16   Jayce Boyd
	Class: Junior Hometown: Cantonment, FL High School: Tate HS Height / Weight: 6-3 / 200 Position: INF B/T: R/R

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2012: Garnered third team Preseason All-America honors from Perfect Game.

2011: Started all 65 games at first base in leading FSU to the NCAA Super Regionals for the fourth year in a row...hit .343 (84-for-245), good for the second best average on the team, with 17 doubles, a team-high four triples, eight home runs and 60 RBI...finished with a team-high 10 sacrifices including seven sac-flies...was 10-for-12 in stolen bases...finished the year ranked in the top 10 in the ACC in six offensive categories including RBI (3rd), triples (t-4th), total bases (5th), hits (t-6th), batting average (8th) and slugging percentage (9th)...opened the season driving in at least one run in nine straight games...finished second on the team with 17 multi-RBI games...tied a season-high driving in four runs twice - first against Maine and then against Duke...at one point during the season put together a career-best 15-game hitting streak...closed out the year with at least one hit in 28 of the last 31 games including 15 multi-hit games...went a perfect 5-for-5 in the series finale at Virginia Tech - finished the series against the Hokies hitting .571 with four RBI and five runs...continued swinging a hot bat in the NCAA Tournament hitting .423 (11-for-26) over six games...registered four doubles, three home runs, seven RBI and 11 runs scored, while posting a perfect fielding percentage in 59 chances...recorded a hit in all six games including a 4-for-4 performance in game two of the NCAA Super Regionals versus Texas A&M...also set an ACC individual game-high with five runs in that must-win game two against the Aggies...career .443 hitter in 15 NCAA Tournament games...concluded the year with a .988 fielding percentage committing just eight errors in 643 fielding opportunities.

2010: Emerged as the Seminoles' starting first baseman in a breakout rookie season, which culminated with earning second team Freshman All-American honors by Ping! Baseball...appeared in 67 games and made 64 starts; 63 of those at first base...batted .326 and drove in 39 runs on the strength of 15 doubles and eight home runs...finished with a .507 slugging percentage...made strides defensively to field at a .986 clip...committed two errors over the final 45 games, including a 35-game, error-free stretch...first collegiate hit came in first at-bat on opening day - a single through the middle...went 3-for-5 in game 2 of the Georgia State series...unloaded his first homer against Florida in Tampa; a towering first-inning blast on a 1-0 pitch...was 3-for-3 in game 1 against Georgia...led team with a .500 average against top-ranked Virginia...tied his collegiate best with three hits, including his first triple in the series finale...hit .375 against Virginia Tech with a double and two RBI and led the `Noles with four runs scored... was perfect against UNF in Tallahassee, reaching base on four plate appearances behind a pair of singles and a homer...set a then-career high with four RBI...topped that with a five RBI effort in the series finale against Wake Forest, capped by a three-run blast...hit .417 against the Demon Deacons with six runs scored...belted a solo homer - one of four by the `Noles - in the series finale against Miami...drove in five runs over three games against LeMoyne...matched career-highs with three runs and three hits in a personal-best six at bats during the 13-inning marathon win over Jacksonville...first multi-homer game came in the series opener at Clemson on consecutive at-bats in the fourth and sixth innings...drove in two runs on a pair of sacrifice flies in the ACC Championship game against NC State...was flawless in 31 fielding chances during the four-game tournament...named to NCAA Norwich Regional All-Tournament team when he led the `Noles with a .500 average...led all `Noles for the second consecutive week when he hit .583 in three Super Regional games at home against Vanderbilt...matched his career-high with a pair of three-hit games...homered in each of the first two games and struck out just once in 13 plate appearances...finished the NCAA Tournament leading all FSU batters with a .457 average (16-for-35), which included four doubles, two homers and seven RBI...hit .308 in the College World Series, including a three-hit game in the elimination game against TCU.

HIGH SCHOOL: A four-sport star at Tate High School, playing four years of baseball and football, two years of basketball and a year of golf...received all-area Offensive Player of the Year honors in 2009...earned first team Pensacola all-area honors in 2008 and 2009...named an all-star in football and baseball as a senior...participated at the Team One South Showcase where he was rated as the No. 1 prospect...played in the 2008 Under Armour All-American Game and was champion of the Homerun Derby contest at Wrigley Field...played in the Power Showcase at Tropicana Field...received Academic All-America honors in golf... drafted in the 19th round by the Texas Rangers in the 2009 MLB Draft.

PERSONAL: Son of David and Cyndi Boyd...major is sociology...played 2010 & 2011 summer ball in the Cape Cod League for the Orleans Firebirds...hopes to pursue a career in the Major Leagues...born December 30, 1990.

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