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2025 Baseball Roster
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Jersey Number 20
Jaxson West
- Position:
 - C
 
- Year:
 - Junior
 
- Height:
 - 6-0
 
- Weight:
 - 193
 
- Hometown:
 - Tallahassee, Fla.
 
- High School:
 - Chiles
 
- Previous School:
 - Alabama
 
- Bats/Throws:
 - L/R
 
2025 / AS A JUNIOR
- Drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays (16th round, 472nd overall) in the 2025 MLB Draft
 - Preseason No. 19-Ranked Catcher - D1Baseball
 - Played in 46 games with 45 starts and hit .236 with 35 hits, two homers, five doubles, 26 runs scored, 17 RBI, 46 total bases, 30 walks, a .311 slugging percentage, a .370 on-base percentage and was a perfect three-for-three in stolen base attempts
 - One of 11 FSU players selected in the 2025 MLB Draft, a school record and tied for the most among all NCAA programs this season
 - Helped Florida State to a second consecutive NCAA Super Regional appearance, a first since 2015-17, and a runner-up finish in the ACC, the team’s first in 11 years
 
2024 / AS A SOPHOMORE
- College World Series All-Tournament Team
 - Tallahassee All-Regional Team
 - Hit .274 with 40 hits, eight doubles, 36 runs, and 29 RBIs over 51 games and 41 starts
 - Drew 27 walks and was hit by five pitches
 - Had a career-high four hits in the College World Series against North Carolina, including a ninth-inning home run (6/18)
 - Helped send FSU to Super Regionals with a two-run single against UCF (6/2)
 - Threw out two runners on the basepaths against Duke in the ACC Championship game (5/26)
 - Contributed to FSU's 14-3 win over Florida with three hits (3/26)
 - Hit a three-run double that broke a 7-7 tie against Illinois (3/2)
 - Gave FSU a 5-0 lead in the first inning against USF with a two-out, three run double (2/27)
 - Went 3-for-4 and hit his first career triple against Western Carolina (2/24)
 - Recorded a season-high 19 putouts against Butler on opening day (2/16)
 
PRIOR TO FSU / AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA
2023 / AS A FRESHMAN
- SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll
 - Appeared in 20 games with four starts at Alabama as a freshman in 2023
 - Had a double and home run among his five hits
 - Drew seven walks and was hit by a pitch against just four strikeouts
 - Perfect in 29 fielding opportunities
 - All four starts came in SEC action
 - Played for the Amsterdam Mohawks in the Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League in summer 2023 where he hit .403 (27-for-67) with 24 runs, eight doubles, and a home run in 29 gamesÂ
 
HIGH SCHOOL
- Tallahassee native graduated from Chiles High School
 - Ranked as the No. 3 catcher and No. 35 recruit in Florida by Prep Baseball Report
 - No. 11 catcher nationally by PBR and Perfect Game
 
PERSONAL
- Born on August 8, 2004
 - Majoring in sport management
 - Parents are Kip and Kerry West
 - Dad played and coached baseball at Tallahassee Community College and was a professional scout for the Indians, Rays, and Yankees organizations
 - Has a brother, Gage, and sister, Cadence
 - Brother, Gage, played baseball at Florida State from 2014-2016
 
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OF Brayden Dowd | FSU Baseball vs. UAB Postgame Press Conference
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Saturday, October 25
HC Link Jarrett | FSU Baseball vs. UAB Postgame Press Conference
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