Cedarville University Yellow Jackets

Jaden Cleland returns for his fourth season behind the plate for the Yellow Jackets.....played in 33 games as a junior with 31 starts behind the plate.....hit .241 with six doubles, two homers, and 15 RBI’s.....registered season-highs of three hits in a game vs. Ohio Valley and four runs batted in against Davis & Elkins.....totaled eight contests of at least two hits.....G-MAC Academic Team.

2015 - Batted .236 in 40 games played.....started 38 contests behind the plate and one as a DH.....totaled two doubles, a triple, two homers, and 15 RBI’s while scoring 21 runs.....had nine multi-hit games including three hits vs. Trevecca.....also drove in three runs against the TNU.....reached base in 19 consecutive games - the second-highest mark on the club.....tied for the team lead with 11 hit-by-pitch and walked 18 times.....registered a .981 fielding percentage.

2014 - Batted .328 in 22 games as a freshman before suffering a season-ending injury.....made 18 starts.....finished 19-for-58 at the plate with four doubles and 19 RBI’s.....posted a .981 fielding percentage.....12-game hitting streak was second-longest on the team.....produced four two-hit games.....drove in three runs in victories over Oakland City and Kentucky State.

High School - Four-year baseball letter winner at Northwestern High School.....three-time All-Central Buckeye Conference honoree.....twice named to the All-Clark County Team.....two-time all-area choice.....starter in both the Bob Ross Classic and the MVBCA All-Star Game.....2013 Division III Miami Valley Player of the Year runner-up.....batted .315 as a senior and was second on the team with 21 runs, five doubles, 16 RBI's and 13 stolen bases.....helped lead 2012 squad to the sectional title and a runner-up finish in the CBC Mad River Division.....National Honor Society student.

Personal - Dean’s List student as a pre-law major at Cedarville University.....born 7/25/94 in Springfield, OH.....son of Tracy and Lynn Cleland.....his mother, Lynn (Clark), ran two seasons of cross country at Cedarville.....father played baseball at Kentucky Christian.....older sister, Stephanie, ran cross country at Shawnee State.....also has a younger brother, and a younger sister.