University of Southern Mississippi Athletics
2026 Baseball Roster
Roster
JW Armistead
- Height:
- 6-5
- Weight:
- 215
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Mooreville, Miss.
- High School:
- Mooreville HS
- Prev School:
- Itawamba CC
2026 (Sr.): Tied for team lead in appearances with 27, along with Kros Sivley and Josh Och…Posted a 1-0 record with a save and a 3.48 ERA…Threw 20 2/3 innings and fanned 20 with 14 walks…Inherited a team-high 31 runners and only allowed 10 to score for a 32.3 percentage…Only four of 24 first at bats got hits (.167)…Longest outing was two innings against Louisiana (4/12)…Did not allow a run over his first six appearances, spanning 4 1/3 innings…Got lone win in getting a pair of outs against App State (3/29)…Registered lone save against Baylor (2/22) in the Round Rock Classic, retiring both batters he faced including a strikeout…Had season-high of two strikeouts come in six different outings…Earned President’s List honors for the Fall 2025 semester.
2025 (Jr.): Appeared in two games and saw an inning of work against Old Dominion (3/14) and Georgia State (4/18)…Did not allow a run or hit in his two innings of work…Walked one in each game and fanned one versus Georgia State…Made the Dean’s List for the Spring 2025 and Fall 2024 semesters.
2024 (So.): Appeared in eight games, all in relief…Was 1-1 with a 14.14 ERA…Fanned four and walked three in seven innings…Lone win came versus Tulane (3/26), in which he threw an inning of work…Had season-high three strikeouts in the first game of a doubleheader at Georgia Southern (3/26)…It was also his longest outing of the year at 2 1/3 innings…A member of the Dean’s List for the 2023 Fall semester.
Junior College: Named to the MACCC second-team during his lone season at Itawamba Community College…Led the Indians with 77 strikeouts and went 6-3 with a 3.88 earned run average…Allowed only 47 hits in 60 2/3 innings of work in 12 appearances...Earned MACCC Pitcher of the Week twice on the strength of throwing a complete game one-hitter and struck out eight in a 2-0 win over Hinds for his performance also against Northeast Mississippi Community College where he threw a complete game, three-hit shutout and struck out 12.
Prep: Was a first-team Class 4A all-state selection by the coaches which at Mooreville High School…Also named Region 1-4A Player of the Year as a senior…Voted to play in the 3A/4A Crossroads Diamond Club All-Star Baseball classic…Reached the third round of the state playoffs his final campaign on the strength of a 24-8 mark…Reached the 4A North State finals in 2021.
Personal: Son of William and Audra Armistead…Born on April 10…Majoring in Finance.
