Janae
Jefferson

World Championship Experience

• 2024 WBSC World Cup Silver Medalist – Had 11 plate appearances with 3 runs scored
• 2022 World Games Gold Medalist – Hit .333 (3-for-9) with 4 RBI and 3 runs scored

Career Highlights

• 2025 World Games Gold Medalist — Hit .615 (8-for-13) with 4 RBI; Led the tournament in batting average; All-World Team
• 2023 Pan American Games Gold Medalist – Had 11 plate appearances and 1 RBI
• 2022 WBSC Americas Qualifier Gold Medalist – Hit .500 (13-26) with five RBI and 13 runs scored

Collegiate Highlights

• 2022: NFCA Second Team All-American, Second Team NFCA All-Central Region, First Team All Big 12 Conference, WCWS USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year Top 50 Watchlist, Big 12 Conference Preseason Team, D1Softball Preseason First Team All-American, posted the most runs in program history with 222 career runs
• 2021: First Team All Big 12 Conference, Second Team NFCA All-Central Region, Softball America Third Team All-American, NFCA Third Team All-American, Top 25 Finalist for USA Softball National Collegiate Player of the Year. Texas career leader in total hits and batting average
• 2019: First Team All Big 12 Conference, Second Team NFCA All-Central Region, Softball America First Team All-American, NFCA Second Team All-American
• 2018: Big 12 Conference All-Freshman Team, First Team All-Big 12 Conference, First NFCA All-Central Region, Schuss Sports/NFCA National Freshman of the Year Top 10 Finalist, NFCA Second Team All-American 

Click here to see Janae Jefferson’s full collegiate bio

Professional Highlights

• Women’s Professional Fastpitch League (WPF) (2023-Current)
  • Atlanta Smoke (2025) — WPF Champion
  • Texas Smoke (2023) — 2023 WPF Championship Series Most Valuable Player, 2023 Player of the Year, 2023 WPF Champion
• Mexican Softball League (LMS) (2026-Current)
  • Diablos Rojos —2026 Batting Champion, led the league in Hits (50), Home Runs (12), Runs Scored (35), Slugging Percentage (1.056), OPS (1.672), OBP (.617), Doubles (10), Total Bases (95) and set best Batting Average (.556) in LMS history.