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Jersey Number 8
Isaiah Byars
- Position:
- Infield
- Year:
- Senior
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 189
- Bats / Throws:
- R/R
- Hometown:
- Stone Mountain, Ga.
- High School:
- Parkview
- Previous School:
- Alabama / Chipola
2022 First Team All-ASUN
2022
2021
Prior to UNF
2022
- Named First Team All-ASUN as the lone shortstop selected to the squad.
- The five-tool shortstop led the team in batting average at .300, making 50 starts.
- Settled into a dynamic leadoff batter role, hitting for average and power while providing speed.
- Made 40 starts as the leadoff batter.
- Made 24 starts at second base, 24 at shortstop, one at first base and one at designated hitter.
- Stole the first 12 bags that he attempted to steal on the season.
- Scored a team-best 49 runs while swiping 16 of 21 bags, also a team high.
- Doubled 12 times, tripled two times, homered five times, drove in 28, worked 20 walks and collected 100 total bases.
- Helped spin 27 double plays, collecting 117 assists and 69 putouts.
- Finished ninth in the league in stolen bases.
- Concluded the year with 99 hits on his career, while sitting at .302 over 82 games.
- Had three three-hit games, doing so against Liberty, Kennesaw and FGCU.
- Tied for the second-most multi-hit games on the team with 21, collecting 14 two-hit games, four-three hit games and three-four-hit games.
- Had eight two-RBI games as the leadoff batter.
- Posted a season-best 10-game reached base streak and a nine-game hitting streak on the season.
- Started off the year on a six-game hitting streak that included three two-hit games in each of the contests against Presbyterian.
- Had a huge stretch over three games between March 6 and 11 against Boston College, Butler and UCF. Went 7-for-14 with seven runs and five RBI during that span.
- Broke out for a 4-for-5 game with two runs, a double and a home run in a 5-2 ASUN-opening win against Liberty March 19.
- Posted another one of his most complete games, going 4-for-5 with three runs, a double and a home run.
- Went 2-for-5 with two runs, an RBI and a triple against Stetson April 1.
- Followed that up with a 3-for-5 game that included two runs and a stolen base in a 9-6 win against JU April 8.
- Started off his season best nine-game hitting streak with a single at South Carolina, carrying that until April 29.
- Tallied a 3-for-5 game with a run, RBI and a double in a series clinching win against Kennesaw State May 1.
- Tagged a monstrous home run to provide insurance in a 3-0 win against Kennesaw State April 29.
- Drove in two and homered in a win against Stetson May 6.
- Doubled as part of a four-hit game against FGCU May 19.
- Concluded the season with an all-round game, going 3-for-4 with two runs, an RBI, walk and a stolen base May 25.
2021
- Made his UNF debut at UCF March 12 and remained in the starting lineup the rest of the season.
- Made starts at second base (11), third base (18) and shortstop (2).
- Aided in 14 double plays as the Ospreys were one of the most prolific teams in spinning double plays.
- Played 32 games, starting 31 while hitting .252 (30-for-119) with 26 runs, two doubles, three home runs, 12 RBI, 20 walks, seven stolen bases and a .386 on-base percentage.
- Led the Ospreys in stolen bases, going 7-for-9 in that category.
- Hit .500 with the bases loaded and .408 as the leadoff man.
- Was 4-for-5 with runners on third and less than two outs.
- Hit safely in eight consecutive games between April 17 and May 1.
- Hit his first UNF home run in a win at Jacksonville March 28, going 3-for-4 with two runs and a stolen base.
- Launched a grand slam in a 14-6 win against Jacksonville April 25.
- Keyed UNF’s 6-5 win against Kennesaw State in the ASUN Baseball Championship opening round May 27, going 2-for-5 with a home run and RBI double.
- Swiped two bags in two attempts while going 2-for-2 with a walk and a run against FGCU April 2.
- Went 2-for-5 with two runs and a walk in UNF’s 16-6 win against FAMU April 28.
- Had a 2-for-5 afternoon at No. 19 South Carolina May 5.
- Walked four times and scored three times in an ASUN Baseball Divisional Round clinching win against Stetson May 22.
Prior to UNF
- A transfer from Chipola College where he appeared in 24 games, hitting .262 with eight RBI and nine runs in 2020.
- Also attended the University of Alabama in 2019 where he appeared in seven games as a freshman in 2019, tallying three hits and three RBI with a walk.
- Was a member of the 2018-19 SEC First Year Academic Honor Roll
- Played high school ball at Oakleaf HS in Orange Park, Fla., before moving to finish his career at Parkview HS in Lilburn, Ga.
- Was the No. 5 shortstop and 21st-ranked player in Georgia by Perfect Game USA
- Won the Georgia 7A state title as a senior.
- Picked up Underclass All-America Third Team honors as a junior and 2016 Perfect Game Honorable Mention honors
- Tabbed to the 2018 Rawlings-Perfect Game Southeast All-Region First Team and honorable mention All-America
- Son of Stacey and Beverly Byars
- Majoring in health science
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