2026 Softball Roster
Jersey Number 99
Jackie Yeager
- Position:
- Catcher
- Height:
- 6-0
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Ashburn, Va.
- High School:
- Stone Bridge HS
Sophomore - 2026
- Appeared in 36 games and started 23, primarily as catcher
- Recorded first collegiate home run at Western Kentucky (2/27/26)
- Tallied seven extra-base hits, with four doubles and three home runs
- Added a pair of multi-hit games against Akron (2/21/26) and at Maryland (4/18/26)
- Caught one runner stealing against Northern Iowa (3/24/26)
- Finished the year with a .980 fielding percentage, notching 93 putouts, five assists, and a double play
Freshman - 2025
- Appeared in 19 games, making nine starts
- Slashed .133/.133/.212
- Posted a hit against Northern Colorado (2/22/25), Saint Louis (3/7/25) and at Rutgers (4/27/25)
- Caught a pair of runners stealing
High School
- Ranked the 14th catcher by Extra Innings in 2022
- Came in at 24 in 2022 and 33 in 2023 on Extra Innings' Elite list.
- Named to the PFG Junior All-American watch list
- Ranked 77th on legacy and legends list
- Top 40 Alliance all star in 2024
- 5A State Champion in 2022
- Four-year varsity letterwinner
- Named first-team all district and second-team all-region as a sophomore and junior
- All-Metropolitan Area from 2022-24
Illini Softball | Ava Moore Media Availability 1/29/2025
Wednesday, January 29
Illini Softball | Karley Yergler Media Availability 1/29/2025
Wednesday, January 29
Illini Softball | Head Coach Tyra Perry Availability 1/29/2025
Wednesday, January 29
ILLINI SB | Berkmeyer Catching Runners
Tuesday, June 11
