2026 Baseball Roster
Donovan Jordan
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-1 / 215
- Class:
- Redshirt Freshman
- Hometown:
- Humble, Texas
- High School:
- Summer Creek
- Prev School:
- Texas
2026 SEASON
Appeared in 33 games and made 25 starts in his redshirt-freshman season with the Tigers … Hit .255 (25-for-98) with three home runs and three doubles … Drove in 18 runs and scored 13 times himself … Tallied five multi-hit contests … Got the Opening Day start in right field to make his Tiger debut versus Mount St. Mary’s, going 1-for-4 with an RBI (2/13) … Went 1-for-1 with a walk and scored a run in Mizzou’s record-breaking 34-3 win over Mount St. Mary’s (2/15) … Walked twice, scored twice and drove in a run in a win over New Haven (2/22) … Singled and drove in a run versus No. 25 Texas A&M (3/27) … Slugged his first home run as a Tiger the next day versus the 25th-ranked Aggies in a 3-for-3 performance, scoring three runs, adding a walk and marking his first multi-hit game as a Tiger (3/28) … Doubled, drove in a run and scored versus rival Kansas (3/31) … Singled and knocked in a run in the SEC series-opening win at No. 24 Kentucky (4/3) … Delivered a game-winning, three-run homer on his birthday to help the Tigers top in-state rival Missouri State (4/7) … Doubled and drove in a run versus South Carolina (4/11) … Went 2-for-3 with a solo home run at No. 5 Georgia (5/2) … Drove in a pair of runs and scored once in a 2-for-5 effort to help the Tigers earn an SEC win over Vanderbilt (5/8) … Doubled and drove in a run in a two-hit game versus Vanderbilt the following day (5/9) … Went 2-for-4 and scored a run to help Mizzou take down No. 17 Ole Miss for its first SEC Tournament win since 2017 (5/19).
PRIOR TO MIZZOU
2025: Committed to Texas out of high school and spent a year with the Longhorns where he redshirted to preserve eligibility … was named to the First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll … member of Texas team that won regular-season SEC Championship. 2025 Summer: Played summer ball with the San Luis Obispo in the California Collegiate League and finished the summer batting .343 with 35 hits.
HIGH SCHOOL
Competed as a prep at Summercreek High School … was a high school All-American, two-time 6A First Team All-State performer, Team MVP and Hitter of the Year … posted a .425 average, four home runs and 29 stolen bases in his final campaign … invited to participate at 2024 MLB Draft Combine … 2023 Team USA member.
PERSONAL
Born April 7, 2006, in Houston, Texas … son of Sonya Shepherd … mother was an All-American long jumper and hurdler who also played basketball at Texas Southern University … majoring in health science at Mizzou.
