2026 Baseball Roster
Jase Woita
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-3 / 220
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Lincoln, Neb.
- High School:
- Lincoln Pius X
- Prev School:
- KCK CC / South Carolina
2026 SEASON
Made a huge impact to the Tigers’ lineup after coming to Mizzou as a grad-transfer from South Carolina … Led the Tigers with 52 starts and games played between first base and DH … Slashed .287/.394/.533 with a team-best 13 home runs and nine doubles (tied for team lead) while driving in a team-leading 51 runs on a team-high 56 hits and 104 total bases … His .927 OPS ranked second on the squad … Became the fifth Tiger in the last 10 seasons to reach the 50-RBI milestone … Hit eight of his 13 home runs in SEC play while slugging .522 with 22 RBI in league play … Led the squad with 17 multi-hit games, 13 multi-RBI games and eight multi-run games … Put together a team-best 29-game on-base streak and a 12-game hit streak (tied for second longest) … Had a historic day at the plate in Mizzou’s record-breaking 34-3 win over Mount St. Mary’s, driving in eight runs in a 4-for-7 performance that included his first home run as a Tiger (2/15) … His eight RBI in the win were one shy of the program record of nine … Made it back-to-back games with a homer and drove in a pair of runs at Florida Atlantic (2/17) … Homered and drove in three runs in a win over Arkansas-Pine Bluff (2/24) … Made it back-to-back three RBI games, knocking in three in a 3-for-4 performance as the Tigers defeated North Dakota State (2/27) … Went 2-for-5 with a double and three RBI in Mizzou’s biggest comeback win in program history, a 13-12 victory over UIC (3/6) … Homered and drove in three runs as Mizzou completed a four-game sweep of UIC (3/8) … Went 2-for-4 with a home run and a pair of RBI versus No. 25 Texas A&M (3/27) … Hit his second big fly of the series versus the 25th-ranked Aggies (3/29) … Homered and drove in two runs against his former team South Carolina (4/11) … Logged the second multi-homer game of his career and first as a Tiger with a 3-for-4, three RBI day at No. 14 Oklahoma (4/17) … Went 2-for-4 with a leadoff (first pitch) home run versus No. 24 Arkansas (4/23) … Had a three-hit day in the finale versus the No. 24 Razorbacks (4/25) … Went 2-for-4 with a home run at No. 5 Georgia (5/2) … Led off the game with a home run, doubled and drove in a pair of runs at No. 6 Texas (5/14) … Leadoff homer marked his second of the campaign … Slugged a three-run double versus the sixth-ranked Longhorns (5/15) … Went 2-for-6 with his 13th home run of the season as the Tigers took down No. 17 Ole Miss in the first round of the SEC Tournament for their first tournament win since 2017 (5/19).
PRIOR TO MIZZOU
Began his collegiate career at Kansas City Kansas CC where he was a two-time KJCCC All-Tournament selection … redshirted his freshman season in 2022 due to injury … transferred to South Carolina following the 2024 season at KCKCC ... has combined to hit 29 career home runs and drive in 158 runs over three collegiate seasons. 2025 (South Carolina): Played in 45 games and made 31 starts for the Gamecocks … Hit .300 with 21 runs scored, five doubles, a triple, six home runs and 20 RBI for the season … batted .333 in SEC play with seven extra-base hits … slugged .508 while reaching base at a .394 clip … belted a grand slam in a win over Milwaukee (2/21) … hit a triple that led to the game-winning run over LSU (5/15) … went 3-for-4 with three runs scored and a home run against Florida (5/2) … had three hits, including a double, at Auburn (5/9) … reached base four times in a win over Ole Miss (4/18) … recorded six hits off the bench as a pinch hitter ... earned SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll honors. 2024 (KCK CC): Followed up his redshirt-freshman season with a second-straight year batting over .400 (.427) … added 13 doubles, 11 home runs and 65 RBI while missing 21 games due to a hamate injury … earned honorable mention all-conference honors. 2023 (KCK CC): Hit .411 with 20 doubles, 12 home runs and 73 RBI in his first full collegiate season ... earned honorable mention all-conference honors. 2022 (KCK CC): Redshirted his freshman season due to injury.
HIGH SCHOOL
Prepped at Lincoln Pius X where he hit .341 with 11 doubles, four home runs and 34 RBI as a senior … pitched his senior season and had a 5-0 record with a 1.01 ERA in 34.2 innings pitched … was an All-City and All-State selection in 2021 … earned academic all-state honors in 2020 and 2021 … also competed in tennis and was the 2019 Nebraska State Tennis Champion.
PERSONAL
Son of Jeff and Marcy Woita … born September 12, 2002, in Lincoln, Nebraska … has three siblings; Aly, Ian and Dax … father, Jeff, played baseball at Kansas State … mother, Marcy, played golf at Chadron State College … currently working on his MBA in grad school at Mizzou.
