Christopher Newport University

2026 - Graduate Student - Closed out his tenure at Christopher Newport with another standout season on the mound ... Earned third team All-Region honors from D3baseball.com ... Collected first team All-Conference plaudits and named to the C2C All-Tournament Team ... Twice named to the D3baseball.com National Team of the Week and was named the C2C Pitcher of the Week once ... Ranked ninth nationally in games started with 14 and 18th in total strikeouts with 85 ... Finished season with a 4-4 record and a team-leading 3.54 ERA ... Started all 14 games pitched ... Combined for one shutout ... Struck out 85 batters in 73.2 innings pitched ... Held opponents to a .249 batting average against ... Pitched into the sixth inning without surrendering a hit in his season debut against Eastern Mennonite on February 10, striking out six ... Struck out a season-high 11 batters against Penn State Harrisburg, allowing just two hits over 7.0 innings pitched ... Struck out nine in back-to-back games at St. Mary's (Md.) and in a shutout against nationally-ranked Salisbury

2025 - Senior - Returned to the Captains rotation after missing his junior year with an injury ... Anchored the CNU pitching staff with a 2-2 overall record and a 3.88 ERA ... Appeared in 11 games while making 10 starts ... Struck out 44 batters over 48.2 innings pitched and held opponents to a .220 batting average against ... Struck out a season-high eight batters against Oswego State on March 15 ... Tossed a season-high 7.0 innings at Montclair State, striking out six ... Earned the win against Mary Washington in the C2C Semifinals, striking out a pair and allowing just one run over 5.0 innings of work ... Picked up wins against Neumann on March 3 and versus the Eagles on May 8

2024 - Junior - Did not see any action during his third season at CNU as he recovered from injury ... Earned a spot on the Coast-To-Coast Athletic Conference All-Academic Team

2023 - Sophomore - Put together an outstanding first season with the Captains making 11 starts with 13 appearances ... Finished the year 6-1 with a 2.80 ERA and 65 strikeouts over 54.2 innings pitched ... Logged the sixth lowest opponent batting average (.199) in program history and the third best mark for a starter ... Struck out 10.7 batters per nine innings, ranking eighth best for a single season in CNU lore ... Earned his first career win after five innings of one-hit shutout ball against New Paltz on February 18, striking out six ... Struck out a season-high 13 batters and allowed just two hits against Penn State Harrisburg on March 11, picking up his second win ... Also struck out 10 against St. Mary's (Md.) in a win on April 11 ... Earned wins against Marymount, St. Joseph's Brooklyn, and Mary Washington ... Finished season with 65 K and 26 BB ... Allowed just seven extra-base hits in 223 batters faced ... Named C2C Pitcher of the Week once, on March 13

Before CNU -- Played one season at NCAA Division I George Mason University where he appeared in six games out of the bullpen for the Patriots ... Did not allow a hit in three appearances at home against Monmouth, Coppin State, and Maryland ... Struck out one batter in 3.1 innings of work ... Selected to the Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll

At Battlefield -- Earned All-Region honors while a four-year member of the baseball team ... Named District Player of the Year while helping lead the Bobcats to a conference championship ... Nova Nine player

Personal -- Jackson Baird is the son of Amber and Chad ... Has one brother, Tristan, and one sister, Chloe ... Father played baseball at Roger Williams University ... Favorite sports personality is Alex Ovechkin ... Most impressive person met is his father ... Dream vacation is skiing ... Favorite movie is "Whiplash" and favorite TV show is "Friends" ... Favorite musician is Kendrick Lamar ... Majoring in Business.