tournament Team … CSC Academic All-District ... started all 60 games for the Sooners at shortstop … .302 batting average and .495 slugging percentage both ranked second on the team … paced the team with 56 runs scored … nine home runs, 48 RBIs, and 110 total bases all ranked second on the roster … held an on-base percentage of .409 with 39 total walks … stole 14 bases on 15 attempts … tallied 19 multi-hit games to accompany 10 multi-RBI games … set a career high with a pair of 4 RBI games vs. Texas Southern (2/25) and vs. Mississippi State (3/22) ... erupted in a double header at Missouri (4/18), going a combined 7-for-9 with seven runs scored, five RBIs, two doubles, a triple, a walk and a stolen base ... went 2-for-4 with a double and two RBIs in the NCAA Chapel Hill Regional vs. North Carolina (6/1).

2024: All-Big 12 Honorable Mention … Big 12 All-Tournament Team … Big 12 Academic All-Rookie Team … played in 57 games and made 54 starts across the infield, primarily at shortstop … hit .268 with 10 home runs, 11 doubles and 39 RBIs … slugged .484 with a .376 on-base clip, drawing 31 walks and four HBP … stole one bag on two attempts … held .954 fielding percentage, making 121 assists and 65 putouts to nine errors … helped turn team-high 22 double plays … came on strong the back half of the season, hitting .314 with all 10 of his home runs and 32 RBIs after April 5 … first collegiate hit was a walk-off RBI single vs. Nebraska on opening weekend … went 3-for-4 with two doubles and two runs scored vs. UCF (3/10) … went 2-for-3 with two RBIs and two runs scored at Wichita State (4/2) … bat came alive on Bedlam weekend, going 2-for-4 with two home runs in the series opener (4/5) … hit home runs in consecutive games for the first time in collegiate career, homering in Game 2 of Bedlam with three RBIs (4/6) … had second two-homer game, going 2-for-4 with career best five RBIs vs. Kansas State (4/14) … homered and went 2-for-4 with two RBIs in a win vs. Texas (4/26) … went 3-for-4 with a home run in the series finale vs. Texas (4/28) … hit a three-run home run at Cincinnati (5/16) … went 3-for-5 with two doubles in the finale at Cincinnati (5/17) … hit home runs in back to back games at the Big 12 tournament vs. Kansas, including a game-tying double in the semifinals vs. KU (5/23-24) … registered a combined five hits across five games in the NCAA Norman Regional (5/31-6/3).

High School: An infielder from Fort Cobb-Broxton High School in Fort Cobb, Okla. ... rated as the No. 2 prospect in Oklahoma and No. 47 shortstop and a top-200 prospect nationally by Prep Baseball Report ... the No. 3-ranked recruit in Oklahoma and a top-65 shortstop and top-310 recruit nationally by Perfect Game ... was the 2023 state player of the year ... four-year letterwinner at Fort Cobb-Broxton High School ... batted .620 with eight home runs and 42 steals in 2023 ... in 2022, batted .645 with eight home runs, 40 RBIs, 29 walks and 38 steals while posting a 2.102 OPS ... batted .541 with five home runs, 24 RBIs, 41 walks and 32 steals in 2021 ... hit .481 with eight home runs, 36 RBIs, 19 walks and 18 steals as a sophomore ... received Perfect Game Preseason Underclass All-America honors in 2020, ‘21 and ‘22 ... was valedictorian of his graduating class ... high school coach was Dale Bellamy ... father (Reggie Willits) is Oklahoma’s associate head coach and played for the Sooners from 2002-03.